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    Question 3 Discuss the relationship between the Scientific Revolution‚ the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. What do they have in common? How did they affect each other? The seventeenth century marked the beginnings of the scientific revolution in which scientists began to question the existence of the world and humanity as it was explained by church from a religious standpoint. Scientific inquiry and experimentation resulted in the development of a new way of thinking and looking at the

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    It was very tiring but it was worth it. The anger was mostly on Queen Marie Antoinette because she shouldn’t spend all her money on parties and other stuff when she knows we are trying to support our families. She’s selfish and uncaring. She could have stopped the rise of taxes but she didn’t‚ all she did was put herself in debt

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    Chen Hao World History 9‚ Period 4 1-I-13 First Draft of French Revolution Essay Why was there a revolution in France in 1789? The French Revolution was a imaginary train that changed the direction of thought in Europe and also showed the end of the “Modern Age”‚ which is called the Ancién Regime in France‚ and showed the beginning of a “Contemporary Age”. The absolutism of the Ancién Regime was the seed that planted the fury of the people in France and it was the main reason that started

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    Women were not equals in the Age of Reason. Their education was deemed of little importance. They were to accept their role as “pleaser”. In marital roles they had limited property rights and physical abuse was not against the law. Women were considered intellectual and physical inferiors‚ who were in need of both direction and protection from their male counterparts. In paintings‚ females were often depicted as soft and helpless‚ as shown in Jacques-Louis Davids ’ painting “Oath of the Horatii

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    Hector Berlioz‚ son of Louis Berlioz and Marie Antoinette‚ born in France at the La Cote- Saint- Andre in December 1803‚ lived a great life to be a well-known French Romantic Composer. Hector did not start studying music till age 12 and with the lack of support of his parents never learned to play the piano. His lack of knowledge of ability to play the piano was both beneficial and detrimental to his works later in life as a composer. As he grew older‚ his parents pushed him towards studies in the

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    men. After all‚ most history books only mention the King‚ the soldiers‚ the condemned‚ and perhaps the Queen. But where are the mothers‚ daughters‚ sisters and wives? Even with characters such as Olympe de Gouges‚ (who was in fact a woman)‚ and Marie-Jean Roland‚ (also a woman)‚ who inspired the French women to take part in the revolution; women still did not have much influence in the revolutions and after that. So‚ what did women throughout the revolutions? And even though the Russian and French

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    Chapter 19- French Revolution 1) Describe the 3 estates of France. Who paid the taxes? Who held the wealth and power in France? The first estate was the top 1% of population which is the government‚ church‚ and clergy men. They experienced special privileges and paid no taxes. The Second Estate is made up of the 2% of population and included nobility. They experienced special privileges and were taxed lightly. The Third Estate was made p of the "common" population. They included lawyers

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    French Revolution The Old Regime was the way the French society was organized before the French revolution. It was more of the political system of France and separated people into three different social classes. These classes were the first estate‚ second estate‚ and the third estate. The first estate was made up of the clergy from the roman catholic church. The first estate was only one percent of the population. The second estate included the nobles‚ they made up about two percent of the population

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    governments. Prior to the revolution‚ France was going into turmoil due to King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette’s spending habits. King

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    took radical turn when Assembly declared war on multiple countries‚ but fearing defeat revolutionaries established the Convention which abolished the monarch and set up republic. a. Used the guillotine and executed Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette 4. Chaos peaked in 1793 and 1794 when Robespierre and the Jacobins dominated the Convention. Sought to eliminate control of the Church. Executed some 40‚000 enemies of the

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