uneducated people. The people knew he was not prepared to be king and uneducated‚ but with every decision and move he made‚ his people liked him less and less. It started with his marriage. King Louis married Marie Antoinette‚ the duchess of Austria. Austria was much disliked in France. Not only was Marie from Austria‚ but she was blamed for not being able to produce and heir‚ though it was truly Louis’s fault. To celebrate the wedding of the two newlyweds‚ they held a party with a great deal of food‚ for
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In 1789‚ France broke out into a revolution. The citizens of France rebelled against the absolute monarch and the system they deemed unfair. The people were starving while Queen Marie Antoinette spent fortunes on fake boats to put in her hair. The Revolution was centered on hatred for the king‚ Louis XVII‚ and the prospects of a governmental system that promoted liberty and equality. The unfair representation of the third estate‚ the spread of enlightenment ideas‚ and the high price and scarcity
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hoping that they will learn from your experiences and live their life how you wish you could have. I would go back to 1774 when Marie Antoinette became queen‚ and show her my history books‚ and beg her to PLEASE avoid diamonds‚ ignore her brothers-in-law‚ keep a sharp eye on the owners of printing presses‚ show less favor to her son Louis Charles in front of poor Marie Therese so that the little girl isn’t so prone to bitterness‚ follow the advice of her mom and Joseph II‚ try to keep Catherine II
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Issue: May-August 2012 FromtheEditor To my co-Alumnae and Chronicler readers‚ The second issue of the year is always a pleasure to prepare . This is when we feature the July Homecoming Celebration Week -- so much material available to work with‚ mostly pictures making the newsletter largely a pictorial. But the pictures of happy faces‚ depictions of enjoyment tell their own story making for not much need for words.. The coverage of the Institutional Welcome on Friday takes on more pages as it
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The year was 1814 during the month of April. The French Revolution had just taken place from 1789 to 1799. The citizen of France overthrew the Monarchy‚ which had once been made up of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. After the ten year period of revolution and change in the country of France‚ a military leader named Napoleon rose. Napoleon Bonaparte came to power through a “coup d’etat.” Napoleon had caused much destruction throughout his reign‚ but the last straw was when Napoleon took around
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political prisoners. After the revolution‚ the peasants made sure they were heard. They started killing nobles; the guillotine was made making the death sentence faster and cheaper. Thousands were killed with the guillotine including Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette‚ his wife. The time after this was known as the Reign of Terror‚ when Maximilien Robespierre took over. During this period of famine and panic‚ the peasants were finally heard and released from feudalism. This French Revolution changed a lot
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new king‚ whose name is Louis XVI. The degrading economy was the drastic result from both the Seven Years’ War‚ and the American Revolution. King Louis XVI‚ who is a timid person‚ isn’t really sure how to combat the economic problem. His wife Marie Antoinette‚ didn’t help with the debt‚ but instead spent her time “ordering hundreds of gowns‚ trying out elaborate hairstyles and hosting lavish parties at her private retreat‚ Petit Trianon‚ on Versailles’ expansive grounds‚” (HowStuffWorks.com Contributors
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the deaths of thousands of people living in France at that period of time. The terror followed the trial and execution of King Louis XVI in 1793 and was incited by the conflict between the Girondins and Jacobins. Soon after‚ King Louis’ wife‚ Marie Antoinette‚ was executed in the guillotine- the new form of constitutionalist justice. Many of the people who were executed during this period of time were not aristocrats‚ but ordinary people who may have only stated a critical thought or judgment going
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"This critical circle is not close enough to the stage to see the actors ’ faces and catch the subtler by play" (Fitzgerald 1). The metaphor of the Dance sets up a critical underlying theme of the story. The youth The metaphor at the beginning of the "But‚ after all‚ this critical circle is not close enough to the stage to see the actors ’ faces and catch the subtler byplay" that from a distance one cannot properly judge the kids. By comparing the youth to actors explains that the people
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approximately six thousand angry French women wanted food and money and were willing push extreme limits in order to fulfill that demand. Conclusively‚ it can be inferred that this event was influenced by the lack of bread and money in the country. Marie Antoinette was the King’s wife‚ and she was a very greedy woman; taking all of the bread and money to herself when there was a decrease in flour throughout the country. For this reason‚ they besieged the Place of Versailles and after a violent and alarming
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