The French Revolution: Crash Course European History #21

A video about the French Revolution? Yeah, there’s a tax for that.

You could make a religion out of... NO, DON'T

History doesn't necessarily repeat itself, but it does rhyme from time to time.

Clicked faster than a guillotine coming down on a noble

French citizens: we don’t want anymore monarchs! Napoleon: hold my croissant

Hi John. Frenchie here. It's well known that the famous "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche" of Jean Jacques Rousseau's Confession is often attributed to be about Marie Antoinette. However most french do know that this was misattributed. There are no known records of Marie Antoinette saying those words. Most likely they are about Madame Victoire. The French wiki article is well documented on this topic. Regards,

Did somebody say revolution

Haven’t historians pretty much confirmed that Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat brioche? It was first written down while she was a child, and it is more likely that it was Marie-Therese or someone else entirely

um actually, napoleon was not a commoner. he come from an empovrished corsican noble family. he enjoyed expensive education and was a lieutenant when he joined the army.

I know you don't usually focus much on the military side, but the concept of changing France into a nation of citizens is a huge factor in France's military success both before and during Napoleon's reign. Other countries would field royal, professional armies, but France mobilised its people into huge armies that could more easily weather defeats or casualties compared to its rivals. So everyone looked at the French armies and said "Oh wow, they can just recruit anyone? We have to do that too!" and thus, by necessity, the other European countries at the time also had to change, arguably even democratise, their military mindset.

Loving this series! I used this channel as a student in school and university. Now I am a high school teacher recommending my students watch your videos! :)

i hope everything is okay, your energy seems different.

Crash Course European videos are what I turn to when I'm feeling down and out

"Let them eat cake" was said long before Marie Antoinette, there's no proof she said it

I have my AP European History Exam in 3 hours, hope it goes well!

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Thank you so much! I literally have a midterm on the French revolution this Saturday so this great overview really saves me!

This is honestly garbled, some basic facts are wrong Napoleon was absolutely not a commoner, some fairly important details are omitted (civil constitution of the clergy and the Levee en Masse being the standouts) and the chronology is just confused the royalist uprising in the Vendée wasn’t a reaction against the terror the two events happened basically simultaneously.

My high school history class lives off of these videos! Thanks so much for what you do <3

good luck fellow exam takers!