The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29

In which John Green examines the French Revolution, and gets into how and why it differed from the American Revolution. Was it the serial authoritarian regimes? The guillotine? The Reign of Terror? All of this and more contributed to the French Revolution not being quite as revolutionary as it could have been. France endured multiple constitutions, the heads of heads of state literally rolled, and then they ended up with a megalomaniacal little emperor by the name of Napoleon. But how did all of this change the world, and how did it lead to other, more successful revolutions around the world? Watch this video and find out. Spoiler alert: Marie Antoinette never said, “Let them eat cake.“ Sorry. Chapters: Introduction: The French Revolution 00:00 The French Declare Bankruptcy 0:41 Ancien Régime, Estates General, and the National Assembly 2:05 Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen 3:16 Louis XVI, Marie Antionette, and the Women’s March 4:00 The Jacobins 4:43 Austria and Prussia Intervene 5:35 An Open Letter to the Guillotine 6:48 Guillotines Galore 7:35 Napoleon Bonaparte 8:23 How Revolutionary was the French Revolution? 9:44 Credits 11:22 Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - CC Kids: