The Bread riot started way before the French Revolution as early as 1724 but‚ during the spring of 1789‚ bread riots were very common. The bread riots were the main reason for the start of the French Revolution because‚ France was already in so much debt because of the King‚ wars with England and got some many people to dislike the King and Queen. As a result‚ the King(Louis XVI) raised the bread prices as much as 80 percent. Bad weather stopped the production of grain leading Peasants and commoners
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1775 - American war of Independence 1787 - Society for the abolition of slavery founded 1789 - Fall of Bastille - the storming of the fortress that represented authority in France; began the French Revolution 1793 - Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. France declares war against Britain (and then Britain against France) 1795 - William Pitt‚ a prime minister of Britain‚ suppressed freedom of speech and assembly 1796 - The Monk‚ a highly controversial book (pretty obscene and profane for
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Ce n’est pas une revolte‚ c’est une revolution! "Your Majesty! They have stormed the Bastille!" exclaimed King Louis XVI’s aide. "Is this a revolt?" asked the king. "No‚ sire‚ it’s a revolution." On July 14‚ 1789‚ a huge‚ angry mob marched to the Bastille‚ a high security prison that symbolized royal tyranny‚ searching for gun powder and prisoners that had been taken by the unpopular and detested King‚ Louis XVI (Time Life 1999). The flying rumors of attacks from the government and
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The French Revolution of 1789 was one of the most brutal and bloodiest moment in world history. The Revolution was the fall of monarchism and the rise of the republic. During that time‚ people in the society had an enormous economic inequality between the rich and the plebeian. Before the Revolution begin many events showed that things were getting of control. Also France had a big economic crisis. The poor people struggled a lot just to survive in the society. The French Revolution occurred because
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André-Marie Ampère‚ a French physicist and mathematician‚ founded electromagnetism‚ which he called electrodynamics. He was born in Lyon‚ France during the French Enlightenment‚ on January 20‚ 1775. His father‚ Jean-Jacques Ampère‚ and mother‚ Jeanne Antoinette Desutières-Sarcey Ampère‚ believed André’s education should be without formal schooling‚ and allowed him to teach himself with their library. When he was twelve‚ he was able to teach himself advanced mathematics because of his access to books
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The time period in American history known as the Gilded Age was recognized for its transition from a nation of the pioneers’ settlements of the American West‚ to that of huge industrial expansion centered on cities and factories. Inventions‚ advances in technologies‚ and revolutionary innovations lead to the unprecedented economic and industrial growth of this era. Improvements in transportation with the enormous expansion of the transcontinental railroad‚ which occurred even before the demand for
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The French Revolution was a period in the history of France covering the years 1789 to 1799‚ in which republicans overthrew the Bourbon monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church perforce underwent radical restructuring. This article covers the one-year period from 1 October 1791 to September 1792‚ during which France was governed by the Legislative Assembly‚ operating under the French Constitution of 1791‚ between the periods of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention. Contents
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helped the Americans in the Revolution‚ they faced depressing economical times. The third class of the French was hit heavily with the taxes‚ many to the bread bakers closed down because they couldn’t afford to keep it open. To top it all off‚ Marie Antoinette‚ the queen‚ deepened the resentment because of her expensive life style that was being paid for by them. This was one of the causes of the French revolution. One major difference that occurred after both the revolution was that while America
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McArthur) India (decolonization‚ Gandhi) Identifications: You should also be able to identify the historical figures below and explain their importance in world history. Truman Wilson Emperor Joseph II Robespierre Isaac Newton Gandhi Marie Antoinette Picasso Winston Churchill Mao Tse-Tung Louis XIV Tips for the Extended Response Question: The Extended Response question will count for a significant portion of your exam grade‚ so do your best! You should be prepared to write two to
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Team Diversity is the significant uniqueness of each individual on a team. Diversity covers such a broad group of people. Whether we are different with our religion‚ sex‚ age‚ or race‚ these are differences that will make a team very diverse. There are also some unique personality characteristics such as introverts and extroverts that I would like to discuss. Introvert people are described as people who are predominantly concern with their own thoughts and feelings rather than with external things
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