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 French Revolution was an unstable‚ blood-filled time. With 20‚000 sent to the guillotine and an equal number to prison‚ it is not hard to find importance but rather to find meaning. The most crucial thing to look for in the revolution is justification‚ reasons that excuse or bring significance to the deaths of many. John Locke‚ a philosophe of the time‚ may have argued that a leader who does not provide his people with inalienable rights is grounds for dismissal in the form of regicide1
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I have tasted command and I cannot give it up.” This shows that he knew that he could not reign along with other directors and wanted all power for himself. This was against the one of the ideals of the directory and the terror. On top of this‚ Robespierre was against giving the army a lot of power because he believed this could result in a take-over: exactly what Napoleon did. Napoleon ran a very centralised: all focus was supposed to be on him. However‚ Napoleon claimed that‚ in principle‚ the
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Freedom of speech and press‚ equality before the law‚ right to property and security‚ and the separation of Church and State. All of these things we take for granted as our fundamental rights but until the French Revolution‚ these concepts were rare in most nations. The Revolution helped spread ideas of democracy through inspiring fear in the hearts of monarchs running absolutist governments as well as through the birthing of documents like the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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political power of the Roman Catholic Church has eliminated. 2. The right to vote was extended to all people 3. Political Power was no longer held by people of European ancestry 4. Strong nationalistic feelings led to many new nations One way in which Robespierre and Louis XVI of France are similar is that both 1. Were removed from power during the French revolution 2. Adopted ideas of the Congress of Vienna 3. Implemented policies of religious tolerance. 4. Decreased government control of the economy Which
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French Revolution Questions The Outbreak of the Revolution: 1) French society around 1789 was split into three groups of people or the Three Estates. The First Estate consisted of the clergy or the leaders of the church. The Second Estate were the nobles who were highly privileged. The Third and final estate consisted of peasants‚ city workers‚ and the middle class‚ all of which were taxes heavily and underprivileged. 2) The complains of the Third Estate were they were being taxed to heavily
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These two men had one main goal: to unite the globe under one main concept and to rule everyone. Napoleon Bonaparte started out as a Jacobin‚ member of a radical political party of the time aimed to bring republic in France‚ and a follower of Robespierre. He had mellowed into Bonaparte the Republican‚ bringing France to peace but then he
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significant because it is his first mental transform since his loss of innocence. Dantes’s passion for vengeance lessens as he finds himself starting to remember the emotions that he had bid farewell to so many years before. In addition‚ after reuniting Maximilien and Valentine‚ Dantes tells Haydée‚ his slave‚ that she is now free. Haydée expresses her love for Dantes‚ and he “felt his heart swell; He opened his arms and Haydée threw herself into them with a cry” (Dumas 529). After
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John Locke- an English philosopher in the 17-18th century. The significance was that John Locke was the advocate for the idea of popular sovereignty during the Enlightenment era which led to the American‚ French‚ Haitian‚ and Latin revolutions. Sepoys- Indian troops under British command in the 18th century. The significance is the sepoys were the cause of the Indian rebellion in 1857 that made formally transformed India into a British colony. Berlin Conference- a conference during (1884-1885)
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The source states that in certain situations one strong‚ powerful leader would be the best option for the nation. A strong all powerful leader can lead to dictatorship. By definition‚ a dictator is a ruler with complete power over a country‚ which is sometimes obtained by force. A dictator provides a sense of unity and makes it easier to tame out of control situations. Under a dictatorship‚ the nation being governed is easily controlled by censorship of the media that does not have much say in
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