There are three revolutions‚ the Glorious‚ American‚ and French‚ that heavily influenced the world we know today. These revolutions were all similar because they wanted to get rid of monarchies‚ they resisted taxes‚ and they were highly influenced by the Enlightenment. The Revolutions had their differences when the American and French killed numerous people‚ the American and Glorious had no Reign of Terror‚ and the Glorious and French had large amounts of debt. Although the Glorious‚ French‚ and
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At the time‚ their absolute monarchy was an absolute disaster. First of all‚ King Louis XVI brought France to mass debt. He and his wife‚ Marie Antoinette used money without any limits‚ as Priya Karan from Suit101.com says‚ “Louis XV also spent extravagant sums… Antoinette spent incredible amounts of treasury money.” Considering France was in a massive debt‚ King Louis XVI did not do anything about it. This did not only apply to the debt he caused but to
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His decisions were rash and he often ignored his political advisors and listened to his wife‚ who was just as unqualified to being a leader as he was. Marie Antoinette was notorious for spending a great deal of money on unnecessary things like dresses and ridiculous hairstyles. She also gambled quite when she was bored. With the help of Marie Antoinette‚ King Louis decided to fund the American Revolution. When King Louis decided to fund the American revolution‚ he exposed France to what was going on
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Name: Jared Bracken World History on File: American & French Revolution 1. What taxes were placed on the Colonists? Do you think the British had the right to tax the Colonists? Why? Some taxes that were placed on the Americans involved stamps‚ sugar‚ tea‚ imported goods‚ and more. I don’t believe the British had the right to tax the colonies. This is because the colonies had no say in parliament and could do nothing to stop the taxes. 2. Which event do you believe was the biggest cause of the American
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Old Regime- Polittical and social system of France before the French Revolution. Under the regime‚ everyone was a subject of the king of France as well as a member of an estate and province- a principal administrative division of certain countries or empires. First Estate- the clergy‚ who were people‚ including priests‚ the Catholic church and some aspects of the country. In addition to keeping registers of births‚ deaths and marriages‚ the clergy also had the power to levy a 10% tax known as
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The leadership of King Louis continued to fail miserably when he came to an impasse with the secret meeting of the Third Estate. Louis refused to align himself with the people even though he reminded himself of previous French king’s alliance‚ and instead‚ he gave a discreet answer to the people that proved unsatisfactory and vague. His refusal to choose an order highlighted his distance from the reality of the revolution and his non-committal answer revealed to the public his deficiency of leadership
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People were unhappy with the King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette because they ignored demands of peasants. Most of people were peasants. They had to work for lords and pat taxes when The clergy and nobles did not. The tension between 2nd and 3rd estate rise‚ and ended by peasants revolting agains nobles
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Marie-Louise O’ Murphy was the youngest child of an Irish army officer. She was a celebrated French beauty‚ one of the younger mistresses of Louis XV and the model for Francois Boucher “The Resting Girl”. The youngest of seven‚ Marie-Louise was born to ex-Irish army officer Daniel O’ Murphy and his French wife relocated the family to Paris after the death of her husband. Through trying to make ends meet‚ the O’ Murphy family had to become a part of France’s irreputable lifestyle‚ Marie-Louise
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Curiatii family. Theme: sacrifice for the good of the country France financial meltdown‚ Economic crisis‚ initiated by the cost of intervening in the American Revolution‚ exacerbated by a regressive system of taxation “Portrait of Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier‚” 1788 French nobleman known as the “father of modern chemistry” Was accused by Marat of selling watered-down tobacco and other crimes and guillotined “Oath of the Tennis Court‚” 1792 Pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members of
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The story goes that queen Marie Antoinette didn’t like being at court. So to escape‚ she started living in the Petit Trianon‚ a relatively small villa outside the Versailles gardens. Behind the Petit Trianon‚ she had two gardens constructed: one English garden with meandering paths and
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