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    phrase ‘which all led to social unrest’ seems to be there to add some sort of point‚ when in fact it is an obvious statement‚ which weakens the argument. The new thesis statement is purely arguable. Old Body Paragraph One Louis XVI loved his wife‚ Marie Antoinette‚ very much( THIS IS NOT AN ARGUMENT‚ IT ALSO DOESN’T DIRECT THE READER TO WHAT THIS PARAGRAH IS GOING TO BE ABOUT OR HOW IT CONNECTS BACK TO THE THESIS STATEMENT). His love was so great he would buy whatever her heart desired. He spent

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    The French Revolution (1774-1792) Reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in 1Under his reign‚ national debt soared and people showed hatred towards Louis XVI. 2Louis XVI continues to tax the Third Estate. (1789) Storming of the Bastille 1French citizens stormed the Paris prison seizing gunpowder to use against Louis XVI. 2This led to the beginning of mob violence. (1789) The Great Fear 1French Peasants attack the homes of nobles‚ setting many on fire. 2The French Revolution has spread from

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    MOI ET MA BOUCHE GRANDE The guillotine had earned its keep Splitting necks both shallow and deep The countless heads of headless Counts In fly-crusted piles would soon surmount So many wrongs to be undone Though when did revenge become such fun. Till to the blade stepped Jean De Vere No aristocrat he‚ but an engineer. No shred of courage did he lack‚ “Let me face the cutter‚ upon my back. I’ll go to God‚ with grace and all. As I look to the sky‚ and see the blade fall” That day‚

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    and failed plan for reform of Parliament and now concentrating on a policy of orderly finance and systematic economy. Insisted internal affairs of France were of no concern to British government. Leopold II – Brother to Marie Antoinette. Austrian Hapsburg emperor. Told Marie Antoinette to adjust herself to conditions in France. Declaration of Pillnitz – Leopold met with king of Prussia in Saxony – Leopold would take military steps to restore order in France if all the other powers would join

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    up in smoke! They just announced that the Ministry of Education has decreed that universities will close at the end of the month!!! I wanted to be an educated‚ liberated woman and study chemistry like Marie Curie and if the pursuit of knowledge meant getting cancer‚ so be it. Now‚ at the age that Marie Curie first went to France I will probably have 10 children. This is a disaster. And that’s not it… They even insulted mom‚ telling her that women that didn’t wear the veil wouldn’t be respected

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    Global 10 October 26‚ 2011 DBQ The French Revolution The French Revolution is 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

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    A Tale of Two Cities- A Historical fiction  A Tale of Two Cities is a novel categorized as historical fiction. Historical fiction is a composite material‚ with a portion of history embedded in a matrix of fiction. A Tale of Two Cities is appropriately titled‚ as the novel is the story of England and Revolutionary France; as a result it can be categorized as historical fiction. A Tale of Two Cities is parallel to history in many different respects. The English setting‚ and atmosphere‚ is similarly

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    The thesis of this study is how society was during the French Revolution from 1789 to 1799. French Revolution during this time went through significant changes from the beginning when society was run by the wealthy class and being undemocratic and changed to being a democratic state. From 1789 to 1799‚ the French Revolution was a "cataclysmic political and 1 social upheaval

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    for Elvira Shatayev” both these poems are about women who once were oppressed and told that they couldn’t follow their dreams. Rich wrote about them paying the price to follow those dreams. In the poem “Power” she talks about the famous scientist Marie Curie‚ and how she found both elements Polonium and radium. She also discovered radioactivity‚ which means that she was working with radioactive elements her whole working life. The radioactive elements caused her to get sick and eventually die. In

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    that he inherited absolutism with a very weak and unstable government‚ alone with a peasantry who lived in appalling conditions overburdened with incredulous taxes. After all‚ without doubt he had taken over at the eve of the revolution. His queen Marie Antoinette was a woman of great strength of character and of more intellectual power than her husband which was of a bugger burden. She was a stranger to France and her influence upon her husband was at times evil and most time detrimental. There

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