Thomas Paine's Responses To The French Revolution

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The French revolution may be categorized as good or bad. There were many different responses to the French Revolution and the people during this time. There were authors who wrote about these times of terror, including François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand. There were also many newspaper’s written during the French Revolution which inform the people what is happening or what happened. Thomas Paine who was a major part of the American revolution even wrote about these times. The French Revolution helped and hurt France today.
One man that was apart of the French Revolution was François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand. He was a very famous author during this time. His reaction was that France had changed in many major ways. He wrote about the …show more content…

He happened to be living in Europe during the French Revolution. Paine read British writings similar to The Times (doc. 3). After reading these writings he decided to write about his thoughts of the French Revolution (doc. 4). The French Revolution was not against Louis XVI. but against the despotic principles of the Government (doc. 4). These principles were no longer able to be removed. France was not able to be cleansed of its roots and government (doc. 4). Paine believed that you must act with determined vigor, or not to act at all (doc. 4). Thomas Paine believed that people cannot just assume that all of this is Louis XVI’s fault. It was the government's from long ago. The actions of the Frenchman were not needed shouldn’t have happened. The French Revolution could be reacted to in many different ways. It could be look at as an example. To show what happens when someone becomes power hungry. Also that you need good roots to support a country for many years and that it can become very difficult to change. People want what they believe is best, and may not use common sense to support that. The Frenchman killed their king Louis XVI whether it was just or not. Paine believed that it was unjust as did François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand. There were many different responses to the French Revolution and the people during this