The French revolution was the result of many problems concerning the unfair treatment of the middle class and peasants (the 3rd Estate). The 3rd Estate made up 97% of the total population of France‚ and yet they only counted as one third of the total votes. The lower class was forced to pay heavy tailles‚ while the upper class paid minimal. The price of bread had also risen above the peoples’ ability to pay. These three problems led to a huge revolution that would change the shape of France forever
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The French Revolution was a major transformation of the society and political system of France‚ lasting from 1789 to 1799. During the course of the Revolution‚ France was changed from an absolute monarchy‚ to a republic of supposedly equal and free citizens. The effects of the French Revolution were widespread‚ both inside and outside of France‚ and impacted all of Europe. At times the outcome of revolt led to social change and at times it just led to unnecessary bloodshed. Was this revolution inevitable
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1.1.1 Walloon and French – an Ancient Relationship Nowadays‚ the diglossic situation in Wallonia is characterized by a clear hegemony of French over Walloon‚ with no monolingual Walloon speakers and a rapidly decreasing population of speakers‚ Nevertheless‚ it is pertinent to specify that Walloon successfully managed to survive French pressures over a long period of time. Distributive Linguistic Functionality in Evolution The first testimonies of a French presence in Wallonia date from the beginning
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At the beginning of the French Revolution‚ France had been the center of much unrest. With the king’s failure to satisfy the majority of the French population‚ the unrest led to the revolt against French monarchy. The systems that failed to treat the members of the third estate as equals to the members of the first two led to the French Revolution‚ which was ultimately successful in what it set out to achieve. The systems in place prior to the French Revolution led to much of the unrest in France
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simply fear change. Sometimes‚ however‚ thats not always true. Some claim that they fear the change‚ when they merely like the way things are and refuse to see things in another way. When discontent spreads throughout the majority of the population of French‚ a forced revolutionary war is the only way to convince that change is necessary. Three main things contributed to this desire for change‚ and those include taxes too intolerable to pay and survive‚ ideas encouraging change that were inspired by the
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Moldova State University Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature Specialty: Anglophone studies The French loans in English cuisine Gheorghiu Natalia Master degree course Group 111 MP Chișinău 2013 Table of content Introduction.................................................................................................................................3 Methodology and Data used in the Study.................................................................................
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The lack of a good economic system started the wheels of the French Revolution. France’s government was running on a mercantilist economy where the government has control over the imports and mainly exports of the country. At the time‚ due to France’s participation in the American Revolution and King Louis’ enormous expenses‚ the country of France fell into much accumulated debt; therefore‚ the taxes on the common people were very heavy‚ and debt upon the country could be seen in its people... Now
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economical standings. The French revolution is an example of this‚ the lower classes of France were not valued as much as the two higher classes and their opinions of the affairs of France were disregarded. Even though social inequality was a big part of the start of the french revolution‚ there were numerous other things that factored into it‚ such as ideas from the Enlightenment‚ poor leadership‚ and the unsatisfactory economic standings of France. Before the French Revolution‚ the Age of Enlightenment
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The first of these causes was ideas during the Enlightenment. The ideas were about French society. John Locke‚ an Enlightenment thinker‚ wrote that each and every single person is born with rights. These natural rights include: life‚ liberty and property. Locke wanted to get rid of an unjust ruler‚ and people began to be inquisitive of the authority of the King. Another Enlightenment thinker‚ Montesquieu‚ wanted freedom of speech without punishment. A powerful government should be divided into three
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The impact of French imperialism on Indochina to 1945 Being an imperialist country‚ France pursed to increase its power‚ wealth and influence by gaining authority over other parts in the world. South America and Africa were among the countries the French Empire had owned in addition to Indochina who lost its independence after the war against China‚ which lasted from 1884-1885. Indochina was a main asset to France‚ especially in the field of economics and social power between other countries such
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