become bankrupt. The French were supporting the Revolution in America 9The American war of Independence). Louis XVI spent money on maintaining his palace‚ Versailles‚ when the money should have been spent on supporting the French army. His wife Marie Antoinette also lived lavishly‚ purchasing pricy clothes‚ and overspending in order to maintain her lifestyle. While the king and queen were spending extravagantly‚ the cost of food escalated for e.g. in the case of bread‚ where the cost for a loaf became
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causes that led to his own downfall. The income of the government mainly came from heavy taxation on the citizens and several incidences led to the bankrupt of government. One of the main reasons was Louis and his family‚ mainly due to his wife‚ Marie Antoinette‚ who spent a lot of money in luxuries such as clothes‚ jewelry‚ and gambling. She even spent lots of money in creating beautiful gardens structured like a real peasant village around her palace‚ in which many people found it pointless and silly
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Adam Chin Ms. Pearlman The French Revolution of 1789 was one of the most important revolutions that had taken place. During that time‚ the political‚ social‚ and economic conditions were disliked by many of the French people‚ especially those in the Third Estate. Many of the French were influenced by the new views of government and society and attempted to try and change the way the government thought. The First and Second Estate were filled with many high class and church members
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and chancellor. Even though I did end up reaching a high ranking‚ I was unable to advance in the church because I wasn’t born of noble birth. After a few more years I absolutely hated the aristocracy and monarchy‚ ruled by King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette‚ (they had no balance of power) by the time the Estates General were summoned in 1788. After seeing how the nobles acted and the way the monarchy blatantly ignored the Third Estate‚ I wrote What Is The Third Estate? which identified the unprivileged
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“Was the blood that had just been spilled so pure?” These are the words of Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave‚ a French politician after the storming of the Bastille. He was referring to those who had died in the event. On July 14th‚ 1789‚ revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in Paris‚ France‚ springing the French Revolution into action‚ and finally ending in 1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte built an empire. The conflict lasted ten years; the compromise was long and difficult‚ with trials and errors
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Nothing‚ written by Carla Killough McClafferty. Marie Curie was born on November 7‚ 1867 and was raised in Warsaw‚ Poland. Poland was controlled by Russia. When Marie was born‚ her mother suffered from tuberculosis and died when Marie was only eleven years old. Her mother’s name was Bronsitwa and her father’s name was Ladislas. They were both teachers and Marie was the youngest of five children. Marie went to Warson’s Pension Sikorska. After Marie went to high school‚ she enrolled in the Floating
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the beginning‚ the French saw the revolution as a way to improve their lives‚ but this path quickly turned into a horrifying ascent into oblivion‚ which aside from immense suffering‚ achieved nothing. During the reign of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette‚ revolutionary ideas flourished through the age of enlightenment. However‚ Louis made a crucial mistake by aiding the American Revolution; although it was a military success‚ it was an economic failure. France was bankrupt and the people were
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Marie curie was born on November 7th 1867‚ in Warsaw‚ once the capitol of Poland. Her close friends and family had a nickname for her‚ Manya. Before Marie turned eleven‚ her mother had died of Tuberculosis‚ and her oldest sister had died of Typhus. Despite her grief and short comings‚ Marie graduated from high school at the early age of fifteen with the highest honors. Marie started to feel depressed‚ so her father sent her to live with her cousins in the country side. A short time later‚ Marie
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The Reign of Terror: Was It Justified? The Reign of Terror started in 1789 and was a time when supporters of the French Revolution ran wild and started killing non-supporters or counterrevolutionaries. The French held a ceremony if you will‚ in Paris for the execution of King Louis XVI on January 21‚ 1793. This was because Louis was having financial‚ and harvest issues. In June of 1789 King Louis called the Estates Meeting to discuss taxes and money problems. Then some men disliked what Louis
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Question: To what extent was Louis XVI personally responsible for tlie fall of the monarchy in 1792 ? “ What is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it been in the political order? Nothing‚ What does it want to be? Something.” This slogan published by Abbe Sieyes in January 1789‚ provides an overview of the grievances of the ‘third estate’ thatled to the outbreak of the French Revolution. Although France in 1785 faced economic difficulties‚ mostly concerning the equitability of taxation‚ it was
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