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    English word etiquette actually originates from a French word for ticket. A courtier of Louis XIV‚ Madame de Maintenon‚ is recognized as being the first to write using the word étiquette in reference to the formalities and ceremonies required at court in 1719. The French word did not begin to apply to polite behavior in general until 1778. This shows that the association was actually first made in England. How the word changed so much in its definition is not entirely known although there are many

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    (Compare and Contrast how Louis XIV‚ Peter the Great and the Hohenzollern family (btw. 1640-1740) created successful absolute monarchies through their use/manipulation of nobility‚ religion‚ bureaucracy‚ and economics.) The absolute age of Europe (roughly 1600’s-1750) was a time when absolute monarchy had begun becoming more popular by countries such as Habsburg’s lands‚ France‚ and Russia. There Is no one specific formula for an absolute monarchy however‚ in studying several such monarchies of

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    SS7 CH9 Louis Riel Essay Teagan Moore 7-1 Louis Riel is known by many names: a prophet‚ a traitor‚ and a madman. Out of them all‚ Riel is regarded as a hero‚ who stood up for his people in the face of the Canadian government‚ and those who question his sanity still view him as an essentially honourable figure. Riel was strongly respectful towards the Métis and felt that they deserved rights too‚ like any other human being‚ as they faced racial discrimination by Canada’s government‚ whom denied

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    Farm” is an allegory of the Russian Revolution. Through out the novel‚ he expresses many satirical views of how absolute power corrupts. It becomes evident how Orwell portrays the change in social order when one group in society manipulates law and the ignorance of the majority to attain absolute power. Napoleon’s changing attitudes are based upon the level of power he gains. Absolute Power leads him to go above the rule of law; changing laws‚ killing and corrupting the ideas that the farm animals

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    "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." This quote is an opinion. The person that said this could have meant a number of things by it. However‚ I believe this quote to be true. Power corrupts. This means‚ to me‚ that when a person has power somehow they are corrupted or that the person with the power‚ corrupts the things they have power over. The next part of the quote is "absolute power corrupts absolutely‚" this means that a person with absolute power will absolutely corrupt

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    It was 1789‚ King Louis XIV was on the throne and the ‘Revolution was born in blood’; the French Revolution had begun. The French Revolution began in 1789 on July 14th (Bastille Day) where the commoners of Paris stormed the prison‚ murdered the Governor and the Mayor of Paris. They were not standing for the mismanagement and tyranny of the French monarchy any longer. The Revolution that followed was a bloody massacre of torture and new ideas. Although the French Revolution only caused the people

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    Absolute Monarchy Triumphs in France * Long Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715) Cardinal Jules Mazarin- student of Cardinal Richelieu and the chief minister of Anne of Austria; stooped rebellions of peasants and city-dwellers to strengthen the authority of the monarchy. Anne of Austria- mother of Louis XIV‚ ruled for him because he was 5 years old then. Divine Right- the power of a king came from God and no subject will dare to question it. * It is God who establishes kings… Princes

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    ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY” This quote is said by Lord Acton meaning that someone who has total control is very likely to abuse their position. When the animals take over the farm the pigs become the animals’ leaders‚ as they are the smartest of the animals. Major starts out telling the animals about his dream and convincing them that’s how the farm should be like. The pigs encourage that all animals are equal and have 7 commandments to keep the farm in order. After

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    Maddie English 10 February 5‚ 2014 Power paper “Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely” “Absolute power corrupts absolutely”‚ is a quote that pertains to the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell in many different ways. The quote is saying that when you are given all of the power‚ you become crazy and it all comes tumbling down on yourself from the destruction. The leader Napoleon‚ a pig‚ receives absolute power on the Animal Farm and corrupts absolutely. Three ways he shows this is when he sends his

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    Louis Riel- Hero or Tyrant* Many people till today think that Louis Riel was not guilty and that his sentence was just an easy way for the Canadian government to get him out of their way. Louis Riel was the leader of the Métis during the Red River Rebellion and the Northwest Rebellion. He was hanged on November 16‚ 1885 for treason‚ but was he a real villain? Louis Riel is undoubtedly a national hero because he stood up for Métis rights. In my opinion Louis Riel was a hero in many ways. After the

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