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    Ap Euro Calendar Dbq

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    adoption of a new calendar in revolutionary France and analyze reactions to it in the period 1789 to 1806. The adoption of the revolutionary calendar to replace the Gregorian calendar took place on November 24‚ 1793 by the National Convention. This new calendar lasted until Napoleon I abolished it in 1806. The new calendar was a adopted in revolutionary France for many reasons including secular ideas and political reasons. There were also many reactions to the change of calendar between 1789 and

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    Ancient Calendars‚ that were found by different kind of cultures. Ancient civilization relied upon the sky to determine month’s‚ seasons‚ and years. Many different cultures were preoccupied with measuring and recording the passage of time whenever they turn up with records and artifacts. The earliest calendar that was discovered was the Egyptian calendar that was based on the moon’s cycle. The next calendar was founded by Julius Caesar which is called the Gregorian calendar. This calendar was ten

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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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    HISTORY DBQ . 1. Explain the reasons for the adoption of a new calendar in revolutionary France and analyze reactions to it in the period 1789 to 1806. Historical Background: On November 24‚ 1793‚ the National Convention adopted a revolutionary calendar to replace the Gregorian calendar (established by the Roman Catholic Church in 1582). New Year’s Day was moved from January 1 to September 22‚ the founding date of the French Republic‚ and this date in 1792 marked the beginning of Year One

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    1/9/13 AP European History Thermidorian Reaction DBQ In the time of the National Convention‚ (a governmental body existent for three years of the French Revolution) the government desired for total change from the Old Regime. The final change stemming from this desire was the introduction of the French Republican Calendar. In 1789‚ the Cahier de doléances (report of grievances)‚ from the Third Estate of Château-Thierry‚ said that they asked for the number of religious holidays be reduced

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    Calendar

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    December     1  ­grammar (run  on‚ comma  splice‚  semicolon)  ­ch.6 quotes  (wks on  Classroom)    HW: red vocab  book ch.16  2  ­grammar (run  on‚ comma  splice‚  semicolon)  ­ch.6 quotes  (wks on  Classroom)    HW: red vocab  book ch.16  8  15  3  4  5  ­Review ch4­7  ­Quiz      HW: read ch.8  & questions  9  10  ­ch.8 silent  discussion    HW:  read ch.9  and questions &  ch.17 vocab    11  ­Jekyll  transformation  film  ­explore themes    HW: ch.10  (p.47­54) &  allegory writing  assignment 

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    The Mayan Calendars

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    impacted the way of life. They used astrological cycles to create these two calendars to help predict when it would be a good time to grow crops.

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    Mayan Calendars

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    different people created calendars to reflect time within their cultures? Well since many researchers have discovered many different types of calendars throughout time and been used differently than other due to culture or belief. The three most popular calendars are the Mayan calendar and the Eygtian Calendars (Source 1). The Egyptian Calendar has been around for many years and was used to count the days in the years. As our calendar we have 365 days in a year‚ the Egyptian calendar has 354 days in a

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    The French and Indian War‚ part of the overarching global conflict that was the Seven Years War‚ began in 1754 and officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 . It was a large-scale conflict principally involving the French and British Empires‚ which took place in the central and northern areas of North America. The war was ostensibly fought over border conflicts between French and British colonists‚ the latter of which feared influence on their Western and Northern borders which

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    Centuries ago calendars were invented to control the days‚ months‚ and years but‚ before they were created their inventors had to calculate and record timeless of information to add into their calendars. In today’s world as we know it‚ we actually adopted some of these calendars as our own. Known as the 365 days calendar in which includes leap year that happens every four years. These calendars are the Ancient Calendars‚ the Gregorian Calendar‚ and the Mayan Calendar which are still around in today’s

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