Explain why Louis xiv ordered the construction of Versailles. There are many reasons why Louis built the palace of Versailles. The main reason Louis xiv ordered the construction of Versailles was because it would give him all the power in France (absolutism). He would get this by making it his official residence in 1682 and by the moving government there. By moving his government to Versailles it would mean all the nobility will be at his palace. He never achieved this as the cost of the construction
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Catherine‚ Frederick and Louis - Unenlightened Tyrants in an Enlightened Age It is better to be feared than loved‚ if you cannot be both. -- Niccolo Machiavelli‚ - The Prince The Enlightenment is touted by modern historians as a time of intellectual and social advancement‚ an era of optimism and freedom unheard of in earlier times. The era of absolutism is seen as a time of mounting liberty that contributed to the rise of democracy in the Americas and elsewhere. In reality‚ the "Enlightened Despotism"
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Have you ever thought about the power of destiny that determines the events in your life? "Holes" by Louis Sachar is a story of Stanley Yelnats‚ who happened to be under a curse that was caused by his great-great-grandfather. As the story unfolds‚ we learn that the curse leads to a series of events that are all predestined. Everything started with Elya Yelnats‚ who didn’t keep a promise with Madame Zeroni. Stanley was innocent of the crime for which he was convicted but because of the curse‚ he
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thus used entirely incorrectly. Even so‚ at first‚ it would be difficult to see the validity of this quote in the story of The Big Kahn‚ a sequential drama by Neil Kleid and illustrated by Nicolas Cinquegrani which narrates a story of a Jewish family weighed down by its father’s heaviest lie. Everyone reacts negatively when faced with the truth of rabbi David Kahn‚ they feel shocked and even betrayed by the man they thought was their moral compass and leader. However‚ some people see this lie as
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and government research centers around the country. In 1973 the first international connections were made with England and Norway. Growth continued at a steady pace‚ by 1987 there were over 10‚000 hosts‚ then by 1989 it had exploded to 100‚000. Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf are key members of a team which created Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)‚ the common language of all Internet
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2 March 2012 Period 4 Professional Writing Sample See the Forest for the Trees As the great poet Robert Louis Stevenson once said‚ “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.” I believe this quote says that if you put all your attention on planting you will have overflowing crops‚ but if you focus on the crops‚ you might lose sight of how the crops came about. In the end it’s not about enjoying the results‚ it’s about enjoying how the things started. The quote
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heart to paint works of art that would either create a sense of maturity in the people or give remembrance to a bloody time. During the Neoclassical period‚ one painting that really tries to draw out a sense of duty among the people was Jacques-Louis David’s Oath of the Horatii. The painting portrays several people in Roman garments‚ these people are the three Horatii Brothers‚ who are reaching for weapons‚ their Father who holding weapons for them‚ and several women‚ who happen to be family of
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Sacrificial Friendship In the book holes‚ written by Louis Sachar‚ Stanley Yelnats the main character is a poor‚ friendless‚ over weighted boy who is constantly bullied at school. He is arrest one day for a crime that did not commit. Stanley is therefore condemned to jail or to be sent to a place called Camp Green Lake for eighteen months as he is unable to prove his innocence. Stanley chooses Camp Green Lake. But upon arriving in the camp‚ Stanley discovers that it is actually a barren and desolate
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Why did Louis XVI call an estates general to meet in may 1789 ? Louis XVI had to call an estates because the middle class was growing and the nobility was getting less powerful than what it use to be. The middle class was no longer comfortable with the old regime. These ideas came from famous writers or economist as Voltaire or turgot they where theorist of the enlightment. The French middle didn’t like the government and the reason was that France was in an financial crises and because of this Louis
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Louis XIV of France vs. the Stuart Kings of England: Why did the Stuart kings fail‚ and Louis XIV succeed? William Jefferson Clinton was one of the greatest presidents to govern the United States as opposed to the Bush’s. Clinton proved to the world our preeminence by way of control‚ economic growth‚ and policies ranging from Israel to social security. The Bush’s proved to the world that they won the election. Louis XIV and the Stuart Kings also compare in similar ways. Louis XIV was a sound leader
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