The French Revolution: Crash Course World History #29

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Published 2012-08-10

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

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All Comments (20)

@Lejo04 4 years ago

I just realized that this John Green is the same John Green who wrote 'The Fault in Our Stars'. My life is a lie.
@jinglemich4941 6 years ago

2:15 No No No! The first estate was the Clergy not the nobles! First Estate Clergy, Second Nobles, Third everyone else (Peasants, Bourgeoisie).
@timmyl6398 4 years ago

“So Robespierre, how many people are you gonna execute?” Robespierre: “Yes”
@pufflesfox 4 years ago

Marie "I never actually said let them eat cake" Antoinette
@margueritecazalsdefabel3773 8 years ago

I'm French, and I've spent the last 21 years of my 21 year-long life trying to understand and learn all the regimes that went from 1789 until today and it is absolutely impossible
@Handledgovernment 4 years ago

Anyone else watching this for school during quarantine?
@landofold 5 years ago

"the people with the money never paid taxes" hmmm where have I heard this before
@daughter_laura2908 4 years ago

Who has an exam tomorrow?
@bjtibbs6436 8 years ago

I used to watch these in my AP classes. I'm not in these classes anymore, but I still love these videos. Especially now that I can learn about whatever I want.
@lailla3764 8 years ago

AP exam tomorrow time to watch crash courses till I crash this course
@gyohza 5 years ago

"You did not take the dying out of execution" killed me. Uh, no pun intended.
@sophiadryden7761 5 years ago

"which they did, because everyone is afraid of armed peasant women" 😂😂😂
@therandomvlogger1 9 years ago

My world history teacher shows us your videos in class. You're awesome Crash Course!
@cmontgomery7213 5 years ago

4:05 the creeper in the background... :)
@awesomebroke 5 years ago

The whole semester in just 11 mins
@alicezozo1 4 years ago

Can't help but correct: the first estate was the clergy, the second estate was the nobilty*
@Its_llalalolo 7 years ago

The first estate was actually the clergy the second estate was the nobility and the third estate was the bourgeoisie and the peasants
@faytme8420 6 years ago

The cake was a lie -MARIE ANTOINETTE
@ayazhussein4866 5 years ago

You speak very quickly man !