History A: Introducing topics within a historical period. Open book assessment Outcome 1 and 2 Sarah Pirie; HND Class C Word Count; 1558 By looking at the primary sources provided and secondary sources‚ it is possible to form arguments as to whether the ‘Terror’ of 1793-4 was a necessary response to the challenges facing the new French Republic at the time of the French Revolution. There is evidence that both the terror was necessary in supporting the new
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The great Napoleon Bonaparte once said‚ “Power is founded upon opinion.” In the wake of Napoleon’s rule‚ France was on the brink of chaos. The previously overthrown Bourbon family was restored to the throne‚ although France was nothing like it was when they had left. The church had lost most of its power‚ aristocrats no longer held dominance‚ and the once voiceless third estate was now a powerful adversary in the form of citizens with rights and demands. The monarchy no longer held the power to do
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Even though the Committee of Public Safety led France with almost forty thousand people executed in a reign of terror‚ they ultimately protected the future of the revolution and its values through their increased legitimacy and their encouragement of fraternity and equality. By increasing their legitimacy‚ the Committee of Public Safety removed the chance of a counter-revolution by publishing the “Law of Suspects” and executing all the defined enemies of the revolution within France. In the months
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The french revolution began in 1789‚ marking a historic and important time in history. In the book Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens strives to both commemorate and explain that period of time in which the the scales switch between the tyranny of the aristocrats and the rage and revolt of the poor. Over the course of the book france is recalled to life in three ways; politically‚ emotionally‚ and spiritually. The first way france is recalled to life is politically. The government was already crumbling
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After the chaos of the sixteenth century‚ absolutism‚ or an absolute monarchy‚ looked more like a viable option to straighten out social and political order. Nowhere was the philosophy more aptly applied than in France‚ and by no one other than King Louis XIV. However‚ leaving all power in the hands of one person left France’s government vulnerable to the flaws of that one person. Louis’s theatrical rule was undoubtedly influenced by the turmoil of his early childhood‚ but those theatrics cost him
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Marie-Anne-Charlotte Corday d’Armont‚ also known as Charlotte Corday‚ was born on July 27‚ 1768. With her support of the representative democracy and a constitutional republic of the French revolution in 1789‚ she learned about the French enlightenment. Corday‚ a descendent of a noble family‚ educated in the Convent of Caen‚who lived with her Aunt after the covent closed. Caen was a focal point of the “Federalist” development against the National Convention after the removal of the Girondins in May-June
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Contrary to Rousseau’s belief that the monarch should not have the power to veto‚ this provision of the current constitution (the Constitution of 1791) would empower the monarch to veto legislation for up to five years. This provides one essential check on the immense and wrong power of the National Assembly because it has too much power‚ with no other institutions to check that power. The National Assembly’s conception of power will ultimately lead to the ruin and devastation of France‚ largely
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Maximilien Robespierre has always been known to be controversial and misunderstood. He was the face of the French Revolution. In accordance with the Jacobins‚ they controlled the time known as the Reign of Terror‚ due to their influence in the accumulation of murders of those opposed to the revolution. Reign of Terror was a symbolic time period within the French Revolution that involved corruption of power and influence and mass executions. With Robespierre at the forefront‚ he became one of the
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How did revolutions affect gender roles? The impact of women in revolutions has had a great effect on many world societies. During the French revolution women took many roles including marching protest and writing against the monarchy. Most of them became very vocal during the revolution whiles others had a posthumous recognition about how women expressed their experiences in private life and family affairs during the decades of the revolution. The involvement of women in the revolution may be considered
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The Dreyfus case demonstrated the anti-Semitism permeating France’s military and‚ because many praised the ruling‚ in France in general. Interest in the case lapsed until 1896‚ when evidence was disclosed that implicated French Major Ferdinand Esterhazy as the guilty party. The army attempted to suppress this information‚ but a national uproar ensued‚ and the military had no choice but to put Esterhazy on trial. A court-martial was held in January 1898‚ and Esterhazy was acquitted within an hour
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