to be bored by politics. However‚ by July 1830‚ the political crisis in France became hard to ignore. Battles for liberty‚ which were left over from the Revolution‚ bloodied the streets of Paris. After Louis XV’s execution in 1793‚ France struggled to form a functioning Government. In 1814 Louis XV’s brother‚ Louis XVIII‚ was summoned from exile in England to rule. The principles of modern liberty diminished and when Louis XV died‚ his older brother‚ Charles X‚ a fan of the old ways of medieval
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policy and France’s revolutionary background that the Nations of Europe‚ particularly Britain‚ Austria and Russia‚ felt threatened. France was considered such a huge threat because of the revolution it had carried out and the changes it was imposing on the countries that Napoleon successfully annexed‚ it was a threat to the monarchy as a system‚ and because of that France was the number one enemy in Europe at the time. Napoleon’s downfall was a slow process that actually began many years before Napoleon
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Competition vs competence Competition and competence‚ to extremely similar words‚ yet two entirely different connotations. In my perspective competence is substantial to be successful. If you don’t have competence in life‚ you have and are nothing. Since the very beginning people have been based on strength‚ speed and agility. However‚ that didn’t initially entitle that they were the most effective. Generation after generation of repetition and misconception proves that no one person is better
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Marie Antoinette was the perfect target to blame for all the problems France was having at this time. In many ways‚ she somehow tries to help the French people. The marriage was supposed to bring in peace and friendship to both of the countrys‚ but instead‚ it just puts this into a more difficult position than before‚ married into a royal court that hated anything Austrian at this time. Since Austria and France had been fought in wars for years.France obviously didn’t want a foreigner
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Voltaire Today France is known as as a place of beauty and democracy. The France that can be seen today is a result of the French Revolution and the many writers that protested their government. One example of a revolutionary writers is Voltaire. Voltaire’s childhood and his multiple exiles influenced why and what he wrote. Voltaire’s career in writing was made possible by his childhood and the rest of his early life. He was born into an upper class family in November of 1694. His father was a well-to-do
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a decrease in flour throughout the country. For this reason‚ they besieged the Place of Versailles and after a violent and alarming encounter‚ their request was fulfilled but the very next day they made an even more outrageous request for King Louis XVI and his family return to Paris with them. This was considered to be one of the most righteous episodes that occurred in the French Revolution. When one takes into consideration the French Revolution as a whole‚ it can be proposed that these events
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not kill him and his family. No violence at all was used‚ even tough it could have been used and been justified. King Louis was executed as a governmental violence; he was voted to be guillotined. This put a temporary stop to the violence. However‚ it also now that the king was gone‚ the economic struggle worsening‚ struggle with religion and war in Europe‚ led to tensions in France‚ which allowed the violence to escalate out of hand and cause the period know as “the terror” and give the opportunity
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machines Background of the Industrial Revolution * Meaning of “Revolution” * Political Sense: means the overthrow a government by force * E.g. the French Revolution ‚ people in Paris overthrew the absolute king‚ Louis XVI and started a republic * Socio-economic Sense: means great improvements in people’s living conditions or ways of doing things * What was Industrial Revolution? * Begin in Europe in mid-18th century
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revolution changed the order of society and it came with a price. Prince Louis the 14th grandson Louis Capet married at age of 15 years old. The prince lacked of experience and social skills and leadership. The wedding was a political union between Austria and France. Marie Antoniette was 14 years old and was not interested in politics. Four years after the wedding Prince Louis the 14th dies leaving the throne to Prince Louis the 16th. He was not ready for the responsibility; he was only 20 years
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Republicanism‚ which eventually led up to The June Rebellion in 1832 by changing the government from a changed Republic to a Monarch once again. Maximilian Robespierre‚ the leader of the French Revolution was successful in changing the political ways of France. However Maximilian Robespierre was not in power for very long because he had allowed the executions of many for the sake of the new Republican government‚ which then allowed Napoleon Bonaparte to take leadership in his place when he became emperor
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