How was the French revolution viewed by outsiders?

France had a lead in the 1600s but in the 1700s, the English got the upper hand, winning the War of Spanish Succession, winning the Seven Years War, while the french got back with helping the American Revolution but ending up with little to show for it. read more

French Revolution Ends: Napoleon’s Rise On August 22, 1795, the National Convention, composed largely of Girondins who had survived the Reign of Terror, approved a new constitution that created France’s first bicameral legislature. read more

With the French Revolution began the institutionalization of secularized individualism in both social life and politics; individualism and rationality found expression in parliamentary government and written constitutionalism. read more