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    Robespierre's Downfall

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    arrested him and locked him up in Jail. The following day‚ July 28 1794‚ after a failed assentation attempt‚ Maximilien Robespierre was guillotined without a proper trial. The father of the Reign of Terror was killed‚ and his downfall was met with the guillotine. It was through the prayers of some and many great Catholics that helped with the abolishment of

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    “The poor are poor because the rich are rich” -Anonymous. In the novel A Tale of Two Cities written by Charles Dickens‚ he exploits a hard time in the 1700s where the rich are rich because they exploit the poor. This raises a question to the audience‚ What action can be taken place to create an equal society? Dickens answers this question by placing this story in the middle of the French Revolution where people are are arrested because of their social class‚ presumed guilty without trial‚ then killed

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    Right after America gained its independence from Britain‚ France’s problems started. The United States was too young and undeveloped of a country to repay France for their help in the war. Another one of France’s problems was their government. King Louis XVI and his wife Mary Antoinette were spending more money than they were taking in‚ resorting in a financial problem. Monarchy was the main type of government in the 1700s but it wasn’t efficient. King Louis XVI had the power to make laws and know

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    Although for the King and Monarch the Feudal System was considered ‘just’‚ to others it was considered unjust and not fair. Courts in Medieval Europe weren’t advanced therefore they didn’t have the technology we have nowadays to determine innocence. Medieval Courts didn’t have evidence to back up a case. Everyone no matter what in Medieval Europe were ‘guilty until proven innocent’. This was not a sufficient way as there was no evidence to support you if you’re proven guilty. Some evidence you could

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    29-Crash Course World History Video Notes The French Revolution 1. France in the 18th century was a rich and populous country‚ but it had a systemic problem collecting ___________ because of the way its society was structured. They had a system with kings and nobles we now call the __________ regime; where the people with the money—the nobles and the clergy—never paid taxes. 2. By 1789‚ France was deeply in debt thanks to their funding the __________ Revolution and the extravagant lifestyle of Louis

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    WHEN WAS THE FRENCH REVOLUTION? 1789 May Estates General * Louis 16th faced with bankruptcy called for a meeting of the Estates General in 1788 * The actual meeting was set for May * They had the traditional right to authorize taxation * Consisted of representatives from each of the three estates * Louis hope to find new methods to RAISE MONEY and to solve the FINANCIAL CRISIS * Representatives were chosen‚ collect complaints complaints: * Financial reform

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    Margarita Arnold HIS 112-100M Critical Essay #1 The three fundamental principles of the Enlightenment listed in the text of Traditions and Encounters are popular sovereignty‚ individual freedom‚ and political and legal equality. According to Gombrich‚ the author of the A Little History of the World‚ the three fundamental principles of the Enlightenment are tolerance‚ reason‚ and humanity. Traditions and Encounters describes popular sovereignty as a “contract between the rulers and the ruled”

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    captured Robespierre. The next evening‚ on July 28‚ Robespierre and other Jacobin members were executed without a trail. The man who was a significant voice of his nation now was put through the same suffering that he advocated for several others: the guillotine. He was very powerful but ended up broken and defeated. Robespierre’s words were his weapons. At its maximum lawless point‚ the French Revolution would destroy one of its chief architects. He was considered a man who represented the people‚ but

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    the broken wine cask‚ developing the theme of desperation within the third estate. The theme of the constant threat of revolutionaries is shown in the image of Madame Defarge’s shadow cast over little Lucie Manette. Subsequently the image of the guillotine represents the theme of desensitization to violence within the progression of the revolution. The image of the broken wine cask shows the desperation and hunger within the third estate. They are all desperate to drink the wine as a means of filling

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    In what ways did Robespierre influence the fall of the monarchy in France? Index A. Plan of Investigation………………….3 B. Evaluation of Sources………………...4 C. Summary of Evidence………………...5 D. Analysis………………………………7 E. Conclusion……………………………9 F. Bibliography………………………….10 A. Plan of Investigation The research used for this investigation comes from books or articles that contain speeches that Robespierre gave at that time. These speeches were used in

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