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Although Louis XIV’s reign branched towards despotism and collaboration via several of his methods, holistically, Louis XIV was an absolutistic leader. His ideology centered around “the divine ordination of monarchy; the king’s absolute grant of power from God; complete denial of the right of resistance; the indefeasibility of hereditary right; and the corroboration of coronation” (Fox 140). Paul Foxes writing on the theories that Louis XIV adhered to is notably valuable because Fox extracted…

during the war and after the conflict had ended. The Hundred Years’ War caused the death of countless peoples, the destruction of massive portions of French land, massive damage to both the French and English economies, and the creation of a large and long-lasting rift and rivalry between these two nations. The casualties were felt by both the French and the English, and author Matthew White estimates the death toll as over three million people. However, not only soldiers fighting in the war…

The Age of Enlightenment does not have a formal date in pen as to when it began, but over the course of time, people began to change their way of understanding and thinking which started the enlightenment. What began the enlightenment was when people started to ask questions about the basic principles of the world, questions about parliament and math and science. Europeans didn’t want to continue their understanding unless they could accept all the basic principles of science and government as…

Following the French Revolution of 1789, political ideologies began to surface as a result of an increased chance to engage in political discourse, something that was rare outside of the Monarch’s court. As ideas of liberalism, an ideology with a focus on individual human rights began to surface, conservatives with the desire to maintain the Ancien Regime retorted with anti-nationalistic sentiment. In his speech “What is revolution?”, delivered in 1852, conservative Friedrich Julius Stahl…

How did the ideas of mercantilism, The Enlightenment, and The Great Awakening contribute to the found of the United States? The United States government was created because the people of the Thirteen colonies had freed themselves from Great Britain and needed a new way of governing. They had split off from Britain because of the ideas of The Enlightenment and The Great Awakening. Each of these were movements that prompted people to throw out their old unjust government and built up a new one.…

The Reign of Terror was a brutal time period during the French Revolution. It involved countless unnecessary deaths made by the officials. The executioners used the guillotine, or a beheading machine, to kill anyone who seemed suspicious, without being accused of anything. “Historians estimate that more than 80,000 French people on both sides died…” (Doc. C) The government officials during this time period promoted the opposite of safety. A number of deaths that occurred were beyond unnecessary…

The majority of France’s 25 million person population rose up and ended unfair ruling in France during the late 18th century. This was the French Revolution. “Ideas more than political or economic concerns, drove the French Revolution up to the summer of 1794.” is incorrect. This historical uprising was sparked by all of these principles at one point or another. The feudal system in France divided the country into three classes, or estates. The first estate was the clergy, who had massive…

Mr. Russell’s presentation dealt mainly with some of the interesting facts and the challenges for White Castle to overcome. White Castle currently has more than 380 stores nationwide with the main base in the Midwest. In addition, White Castle owns 2 bakery plants and 3 meat plant and because of that, White Castle has a very good vertical supply chain. Besides the regular restaurant business, White Castle also owns 3 frozen food plants. Although not well-known, the frozen food line actually…

Did you know that Black English or African American Venicular Englsih was born by a combination of Africans grammar and what they heard from the White Europeans. Many believe that black english is wrong and it is slang, but in reality the black language is right. Black english is wright because it has its own history, grammar, phonology, lexicon, and intonation. First, I will talk about the history of African American English. African American english is also called Ebonics. Some scholars…

Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution “Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles that direct them.”-Napoleon Bonaparte This quote was said by Napoleon after he got into power on November 9 1799. Before this event France was under major debt and the economy was failing. When the King tried to fix it he brought violence and riots to France. France needed a new ruler with a new purpose…