Chris Savino Period 3 4/10/08 Timeline: The French Revolution o 1789: Many people faced starvation. This is because of the increase of taxes. o 1789: May 5‚ the meeting of the Estates General was called at Versailles. This was to approve the new tax. This was the 1st meeting in 175 years. o 1789: There was a dramatic speech‚ which was the person‚ Sieye’s suggested that the 3rd estate delegates should call themselves the National Assembly; to pass laws and reforms in the name of the French
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The economic crises lead to women not being able to manage their household anymore because they no longer could look to the church for grants of food and money. Woman of these households started to become angry after they heard a rumor that Marie Antoinette had been storing a surplus of grain in Versailles. This lead
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As King Louis XVI reined over France during the French Revolution his actions heavily impacted the revolution. When he took over as king in 1774 the country was in severe financial crisis; extravagant spending for the American Revolution left the country on the brink of bankruptcy (History.com Staff 2009). Heavy taxes were imposed which were impossible for the Third Estate (the common people) to pay due to low harvests. King Louis XVI was not popular by the citizens which resulted in outbreaks to
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Henry H How did international events of the eighteenth century affect the French Revolution? The effects of the French Revolution were vast and far reaching. The overthrowing of the monarchy quickly dealt a near fatal blow to the old feudal and monarchic system that had controlled Europe for centuries (Jörgensen‚ C). The Revolution got rid of serfdom and federal dues peasants previously had to pay to kings (Jörgensen‚ C). Outside of Europe‚ in South America‚ the spanish colonies saw a weakened
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teachings and rulings of the church. A major historical even that happened in this era was when John Locke promoted a representative government in his “Two Treatises of Government” in 1690. It hit a more radical stage in 1792 when Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were beheaded‚ as well as thousands of other aristocrats that held their loyalty to the monarchy. 2. Find out some biographical information on Descartes. When did he live? What is his nationality? What are some of his contributions to
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Throughout history‚ huge developments in science‚ art‚ building‚ etc. were usually attributed to a group of people or a civilization. For example‚ cuneiform was made by the Sumerians‚ pyramids were built by the Egyptians‚ and democracy was developed by the Greeks. Very few of the major inventions and ideas in the ancient world were accredited to an individual. In the ancient world‚ civilizations work together as one‚ and the individual had no place in society. Everything was about being one. However
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manage the national debt‚ something which was both caused and exacerbated by the burden of a grossly inequitable system of taxation. Another cause was the continued conspicuous consumption of the noble class‚ especially the court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette at Versailles‚ despite the financial burden on the populace. High unemployment and high bread prices caused more money to be spent on food and less in other areas of the economy. The Roman Catholic Church‚ the largest landowner in the country
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effect. It prevented any one person or group from gaining too much power‚ and prevented a monarchy‚ where one person has control over the government. The French Revolution began in 1789 when the working class revolted against King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. The French people were starving and carried the weight and taxes of the other estates in the French social order. When the fighting ended in 1799‚ the monarch was replaced with a different monarch several years later. In 1804‚ Napoleon crowned
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taxation plans to enable wealth to be more fairly divided. She called for a form of welfare state‚ trial by jury and reasonable divorce laws to protect women and children from penury (Smith). Furthermore‚ she addressed this pamphlet to the Queen Marie Antoinette. Warning the Queen that she must work for the Revolution or risk destroying the monarchy altogether (Hunt). Just this alone is enough to consider someone to be a hero. But Gouges accomplish lot more throughout her short
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eating and hunting...had no idea about how average French people lived * lacked confidence; was indecisive (with financial reformers and reforms‚ wavering during the Estates General) * he was considered impotent and extravagant; his wife Marie-Antoinette promiscuous and extravagant (sumptuous diamond necklace)‚ and was Austrian‚ France’s traditional enemy * dismissed the Maupeou parlements and recalled the old parlements which defended the privileged (some historians argue that from this
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