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    The whole cause of it was by Napoleon when the French Empire went through an expansion. Soon the revolution overthrew the monarchy‚ created a republic‚ experienced violent periods of turmoil‚ and culminated in a dictatorship by Napoleon. Later on the revolution was going to alter the course of modern

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    The French Revolution greatly inspired feelings of rebellion among the Haitian people‚ which sparked the Haitian Revolution. The Haitian revolution was brought upon by the obvious oppression towards the people of Haiti but the French Revolution caused the beginnings of the inevitable uprisings by the complete disregard of the African’s natural rights that were stated in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. As well as inequality between social classes and Napoleon Bonaparte’s dishonored

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    Modern History of M.E – Presentation Notes Why did the French Attempt to Surpress the Religious-Language Element in Algeria? An element of the French colonial project which deserves close scrutiny is the linguistic and cultural policies as these still affect present day Algeria.

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    In 1789‚ in France‚ the citizens began to strive for new ideas of liberty and equality among all social classes‚ leading to the French Revolution. They wanted to eliminate the absolute power and develop a new type of government. The Revolution questioned the power of the king. It had five main causes to it: Absolute Monarchism‚ Social Inequality‚ Economic Injustice‚ The Enlightenment and Other Revolutions. It additionally had four stages‚The Tennis Court Oath‚ The Great Fear‚ The Reign of Terror

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    During the French Revolution many issues caused hard times for the French people. The French revolution was a hard time to live in. The King spent money poorly and taxes were unfair for each class. Many social issues arose along with huge death tolls. This was an unbelievably hard time for the French and is a very important part of their history‚ ending monarchy in France ("French Revolution"). The book A Tale of Two Cities is a good example of this. The common people and or the third estate of

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    Adam Chin Ms. Pearlman The French Revolution of 1789 was one of the most important revolutions that had taken place. During that time‚ the political‚ social‚ and economic conditions were disliked by many of the French people‚ especially those in the Third Estate. Many of the French were influenced by the new views of government and society and attempted to try and change the way the government thought. The First and Second Estate were filled with many high class and church members

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    The person who had the greatest impact on the French Revolution was Marie Antoinette. Marie was known for her extravagant lifestyle‚ because of her abnormal lifestyle (always wonder why she was able to spend so much money?)‚ a large amount of money was spent‚ and funding the American Revolution also took a humongous of money‚ eventually France was declared bankruptcy. In 1789 about 10‚000 people had gather outside the palace of Versailles. They demand that the King and Queen be brought to Paris‚

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    French Canada: the rise and decline of a ‘church-nation’” by Sylvie Lacombe covers the influence the Canadian Catholic Church had on French-Canadians from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth century. It explores how the failed Upper Canada rebellions led to British parliamentary control over the French via the Act of Union in 1840.  This enabled the Catholic Church to take over several provincial social institutions which came to influence nationalistic ideas and values.  Thus‚

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    Revolution in the 18th Century: Who Did It Better? Justin Merkel October 24‚ 2011 The French Revolution is said to be one of the greatest revolutions in Western history. Indeed it was one of the first instances in History where the middle class protested against their government and actually won. Not only did they win‚ but they completely overthrew a monarchy and reformed their entire government. However‚ a similar revolution was taking place around the same time; this

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    was a cultural‚ religious revolution‚ while the French revolution was a liberal bourgeois revolution. The Iranian revolution started because people discontent with the monarchy under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi‚ and the social injustice. And also‚ the people believed their leader was only a puppet from the US and was contaminating their country. The French revolution was a long and bloody revolution that lasted for 10 roughly years (1789-1799). The French revolution was called

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