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	Effects of the French Revolution Duration: 01:23 How the French Revolution proved a setback to the abolition movement.	French Revolution, radicalism, San Domingue, Haiti, revolt, abolition, slavery, plantation owners, history

	Atheism and the French Revolution Duration: 03:30 Atheism traces its roots back to the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century.	Atheist, atheism, church, god, religion, French Revolution, bible

	The Rights Of Man Duration: 00:04:30 The origins of the Declaration of the Rights of Man.	Declaration of the rights of man, Bastille Day, French Revolution, slavery

	The escape of the King Duration: 00:05:25 How did Louis XVI react to the revolution?	Louis XVI, Bastille day, French revolution, Versaille

	France in Revolution and the Reign of Terror, 1792-1794 Duration: 03:41 How France swapped one tyranny for another: from monarchy to sole-power dictatorship. A look at the French Revolutionary Robespierre and Napoleon's eventual coup.	France, French, Revolution, Bastille, oppression, citizenship, rights, rights of man, Louis XVII, Marie Antoinette, witness, guillotine, execution, nobility, Reign of Terror, Robespierre, Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor, Bastille Day

	How far was the King of France a significant cause of the Revolution of July 1789? Duration: 02:02 Examining the character and actions of the King of France, Louis XVI, and the French Revolution of 1789.	King, France, French, Revolution, Bastille, Calet, oppression, citizenship, rights, Rights of Man, King of France, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, prison, witness, Versailles, grandeur, palace

	Revolution, religion and reason Duration: 01:49 The French Revolutionary philosophers saw reason, rather than religion, as the basis for an enlightened society.	philosophers, philosophy, Voltaire, enlightenment, religion, reason, science, dogma, atheism, secular, Paris, Pantheon

	Was Louis XVII a significant cause of the Revolution? Duration: 01:25 Exploring the role, character and actions of the King of France and the Revolution of 1789.	King, France, French, Revolution, Bastille, Calet, oppression, citizenship, rights, rights of man, King of France, Louis XVII, Marie Antoinette, prison, witness, Versailles, grandeur, palace

	Opposition to the New Republic Duration: 04:43 The reactions of Frenchmen to the revolution in 1789. It was not universally supported to the point that cities and regions in France actively co-ordinated rebellions against the new Republic.	Rebellion, Marsaille, Vendee, Republican, anti-Republican, France, French, revolution, Bastille, Calet, oppression, citizenship, rights, rights of man, King of France, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, prison, witness, guillotine, Catholic

	Has religion lost its power? Duration: 02:02 Since the French Revolution, most philosophers have ignored God or criticised religion. Religion hasn't died out, but it has been driven from power?	philosophers, religion, Atheism, Secular

	The Tennis Court Oath Duration: 00:03:53 By the late 1780s, France's financial problems brought it close to breaking point. Louis XVI called the Estates General to solve France's problems.	Bastille Day, French revolution, estates general, national assembly

	Locating privilege and inequality in pre-Revolutionary France Duration: 04:25 Examining the extent of inequality and corruption in pre-Revolutionary 18th century France.	France, French, Revolution, Bastille, Calet, oppression, citizenship, rights, rights of man, King of France, Louis XVII, Marie Antoinette, prison, witness, Arthur Young, peasants, corruption, church, nobility

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