Queen of France‚ and the role she played in the French Revolution. Antoinette lived an extravagantly rich lifestyle and was Queen of France when the French Revolution was born. She moved to France when she was still quite young and spent her teenage years there. Her life as Queen was rough at times because of the French Revolution‚ but she managed to still have a life outside of the duties of her job. The French often blamed Marie for the economic problems that were occurring in France. Marie
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distress? Taxation system • Governments benefit from a well-organized and efficient taxation system. The taxation system in France is best described as being diabolical‚ the taxation system was burdensome upon the middle class and the more prosperous peasants‚ given that the nobles were largely able to exempt themselves from it. • The fundamental fiscal problem in France was structural. The government primarily relied on direct taxation the taille for financing. However neither the Clergy who owned
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Europe. In order to effectively trace the change in Government in Europe from 1400-1800‚ going back a little bit is necessary. Feudalism developed around the 8th century‚ but did not reach Europe really until the 10th century. It began to develop in France‚ and then spread to Spain‚ Italy‚ and later Germany and Eastern Europe. It then extended eastward into Slavic lands to the marches which were continually battered by new invasions‚ and it was adopted partially in Scandinavian countries. The important
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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 one could say nothing about it. France’s society was all
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The French Revolution had many factors that caused its upbringing. When Louis XVI took control over France‚ it was already in a downward spiral due to past issues. After many tries to fix the country of France‚ Louis XVI continued to fail and a reform was wanted by many. The Third estate wanted to take their idea of a reformation and put it into action by creating a new government. Lead by Maximilien Robespierre‚ a majority of the French population started looking for the light at the end of the
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20th of 1791‚ in which‚ Louis XVI’s action to flee result in‚ a critical advance to the consequential way of thought in Paris that spreads throughout France‚ a spark into the ideals of uncharted French political reform‚ and in social tension that will develop from members of the previous 3rd Estate‚ which will lead to years of fear and damage the structure of France. The idea of strong-propelled rumors and logical opinions were unfamiliar to the 3rd estate members of France until the Enlightenment
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considered a major turning point in world history. In 1789-1814 which included Napoleon’s reign‚ this revolution led to major changes in France and other nations and regions around the world. These changes both helped and changed society for better and for worse. The main source for the French Revolution was Louis XVI and his over control of everything. King Louis XVI was an absolute monarch that ruled by the divine right theory‚ the right t to rule from god. He got to choose all civil officials and
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bourgeoisie 5. Ineffective ruler: Louis XVI 6. Economic hardship‚ especially the agrarian crisis of 1788-89 generates popular discontent and disorders caused by food shortages. II. 1. The Disorder in the Finances The public (state) debt was large; with a heavy annual interest .The French Monarchy was successful in running deficit budget after deficit budget. This was aided by large costs brought on from previous spending by Louis XV and Louis XIV. This did not stop Louis XVI from adding to the troubles
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suffered a miscarriage on the night of November 1-2‚ 1783‚ which made her more fearful of her health. On March 27‚ 1785‚ Marie Antoinette gave birth to her second son Louis Charles‚ who was created the duc de Normandie. Louis Charles was visibly stronger than the sickly Dauphin. A second daughter‚ Sophie Helene Beatrice de France was born‚ on July 9‚ 1786 but died on June 19‚ 1787. The queen began to abandon her carefree activities and invested more time into her family and politics. The reasons
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Mehrnaz Nodehi Rachel Crawford English 1304‚ Thinking‚ Writing‚ and Research 2 May 2011 Marie Antoinette; an Impossible Image “Let them eat cake”‚ quoted by the misunderstood Queen of France is a line that has been twisted and misinterpreted by the people of France. The film about Marie Antoinette was created by Sophie Coppola‚ and is a similar depiction of what the queen was like during the 18th century. In spite of the fact that Antoinette is famous for being hated‚ Coppola does a superb job
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