French revolution laid the

foundation of democracy.
Arguments in favourGreeks especially from Athens are
described as the father of
democracy, and true indeed they
got the ball rolling.
However the greek form of
democracy was
nothing COMPARED to what we
know as democracy today. It
wasn't representative and it only
was for a chosen few of Athenian
elites in fact women ,slaves, poor
etc couldn't .,even vote.
So it can be said that modern
democracy emanates from the
French Revolution of 1789. Now
many of the modern nation
states, have made their
constitution based on the French

ideals.
This was the first time that there
was a claim of voting rights for all
sections of the society. More
importantly,
Separation of power by
Montesquie.
Social contract between citizens
and the government by
Rouseau .Ideals of social status
based on merits etc were
brought to light for the first time
in the French revolution. And
today, we know very well that
these ideas are the very base and
root of democracy.
The french revolution has a huge
impact on liberal ideals which is
the foundation of modern
democracy and its functions and
ideals. So it can very well be said

that the French revolution laid

the foundation for the modern
democracy.
Arguments in against
The French Revolution of 1789
was a middle-class rebellion
against the privileges of the
aristocracy and the clergy. It
wasnt at all intended to establish
democracy.
A few years after 1789, the
French Revolution became a mere
scramble for power between
groups of middle-class politicians
and professionals.
The Jacobins became a terrible
dictorial group, and so did
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Although we cant deny that the
revolution gave us some

important ideals for democracy.

But this wasnt the foundation.
England restarted the democratic
form, after the Greeks. The
French only had a revolution for
the want of the proper
democratic practices, but the
ideas had been created much
before. The main origins of
present day democracy lie with
the Levelers of the 1640s in
England, the Bill of Rights of
1689 in England, the Declaration
of Independence in USA in 1776,
the Chartist Movement in UK
during 1838-48, and the many
popular revolutions in Europe in
1830 and 1848.