official‚ journalist‚ scholar‚ judge and activist lawyer (1758-1794). Robespierre was one of the most influential architects of the French Revolution which was to lead to an era known in France as the Reign of Terror from 1793 to 1794. He lived at a dramatic time in the history of his country. Recognized for his deep knowledge of society and politics during the French Revolution‚ he played a decisive role during that time. He studied law through a scholarship and in 1789. At the age of six‚ his mother died
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had already claimed that land by La Salle in 1682. The French had established a fur trade with the Indians around that area developing friendly relations‚ economic alliances‚ and military alliances. Instead of controlling the Indians like the English‚ the French became friends and business partners‚ therefore the Indians became allies with France a lot easier than England. The Huron and the Algonquian Indian tribes were allied with the French‚ while the Iroquois Indians were allied with the English
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situational influences was the French Revolution; “In 1789‚ when the French Revolution began‚ Beethoven was an impressionable‚ testosterone-filled eighteen and a half year old. Like so many young people of his generation‚ he was energized by the heady sense of change that the revolution engendered‚ and at
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major revolutions were to rock the modern world. The first was in America where the colonists rose up in revolt against British rule. The second was in France as members of the bourgeoisie rose up in revolt against King Louis XVI. The French Revolution is a highly controversial affair because‚ for the first time‚ Marxist historians become rather eloquent. They claim that this revolt was a "Revolution of the Bourgeoisie"‚ the first of such which would then pave the way for a greater revolution‚ the
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Abraham Lincoln abolished slavery in the United States‚ and King Louis XVIII of France inadvertently caused a revolution. Though Louis may be well known‚ the most famous of France’s rulers was arguably Napoleon. His military success and determination led to a huge amount of power within his French Empire‚ but ultimately a great fall. The entire nation of France was able to appreciate Napoleon and give him perhaps more credit than he is due; they saw him as a beacon of hope. Much of Napoleon’s rule consisted
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power what so ever and where controlled basically by the first two estates. They were taxed the heaviest‚ they had a little more than half of the land and they made up almost the whole population. All of this angered the commoners thus sparking the Revolution. The life of a peasant in France could be summed up to a disparity of wealth. The nobility was taxed very little while the commoners where taxed heavily. Even though the commoners had almost no money they were still taxed so heavily that they
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The French Revolution of 1789-1799 is one of the most important events in history. The Revolution led to many changes in France. It created new definitions and new ideas to the political ideas of the people. France was the strongest European force and the war changed their outlook on ideas. The French Revolution lasted for a long period of ten years. The primary cause of the revolution was the disagreements on ideas of reform. No official power was corrupt‚ but the whole system of government needing
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thinking‚ independent from the influences of religion. At its core was the idea of looking to nature and the natural order for deriving knowledge. As a defence against religious conflicts in Europe‚ Enlightenment thinkers supported concepts of religious tolerance and freedom. Their stress for rights of man and intellectual freedom is reflected in their enlightened ideas and these ideas subsequently influenced writers of France at this time. The igniting of the revolution would not have occurred
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1830 in France‚ Charles X delivered a set of laws known as the July Ordinances. These new laws forced control on the press and disbanded the legislature. These changes led to the people protesting and fighting causing a new French revolution known as the July Revolution (Spielvogel 638). King Charles X escaped to Great Britain and his cousin Louis-Philippe became the king of France. Louis-Philippe favored the upper middle class of France and made modifications to the voting‚ assuring they were
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The Battle of Waterloo was held in Belgium in June 18‚ 1815‚ which it marked the last defeat for the French military leader and emperor Napoleon. Napoleon took over most of Europe in the beginning of the 19th century. Napoleon would eventually rise up in the ranks of the French army in 1789 during the French Revolution ‚ seized control of the French government in 1799 and became emperor in 1804. Through a series of wars‚ he expanded his empire across western and central Europe. However‚ a disastrous
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