Adam Chin Ms. Pearlman The French Revolution of 1789 was one of the most important revolutions that had taken place. During that time‚ the political‚ social‚ and economic conditions were disliked by many of the French people‚ especially those in the Third Estate. Many of the French were influenced by the new views of government and society and attempted to try and change the way the government thought. The First and Second Estate were filled with many high class and church members
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and chancellor. Even though I did end up reaching a high ranking‚ I was unable to advance in the church because I wasn’t born of noble birth. After a few more years I absolutely hated the aristocracy and monarchy‚ ruled by King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette‚ (they had no balance of power) by the time the Estates General were summoned in 1788. After seeing how the nobles acted and the way the monarchy blatantly ignored the Third Estate‚ I wrote What Is The Third Estate? which identified the unprivileged
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“Was the blood that had just been spilled so pure?” These are the words of Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave‚ a French politician after the storming of the Bastille. He was referring to those who had died in the event. On July 14th‚ 1789‚ revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in Paris‚ France‚ springing the French Revolution into action‚ and finally ending in 1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte built an empire. The conflict lasted ten years; the compromise was long and difficult‚ with trials and errors
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the beginning‚ the French saw the revolution as a way to improve their lives‚ but this path quickly turned into a horrifying ascent into oblivion‚ which aside from immense suffering‚ achieved nothing. During the reign of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette‚ revolutionary ideas flourished through the age of enlightenment. However‚ Louis made a crucial mistake by aiding the American Revolution; although it was a military success‚ it was an economic failure. France was bankrupt and the people were
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The Reign of Terror: Was It Justified? The Reign of Terror started in 1789 and was a time when supporters of the French Revolution ran wild and started killing non-supporters or counterrevolutionaries. The French held a ceremony if you will‚ in Paris for the execution of King Louis XVI on January 21‚ 1793. This was because Louis was having financial‚ and harvest issues. In June of 1789 King Louis called the Estates Meeting to discuss taxes and money problems. Then some men disliked what Louis
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Question: To what extent was Louis XVI personally responsible for tlie fall of the monarchy in 1792 ? “ What is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it been in the political order? Nothing‚ What does it want to be? Something.” This slogan published by Abbe Sieyes in January 1789‚ provides an overview of the grievances of the ‘third estate’ thatled to the outbreak of the French Revolution. Although France in 1785 faced economic difficulties‚ mostly concerning the equitability of taxation‚ it was
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Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun was one of the most successful artists of her time‚ which was unusual for a woman in the eighteenth century. The work she is most famous for today are the paintings she did in 1779. These were her series of portraits of Queen Marie Antoinette. Over the next ten years she painted the Queen more than 30 times‚ bringing instant fame to Vigee Le Brun (Steadman). It all started in Paris‚ on April 6‚ 1755 when Louis Vigee and Jeanne gave birth to their first child‚ a new born
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Maximilien de Robespierre Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de Robespierre‚ also known as Maximilien de Robespierre‚ was born on May 6‚ 1758 in Arras‚ a city in France approximately 162 kilometers north of Paris. Robespierre was the oldest of four siblings‚ and his mother died when Robespierre was six years old. Shortly thereafter‚ his father left him‚ leaving his maternal grandparents to tend to the four children. The Robespierre family was a member of the Third Estate‚ which consisted of anyone
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by a mob of 7‚000 women‚ the King was convinced by Lafayette to move from Paris to the palace in Tuileries. The Assembly began to divide into different parties. One was made up of those against the revolution‚ led by the nobleman Jacques Antoine Marie de Cazales and the churchman Jean-Sifrien Maury. This party sat on the right side. A second party was the Royalist democrats (monarchists) which wanted to create a system like the constitutional monarchy of Britain‚ where the king would still be a
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1- Who wrote this document? An 18 year old Marie-Antoinette‚wife of Louis-Auguste the dauphin of France‚ and daughter of Maria Theresa‚the Empress of Austria.She would later become the queen of France‚which she would reign for over two decades until she was declared guilty of high treason by the Revolutionary Tribunal and executed by guillotine. 2- What is this document? It’s a letter from Marie-Antoinette to her mother‚detailing a day she spent with her husband and the welcoming they received
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