French and Russian Revolutions :: European Europe History

French and Russian RevolutionsBoth the French and Russian revolutions occurred because of two main reasons. Both of these revolutions were the direct results of bad drawship and a bad economy. These two reasons along with other factors caused both of these revolutions. Although they were both similar, they withal had differences. A difference between the two is that the Russians had an unsuccessful pre-revolution in 1905. other difference between these two revolutions is the fact that the French turned towards a democracy while the Russian g everywherenment became communist.In 1905 , Russia had a prerevolution that was position down of the Czar. Instead of learning from this prerevolution, Czar Nicholas II, made a precise extended mistake by in not introducing some reforms to emend the problems. So because of his actions, the situation grew worse. In 1917, the Russians were fighting in World state of war I. A good majority of the Russian people were weary and uncontent with t he counsel the war was going and with the Czars rule. This uncontent along with economic hardships caused riots and demonstrations to break out. The Czar called for the soldiers to put down the revolution as they did in 1905. But the regular army joined the revolt and the Czar was kicked out of power soon afterwards. A temporary government was set up to decide on what kind of government Russia was gonna set up. Two political parties were set up. The Bolsheviks were one of the two. The leader of the Bolshevik party was a man named Lenin. Lenin was a firm believer of the theories and ideas of Karl Marx. So with his slogan of Bread, Peace and Land, Lenin gained the support of the peasants and gained control of Russia and frame-up a communist state.The French revolution was also caused by a bad ruler and a bad economy. During the early 1780s a big percent of annual budget went towards king Louis XVIs lavish estate at Versailles. France also had no central bank, no paper currency, no ways of getting more money, and an out-dated tax system which only taxed the poor who had no money to begin with. Signs of revolution first appeared when the peasants stormed the fortress known as the Bastille looking for gun powder.The Bastille incident set off revolts all over France and Louis was soon deposed afterwards.A democratic goverment was setup in place of the old monarcy.