LOUIS XIV OF FRANCE AND ABSOLUTISM QUESTION: In Louis XIV’s view‚ what were the qualities of an effective monarch? In his opinion‚ what were the main obstacles to absolute rule? Louis XIV is known as being one of the most remarkable monarchs in history. He reined for seventy-two years (1643-1715) and from 1661‚ he personally controlled French government. The 17th century is labelled as the age of Louis XIV. Louis XIV‚ was a strong believer in “absolutism” - term used to describe a form of monarchical
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Joe Louis 10 facts 1. Joe Louis was born on May 13‚ 1914‚ in Lafayette‚ Alabama 2. Joe Louis went on to become the heavyweight champion of the world‚ holding the title for nearly 12 years and through 25 challenges‚ the longest reign in professional boxing. 3. In 1942‚ Joe served in a segregated unit with Jackie Robinson in the U.S. Army‚ who later became the first African American to play major league baseball. 4. Joe won the U.S. Amateur Athletic Union 175-pound championship in
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The most important scientific invention of the nineteenth century was braille. Braille is the only written language available for the visually impaired. When Louis Braille invented braille‚ a window opened up to sightless individuals everywhere; they were no longer at disadvantage to peers who could easily read written language. In 1829‚ Louis Braille published the first braille book entitled‚ "The Method of Writing Words‚ Music and Plain Song by Means of Dots‚ For Use by the Blind and Arranged by
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Louis Pasteur was an incredible man who changed much of history that led to the improvement of public health. He was born on December 27‚ 1822 in Dole‚ Jura in France. He was the third child of parents‚ Jean-Joseph and Jeanne Roqui. His father had always dreamed for Louis to have a good education and apply that to his future career. Pasteur was only an average student skilled at drawing and painting‚ which would help him illustrate what he saw in the microscope later on in life. In a college exam
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Rebecca Huang Louis Armstrong I. Early Life A. Childhood B. Family C. Armstrong’s natural talent from God II. Performance Career A. Experiences in New Orleans and Mississippi B. Chicago and Jazz Band C. Life from 1924 to 1930s III. Late Stage A. Armstrong’s 1950 life B. The end of Louis Armstrong’s Music Life IV. Music History A. Trumpet and Early Jazz B. Collaborators and Followers C. Armstrong’s Music Style 1. A Jazz musician
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impersonal (Gere). Louis’ skepticism in the traditional medical practice arose when he found himself helpless during the mid of an epidemic of diphtheria (Gere). Eventually‚ Louis grew to become a therapeutic nihilist and came up with an experimental design to seek for the numeric evidences‚ indicating the inefficiency of the traditional healing method (Gere). The first clinical trial that Pierre Louis conducted involves the testing of the common healing method of bloodletting. Louis used his numerical
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Louis Pasteur discovered many discoveries that advanced bacteriology. He made pasteurization and vaccinations. Pasteurization was made when Emperor Napoleon asked Louis Pasteur to examine diseases in wine. Pasteur showed that by heating wine at a certain temperature‚ the bacteria in the wine would die. Pasteurization was formed. The process was used to kill other bacteria in other liquids‚ like in milk and beer. He discovered vaccinations when he researched the rabies. He could
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Imagine that you live in the 1800’s. A dog with rabies had bit you and there is no way to cure it. There would not be a cure until 1852‚ when a scientist named Louis Pasteur would discover the cure‚ and he’d be one of the most important scientists of all time. Louis Pasteur was born in the city of Dole‚ France‚ on December 27‚ 1822 (Manning 193). His father had been in the military and he had 3 siblings‚ all of whom died at early ages (Dakes 165). Growing up‚ his family was very poor (Adler)
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Was Louis Riel a hero? I think that Louis Riel was a hero because he really treasured his people and protected him in any way he could. He had many accomplishments in life like how he learned many languages and he was seen as the guy who many people thought would lead them to freedom. When the surveyors were being rude and invading their land like it wasn’t even there‚ he stopped them from passing by his cousins land. He also created a provisional government which was a threat to Britain
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The northwest rebellion 1884-1885 "we must make canada respect us" -louis riel why was the manitboa act so important? 1.provincial status 2.land titles 3.they now had better representation (4 seats) in ottawa 4.french language and culture were protected but there were a few problems... · scrip - certificates that entitled individuals to land or money from the federal government. it was used to eleminate the aboriginal title of metis people in MB · most metis lost their lands through
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