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King Louis Xvi Czar Nicholas Ii
478 wordsThe French Revolution was caused by a bad ruler and a bad economy. King Louis XVI and his wife Mary Antoinette taxed the poor people heavily and paid no attention to the country. During the early 1780 s a big percent of annual budget went towards King Louis Xvi's huge estate in Versailles. France also had no central bank, no paper currency, no ways of getting more money and an out dated tax system which only taxed the poor which had no money to begin with. The first signs of revolution appeared ...
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King Louis Xvi People Of France
1,824 wordsThere was a loud thunk as the blade hit, and then a roar of the crowd as another nobleman's head was raised, after being cut off. The French Revolution (1789 - 1795) was one if not the most bloodiest revolutions ever in history. There were three social classes in France known as the Estates-General. The French revolutionists took the phrase Liberty, Equality, Fraternity as their slogan into battle (Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia). They were out to win equality, even if it meant sacrificing t...
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King Louis Xvi Storming Of The Bastille
1,281 wordsThe French Revolution began in 1789, with the meeting of the Estates General, when the delegates swore not to disband until France had a constitution. In Paris, the Bastille, which was a symbol of royal power, was stormed. From 1789 - 1790 the National Assembly voted for a constitution, and adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man. Also, during that time the royal family of King Louis XVI was removed from Versailles to Paris. The king tried unsuccessfully to flee Paris for Varennes in June o...
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Tragedy Of Julius Caesar Play The Tragedy
1,374 wordsJim DIorio There have been many powerful leaders in history. Many of them share certain characteristics. Louis XIV was one of these leaders. He displayed characteristics like ambitious, arrogant, and oppressive. Many characters from the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar share these characteristics with Louis XIV. Some of the characters, from the play, that share these characteristics with Louis are Brutus, Caesar, Marullus, and Flavius. All of these characters have said something or acted a cert...
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People Of France King Louis
562 wordsWhat is the Third Estate? The Third Estate is the nation. The Third Estate consists of 98 % of the population of France and essentially under King Louis has supported the entire country. The problem is that was France, aiding the American revolution in only to humiliate the English went bankrupt. King Louis had been a selfish, wasteful and inefficient ruler. When employment hit its all time low he considered strategies, when he called on the Assembly of Notables and when the two Upper Estates re...
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Louis Vii King Louis
1,287 wordsThe twelfth century can be attributed to the emergence of feudal monarchs in Western Europe. Historical events and determined leaders contributed to the growth of royal authority after it was a weak kingship under feudalism for a long period of time. King Louis VI of France faced many hardships in providing order, securing peace and protecting his people; some of these royal duties have been neglected as a result of an inefficient central government. Based on the feudal custom, it was up to the ...
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A Tale Of Two Cities Historical Fiction
1,884 wordsA 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 portrayed, as it actually existed in the s...
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Louis Xiii Du Plessis
1,106 wordsUp until the mid 17 th century, it was evident that France was by no means a major player in the field of European affairs. Spain was still the most powerful state as it held a dominant monopoly over European commerce and economics. However, by 1648, this power would shift, and France would come into its own in terms of political and economic influence. The transfer of power was aided by a weakening of the Spanish Empire, along with the establishment of an increasingly strong French state. This ...
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King Of England King Philip
1,742 wordsIn the year 1122, soon to be Duke William X of Aquitaine was informed that his bride of one year, Aenor, daughter of the Viscount Aimed, had bore him a daughter. She was christened Alia-Aenor, or Eleanor. Since Aquitaine consisted of more than a third of the entire land of France, she was a heiress of some esteem. Soon after, Aenor gave birth to another daughter, Aelith (Petronella) and then to the heir that William so desired, William Aigret. Unfortunately, when Eleanor was eight, both her moth...
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The Age Of Enlightenment And Absolutism
716 wordsThe Age of Enlightenment and the Age of Absolutism were two different periods of time. The age of Enlightenment had new ideas spreading through out the world about government and human rights. The Age of Absolutism was a time of absolute monarchs who had total control of everything. They made laws as they went along and if they didnt like what the people said the monarchs would throw the people into jail and or put them to death. The Age of Enlightenment is a response or answer to the Age of Abs...
