Over the course of history, changes have come about within a country that persuaded the people that lived there to stand up and fight for what they believe their rights should be. During the late 1700s, the lower class citizens in France were fed up with the way that they were being treated, and so, they decided that they deserved everything that the upper class citizens had received. In the early 1800s, Spain gained control over Venezuela, which caused an uproar among the Venezuelans; they did not approve of the way that the Spaniards were ruling over their country, hence the increase in revolt. During the reign of King Louis XVI, he decided to meet with the rest of the government officials about the increase in taxes for the Third Estate, the lower class citizens. The Third Estate, during a break in the meeting, were locked out of the room by the First and Second Estates so that the tax increase decision would be final. The Third …show more content…
Napoleon was able to dissolve the Directory and name himself the first consul of France. Although he did not have the confidence of the people, he was able to form a new banking system and a new was of collecting taxes. He led the army into many victories and helped to spread the ideas of the Enlightenment. The end of the French Revolution brought hope to other countries that they should fight for what they believed in, including Venezuela. After the capture of King Ferdinand VII, Spain gained leadership over Venezuela, not letting the hacendados keep their original rule. Before the reign of Spain, the hacendados allowed the mestizos to increase their economy by selling coffee and cocoa to other places. Since Spain took over Venezuela, they restricted the trade of the mestizos to within Venezuela, decreasing the economic income. Even though their income had decreased, the Spaniards still expected the Venezuelans to pay their high