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    STUDY HABITS Mode: Classification Topic: Study habits Purpose: To educate people about the different types of students with different study habits. We all have heard the saying study long and study wrong. There are different types of people in this world with different types of study habits. Most of the children feel that studying is the most difficult task in the world and they try to do anything and everything possible to avoid it. On the other hand‚ there are some people out

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    Why was beheading so influential for us today? The French wanted a more instant and innocent way to execute people‚ which is why they adopted the infamous guillotine to their arsenal of punishments. Making executions easier‚ faster‚ and less painful‚ less shameful and more plentiful than ever before. The French Revolution began in 1789‚ after years of French people being subjected to monarchical tyranny. Being inspired by the American Revolution against Britain‚ the French found similar reasons

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    France became Republic as per C3 of 1795. End of Autocratic Bourbon dynasty(but LOUIS VIII was reinstalled after Napoleon) Complete reorgn of defective old s/m of admn. Country was divided into depts(provinces)‚ cants(dists)‚ and communes(enjoyed complete autonomy). Corrupt judiciary was eliminated and uniform legal s/m was introduced(Later Napoleon codified laws) Declaration of human rights. R to vote was given to all in 1792(repealed in 1795-to be based on property) C of 1791 made FRA leg. Unicameral

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    The French Revolution 1769: Aug 15: Napoleon born 1785: Napoleon becomes Second Lieutenant 1789: May 5: The French Estates-General meets at Versailles Jun 17: The Third Estate meets separately and declares itself National Assembly Jul 14: Storming of Bastille Aug 14: Nobles and clergy in the National Assembly renounce their privileges thus ending feudalism Aug 26: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen Franco-British relationship (1789-1815)

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    #1: What was so revolutionary about the French Revolution (what is the author’s interpretation‚ and what is your interpretation… do you agree with the author)? the author’s interpretation of what was so revolutionary about the french revolution is that “the French revolution was a succession of such events‚ events so terrible that shook mankind to it’s core. out of destruction they created a new sense of possibility- not just of writing constitutions nor of legislating liberty and equality

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    would start arguably the most controversial war of our time and divide public opinion for years to come. The war on terror is used to describe this international military campaign that started as a reaction the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. The term “war on terrorwas initially used to describe the post 9/11 war in Afghanistan against Al Qaeda and the Taliban but was however expanded in 2003 to include the Iraq war. But this inclusion of the war in Iraq which had no links to the

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    France’s 1789 revolution marked a turning point for the nation as it became both a symbol of the resistance against tyranny for France as well as social change for the better. The first revolution gave both left wing and right wing groups inspiration in how to make France better. After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 and the end of the first French Revolution‚ France went through several revolutions and rebellions all inspired by the first revolution‚ then having a national revolution from the fascist

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    The French Revolution broke out party because of the dire economic situation in France. The price of food had risen‚ but wages had not‚ and there was high unemployment‚ the price of bread was ats highest ever in July 1789. Also there was increasing demand by the Third Estate (the common people) for a say in the governemnt of the country. All power was in the hands of the King‚ the aristocracy and the church. There was a sort of parliament called the Estates‚ General‚ but it was only called very seldom

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    The French Revolution that took place from 1789 to 1799 was a crucial period in the history of French‚ European and Western Civilizations. The uprising that brought the regime of King Louis XVI to its end is known as the French Revolution. This was the phase‚ when absolute monarchy was overthrown and Republicanism took its place. During the French Revolution‚ the Roman Catholic Church also underwent a radical restructuring. The First Republic fell to a coup d’etat. A coup d’Etat is the sudden

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    studied for five years‚ before moving on to the military academy in Paris. In 1785‚ while Napoleon was at the academy‚ his father died of stomach cancer. This propelled Napoleon to take the reins as the head of the family. Graduating early from the military academy‚ Napoleon‚ now second lieutenant of artillery‚ returned to Corsica in 1786. Back home Napoleon got behind the Corsican resistance to the French occupation‚ siding with his father’s former ally‚ Pasquale Paoli. But the two soon had a falling-out

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