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MARKEL :
This is the way history is meant to be taught
2026-07-02 00:34:23
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Meli :
This is so great. If history had been taught to me this way (rather than merely memorizing dates). I would have been engrossed. You’re so good at making us understand the backdrop and how individuals felt at the time, and I especially love the tie to current events.
2026-07-01 22:47:02
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gabfest.garage26 :
thanks for continuing this. love how you tied it in to other countries and their Constitutions.
2026-07-01 22:21:10
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GG Ess456 :
Thank you thabk you thank you this IS FACINATINGGGG. Love learning this on my smokos!
2026-07-02 00:55:56
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wâpiskatim :
This is an excellent series and you are an excellent teacher.
2026-07-02 13:38:51
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MamaMewRebecca :
@MamaMewRebecca: Fully Invested in this series. Bring on part 6!
2026-07-01 22:10:12
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Karlyn dEntremont 🇨🇦 :
The Three Estates System: French society was legally divided into three strict orders. The First Estate (clergy) and Second Estate (nobility) enjoyed vast privileges and paid almost no taxes, while the Third Estate (commoners) made up 98% of the population and bore the overwhelming tax burden.Economic Crisis and Bankruptcy: Decades of deficit spending, maintaining a large standing army, and funding foreign conflicts emptied the French treasury. By the 1780s, France was on the brink of bankruptcy, struggling to pay the interest on its massive national debt.The American Revolution: France's financial ruin was greatly accelerated by its participation in the American War of Independence. The French government provided extensive troops, supplies, and naval support, which drastically drained state coffers for little to no tangible return.Famine and Food Shortages: Severe weather conditions—including harsh winters and extreme summers in the 1780s—caused disastrous crop failures. With skyrocketing bread prices and widespread famine, basic survival became a daily struggle for the average French peasant.Influence of the Enlightenment: An 18th-century intellectual movement championed by thinkers like Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, and Baron de Montesquieu. Their ideas of liberty, equality, and rational governance caused the educated public to aggressively question the legitimacy of absolute monarchy and divine right.Inequality in the Estates-General: When King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General in 1789, he maintained the traditional voting system where each Estate received only one collective vote. Despite representing 98% of the people, the Third Estate could always be outvoted 2-to-1 by the combined interests of the clergy and nobility.Weak Leadership: As an absolute monarch, King Louis XVI ruled by divine right but was widely viewed as indecisive, inept, and poorly suited to navigate a rapidly worsening political climate. He consistently failed to implement necessary financial or tax reforms.Lavish Royal Spending: While everyday citizens starved, the royal court at the Palace of Versailles became a symbol of systemic inequality. Both the King and Queen
2026-07-02 05:24:24
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DanionelMtl🇨🇦 :
Side note : hotel de ville in france is not a hotel , its actually the city hall
2026-07-02 13:27:43
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Dannyboyinperth 🇦🇺 :
From Australia this info is fantastic, keep going!!
2026-07-02 01:46:09
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Joaquin morales :
From Argentina, this is so engaging. Loved it
2026-07-02 02:14:40
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sonfrax3 :
wish they taught me history like this, I always hated just memorising dates all about start and end of wars and about royals. I always wondered what about all the others and who cares? (because as a child I m not following or understanding the news...) now I understand the importance but hardly remember anything about what I had to study and pretty sure nobody explained all the connections. thanks for your lessons 👏👏👏👏 great teacher
2026-07-02 09:21:43
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Chanel :
Your passion for this is amazing!!
2026-07-01 23:05:42
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Nox :
Everytime you say: "Sound familiar?!" I cackle 😂
2026-07-01 23:01:03
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mikeion6 :
is this sarcasm? 😜
2026-07-01 23:08:47
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Queenie :
According to Castlevania
2026-07-01 22:57:18
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rougiebored :
Please tell me you’re going to get to Haiti. French colonialism/participation in the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade and the cataclysmic revolt is critical context for the French Revolution (I mean no shade! I am appreciating and enjoying your series, I just am eternally mindblown by the Haitian revolution!)
2026-07-02 11:13:09
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Amberae :
You've really pointed out how everything is not a continual line. I feel like the idea of how revolution and change actually works is disheartening for a lot of people because they're fed this A-to-B storyline and it's never like that
2026-07-01 23:07:27
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jenn 🇨🇦 :
“he hesitated”
2026-07-02 04:29:15
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yvonnedefoe🇨🇦 :
I soooo love your content! Excellent post, as usual. You are one of my main professors at TicToc University! Yes, historical events don't happen in a straight line. When you can, U need to do a post about the $$. Always follow the $$ and France's exploitation of African countries to prop up their system. Much thanks.
2026-07-02 17:05:22
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Barbara Rocío :
😁😁😁
2026-07-02 13:02:54
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Barbeque Bob Maglinte :
History has never been in a straight line. Most of history everywhere is largely been whitewashed.
2026-07-02 02:40:07
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Xplody :
Great series! Loving it. Looking forward to the next chapter. I have a rant about the French Revolution that I’d like to get your take on, if you’re keen. See below: Left v Right comes from the French Revolution where the left side of the parliament were supporters of forming a new democracy and the right side were supporters of the current monarchy. This tells us everything. At its core, the Left is focussed on sharing and the Right is focussed on control. It’s sharing of power (democracy) vs control of power (monarchy). The people supporting the Left are called liberals, and those supporting the Right are called authoritarians. We see that the further Right a society goes, the further it enforces 1984 levels of control, anything public is sold off to private ownership, stricter measures against questioning authority, control becoming disguised as order, which leads to Digital IDs, CBDCs, daily terrorist threat levels, etc. Control is based on fear. The further Left a society goes the more you see sharing appear in the form of worker-led coops, a wealth cap, a UBI, free healthcare, free education, resource-based economy, help-based economy, towards a Star Trek-like future. Sharing is based on empathy. You see the difference? When you scrutinise a new government policy, find out if it’s about sharing or if it’s about control. That will tell you if it’s truly Left or Right.
2026-07-02 18:07:07
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