Louis XVII of France

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    officials, and new and fair taxation system. In 1791, the members of the Assembly worked together to make a new constitution. The church tax was abolished, the feudal title was abolished and women gained some freedom. In January 1793, Louis was executed. The period following Louis 's execution became known as “The Terror”. The Terror came to an end when the people got sick of all the killing in the mid-1794. After The Terror ended the Directory reached a crisis point. The government was running…

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    The Rococo artistic style of the 18th century greatly reflected the leisure and extravagance of the reigning aristocracy of France, so much as to where many Rococo paintings exhibited the excess of such wealthy lifestyles. The advent of the Enlightenment, however, challenged the existence of the ruling class through its focus on the sovereignty of the individual. The philosophy of the Enlightenment eventually led to the French Revolution, which ousted the ruling aristocracy and in return created…

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    period of pure chaos shortly after the American Revolution. The French revolution started for multiple reasons. Under the rule of King Louis XIV, there was drought, overpopulation, bread wars, overspending, and immense debt from the American Revolution. The people suffering from all of these factors only wanted one thing: a republican form of government. King Louis failed to fulfill this request, and was taken out of power. When this occurs, the lack of power and control opens a window of time…

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    describe how this revolution could not have been prevented based upon their circumstances. One issue is that the French Revolution started because of Louis XVI. When Louis XVI came to rule the throne, issues started to occur. France was already in a tough position at this time and had many struggles. Perhaps, Louis XVI thought that he would help France and fix all the issues and stabilize the government. However, his downfall was his poor decision skills. The main poor decision that he made was…

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    A stable and prosperous society contains two important factors: one ere the citizens have consent of the governed and a good economic structure. These two factors were important to France before the revolution. France did not have a stable and prosperous society because there was an unfair taxation within the social classes and because the citizens did not have a voice were they can speak out about their needs. The French society was divided into three different estates: the first, second, and…

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    they saw her as getting her way again and making sure that she was found innocent by having the parliament be her judge on the trial. This was the crowning jewel of Marie Antoinette’s reputation of being an extravagant spender. It was also one way France came to hate the royal family. This missing scene of the movie could have been crucial to the viewer’s understanding of how the king and queen came to be such hated people. Not only would it have been an aid to the viewer, it would have also…

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    to contribute their ideas to the Revolution. By participating in French society, politics and violence, these women carried out their role of contributing to the Revolution. The French Revolution began as a societal revolution, with the people of France demanding social equality to replace the unfair three estates system. Women played a unique role in developing the new French society, as many left their…

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    The French Revolution was a huge milestone in France. It was because it changed the structure of society but instead of replacing the existing rules or even the political regime. The French got rid of the government as a whole. (Horvat) The French Revolution contradicted John Locke 's main political ideas of the the Enlightenment theory. John Locke 's main Ideas of the Enlightenment mostly talked about the government. They were contradictory because John Locke believed that all men are rational…

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    revolt ejected with manors blazed and numerous whites slaughtered by pernicious slaves. ¥ As France lost administration of the state, the various groups molded armed forces and local armies and battled for a considerable length of time amid a progression of ridiculous engagements. ¥ Seeking to require favorable position of the case to understand some point of preference in their supreme battles with France, United Kingdom and European nation attacked. ¥ Haitian pioneers talked clearly of…

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    the main events on the world’s modern history. This political event changed France as a nation in the late eighteen centuries and served as an example for other countries. The economic crisis in France was huge, people were literally starving. At that time Louis XVI was ruling, he lived in luxury that afford from public money, his only concern well and he did not care at all about the wellbeing of the citizens of France. The French Republic was proclaimed on the 20th of September 1792, this…

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