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    Many could blame Marie Antoinette for the French Revolution‚ because she was spent the countries money on parties‚ clothes‚ champagne and cake instead of helping the poor people of the country‚ but I don’t think she was why the revolutionist stood up for themselves‚ because there were much bigger issues going on at that time than an Austrian princess. Although she might have been one of the reasons why some joined the Revolution‚ I don’t think she was the one who got everyone to form the Revolution

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    Vocabulary List General and Topic Areas 1 to 5 GCSE French OCR GCSE in French: J730 OCR GCSE (Short Course) in French Spoken Language: J030 OCR GCSE (Short Course) in French Written Language: J130 This Vocabulary List is designed to accompany the OCR GCSE French Specification for teaching from September 2009 © OCR 2010 Contents Contents French GCSE Vocabulary List French Vocabulary List General 2 3 5 12 12 21 28 28 31 36 36 37 40 40 42 48 48 51 Topic Area 1 Home and local area Life in the home;

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    they can play a big role on the change of how someone perceives one another’s life. One of the main ideas in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is how the French Novels affect Ma‚ Luo‚ the village tailor and the Little Chinese Seamstress. Before Ma and Luo find these books they live in a normal everyday life like the rest of the people living in their village. While Living in this enclosed environment it’s hard to resist not finding out what is going on in the rest of the world. This is why these

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    Letizia’s adultery with the Comte de Marbeuf - Corsica’s French military governor - and Napoleon’s own ability enabled him to enter the military academy at Brienne in 1779. He moved to the Parisian École Royale Militaire in 1784 and graduated a year later as a second lieutenant in the artillery. Spurred on by his father’s death in February 1785‚ the future emperor had completed in one year a course that often took three. Despite being posted on the French mainland‚ Napoleon was able to spend much of the

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    French Canadian as 2nd class citizens Since Canada was first formed the French were looked at as the “white negroes” and second class.  This has caused multiple problems in the co-operation of the Canadian people.  They were treated this way from all angles. At work at school on the streets in politics and ever at home. 33% of French were unemployed and those who did work were at English owned businesses and industries. Most were being payed the same as the females during the second

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    Causes of the French Revolution There were many causes for the French Revolution‚ which started in 1789. However there were three main causes that affected the decision to have a revolution the most which were the weak economy‚ a bad harvest‚ and King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette. These were the main reasons that lead to the French Revolution because these events were the ones that affected France the most during 1789. The weak economy was one of the causes of the French Revolution because

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    a dire state of conditions. King Louis XVI’s government was facing financial difficulties‚ and faced with few other options‚ the king imposed taxes on the people. What ensued was an explosion of rage in the French middle and working class that had been built up over the last hundred years--what we now call the French Revolution. While the French Revolution‚ like many other revolutions‚ occurred in response to the government’s incompetence‚ what sets it apart from other revolutions in Europe is that

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    Comparative Essay: American and French Revolutions The Atlantic revolutions had a big impact on the development of world history. Starting with the American Revolution‚ where Americans fought for their independence from Great Britain‚ each subsequent revolution took ideas and courage from the previous one. A similarity of the first two Revolutions‚ the French and the American‚ was that they were both erected from an economic crisis. Some differences were that the French‚ right after their monarchy

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    Causes of the French Revolution In the 1780s‚ long standing resentments against the French Monarchy fueled anger throughout France. The source of the French people’s ill will could be found in the unequal structure of French government and society. However there are 3 main short term and long term causes of the French revolution. The long-term causes were economic‚ religious‚ and political and social. There was a severe financial crisis at this time. There was starvation‚ and no welfare

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    DBQ 10: Causes of the French Revolution Question: What were the most important causes of the French Revolution? Although the French Revolution of 1789 had many long range causes; political‚ social and economic conditions in France at the time contributed to the discontent felt by many French people. The Third estate was the most displease of all the others. They faced high taxes‚ overcrowding with little or no representation in government. The American Revolution was also a huge influence

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