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    The French Revolution

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    The French Revolution was a major turning point in the France’s history. There were many factors that helped influence the French Revolution. There were many social‚ political and economic conditions that led up to revolution. Although‚ the success American Revolution combined with the ideas of the Enlightenment is what sparked the beginning of the French Revolution. By the year 1789‚ many people of the third estate were outraged with the current system of government. France was ruled by an absolute

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    Lecture 13 The French Revolution: The Radical Stage‚ 1792-1794 The proof necessary to convict the enemies of the people is every kind of evidence‚ either material or moral or verbal or written. . . . Every citizen has the right to seize conspirators and counter-revolutionaries and to arraign them before magistrates. He is required to denounce them when he knows of them. Law of 22 Prairial Year II (June 10‚ 1794) Inflamed by their poverty and hatred of wealth‚ the SANS-CULOTTES insisted that it was

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    The French Worker To other people around the world‚ everyday life of Americans may seem luxurious. Americans wake up‚ go to their jobs‚ go home to their families‚ and then go to bed.  Americans tend to complain about how hard life is‚ however‚ some Americans have reason to gripe because they are facing extreme financial issues and even homelessness due to today’s depressed economy.  This still does not compare to the life of the everyday “French Worker”. During the late 1700s through 1860s‚ people

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    Student Teacher Class Date English VS. Spanish Colonization Although the English and Spanish both sought to sail across the Atlantic and explore to conquer the New World for their own unique reasons‚ the conditions and experiences they faced differed greatly. Spain claimed to have conquered the New World first with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492‚ while the English claimed to have done so with the establishment of Jamestown in 1607. Spain and England both colonized the Americas and

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    The French Alphabet A Ah father B Bay bathe C Say Set D Day Dare E Uh Earn F Eff Effort G Zhay Corsage (1) H Ahsh Wash I Ee Equator J Zhee Corsage (1) K Kah Cut L El Elephant M Em Emerald N En Energy O Oh Old P Pay Pair Q Kuu (2) R Ehrr Err S Ess Essence T Tay Tip U Ew (3) V Veh Very W Doobla-vay (4) X Eeks (5) Y ee-grek (6) z Zed 1. French g=English j‚ French j=English g‚ French I=English E 2. Vowel following Q=Mouth

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    Ideas stemming from the American Revolution‚ natural rights‚ and popular sovereignty strongly influenced the French Revolution and can be traced all the way to the Enlightenment. Firstly‚ as Tom Lansford of the National Social Science Association states‚ “the Enlightenment exerted a stronger influence on the American Revolution” (5). The impact that this had is that since the French sent money and troops to aid the American cause‚ the troops they sent got Enlightenment ideas from the Americans and

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    The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era Maurice A Murphy Sr History 114 May 3‚ 2011 Rebecca Loofbourrow The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era When you look at the French Revolution‚ there are several thing that need to be consider; Liberty‚ Equality‚ Brotherhood‚ Hubris‚ Fiscal irresponsibility‚ Democracy‚ and Technology. Liberty was one of the many topics on the minds of the privileged‚ the peasants and the working class people‚ better known as commoners of Frances during a

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    French Revolution Table of Contents Unit one: Enlightenment (page 1) Enlightened Despots France Henri IV Louis XIII Louis XIV Cardinal Richelieu Louis XV Louis XVI Holy Roman Empire Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm Friedrich Wilhelm I Friedrich II Austria Charles VI Pragmatic Sanction Maria Theresa War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years’ War Extra Information Les Philosophes Voltaire - Candide Diderot - Encyclopedie Rousseau - The Social Contract

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    anniversary of the French revolution. At first some French people were very much opposed to the large metal monument‚ and about 300 people signed a petition opposing it. But now it is a large part of Paris‚ and can be seen from many places in the city. The tower is 310 meters‚ and was the world’s tallest building for many years after its construction. The tower was saved from being torn down in 1909 by its antenna that was used for telegraph transmission. It has been used for French radio and then later

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    History Russell McGillivray Kenya The British colonization of Kenya destroyed the culture and economy of the native people‚ but it established a democratic government and left Kenya a more modernized country.[1] During the 1880’s through 1914‚ the start of WWI‚ was an age of imperialism. One place that felt victim to this imperialism was Africa. At this time Africa was a wholly unmodernized continent. The reason the Europeans went after Africa was the introduction of the idea of

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