In the summer of 1789, simmering anger and resentment exploded into full-blown class war on the streets ... This was much more than simply a mob. The French Revolution would be led by shopkeepers ...

The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...

Marie Antoinette was heavily disliked by many of the French ... towards revolution were taken by members of the bourgeoise, not the peasants. The delegates were upper-middle class, and worked ...