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Economic Crisis The French Revolution
1,191 wordsA revolution can be described as a time when the masses, consisting of ordinary men and women, grow weary of the current political system and begin to take their lives and destinies into their own hands. Abraham Lincoln once commented about the masses under a political system that, Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. This applies to many of the uprisings in history, but it is especially prevalent in the roots of ...
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Important To Note Cardinal Richelieu
2,248 wordsThe Accomplishments of Cardinal Richelieu Essay submitted by Up until the mid 17 th century, it was evident that France was by no means a major player in the field of European affairs. Spain was still the most powerful state as it held a dominant monopoly over European commerce and economics. However, by 1648, this power would shift, and France would come into it? s own in terms of political and economic influence. The transfer of power was aided by a weakening of the Spanish Empire, along with ...
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King Louis Xvi First Two Estates
1,174 wordsRevolutions evolve in definite phases. At first they are moderate in scope, then they become radical to excess and finally they are brought to abrupt conclusions by the emergence of a strong man to restore order. Discuss this statement with specific references to the French Revolution. The French Revolution brought about great changes in the society and government of France. The revolution, which lasted from 1789 to 1799, also had far-reaching effects on the rest of Europe. It introduced democra...
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Reign Of Terror French Revolution
1,477 wordsWhat were the Causes and consequences of the period of the terror in the French Revolution? The period of terror within the French Revolution was initiated by the resentment of a powerful bourgeoisie towards the ways of an unequal and discriminate social hierarchy. For too long, the majority of the French population was underfed, underpaid and overtaxed. This, in combination with a united drive to extinguish the outlandish privileges of a stubborn aristocracy, were the foundations of the French ...
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People Of India Czar Alexander
2,705 wordsIn Southern Africa, Mohandas Gandhi worked ceaselessly to improve the rights of the immigrant Indians. It was there that he developed his creed of passive resistance against injustice satyagraha, meaning truth and force, and was frequently failed as a result of the protests that led. Before Gandhi returned to India in 1915, he had radically changed the lives of Indians living in Southern Africa. When Gandhi arrived, its not long before he was taking the lead in thong struggle for independence fr...
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House Of Representatives Greatest Military
1,821 wordsFew individuals have come along that have captivated the imaginations of their contemporaries and of historians. Perhaps the most prolific of these characters is Napoleon Bonaparte. The part of his life often found most intriguing was his humble beginnings. Here, like some Hollywood movie is the tale of an exceptional man whose intelligence and rise from the bottom is eventually defeated by his flaws, which cause him to fall from power. He was born in Corsica just off the coast of Italy. France ...
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King Louis Xvi Tennis Court Oath
1,950 wordsThroughout the English revolution of 1688, and just after the establishment of the freedom of the press in 1694, the conditions were perfect for a development of a new understanding of knowledge. John Locke, who, in the field of theology, found his starting point, like most prominent thinkers of the age, in the conflict of systems, beliefs, and practices. Out of his reflections on the known facts of experience, he developed new abstract and ethical ideas. In spite of his supernaturalist tendenci...
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King Louis Xvi Czar Alexander
1,223 wordsNapoleon Bonaparte I was definitely one of the most influential people in the history of Europe and the rest of the world. He quickly rose through the ranks of being a Corsican National Guard soldier to being the one of the greatest military commanders of all time and the French emperor who would try to conquer the entire world. On August 15, 1769, Napoleon was born into a family that would have a total of 8 children, him being the second. He was the son of Carlo Buonaparte, a lawyer who fought ...
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Crown Of Thorns Gothic Cathedral
1,246 wordsThe choice colors Sainte-Chapelle Sainte-Chapelle The choice colors of the painting, the costly gilding of the carving, the delicate translucency of the red glowing windows, the splendid altar carvings, the miracles working power of the sacred relics, and the decorations of the shrines sparkling with their precious stones lend this house of prayer such an intensity of adornment that entering one would think one had been transported to Heaven, setting foot in one of the finest rooms of Paradise (...
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Peter The Great Rest Of Europe
959 wordsThere have been many very influential people throughout European history. Louis XIV of France, Frederick William of Prussia, Ivan the Great and Peter the Great of Russia, Charles I and James I all made great impacts in the development and progression of their countries. However, if you had to name one person who was the most influential person in all of European history, who would it be? I believe that it can be narrowed down to Peter the Great and Louis XIV. Although Peter the Great was possibl...
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