pay all the taxes for the country * Includes the bourgeoisie‚ urban workers‚ peasants and serfs * Sans-culottes: radical lower class workers * Louis XVI: King of France during the revolution; he was slow to make decisions about the revolution * Marie Antoinette: France disliked her from the minute she married Louis XVI because she was Austrian and did not have a child for the first 7 or 8 years‚ and disregarded the struggle the public was going through * Old Régime: the social
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class family in Douai‚ France. Today‚ Calonne is best known for his direct influence on the course of the French Revolution and‚ ultimately‚ modern society. His impact on the French Revolution started on November 3‚ 1783 when he assumed the position of Controller-General of Finances under King Louis XVI. Upon entering his new‚ prestigious role in the French government‚ Calonne faced a substantial challenge: repaying the 112 million livre debt that France owed (Louis XVI 8). Calonne soon put his
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World Events that Coincided with the American Revolution (1750-1800) Art The Mid to Late 18th Century is the period in time remembered for the reversal of great world powers and new age of revolution. Many works of fine art were produced during this time‚ along with a renewed interest in philosophy. Inspirational music‚ literature‚ portraits‚ sculptors and architecture flourished with the ideal of the past influencing the minds of the people. For this inception of ideas‚ this period in history
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led up to the revolt. France was going through financial debt‚ and taxes were being raised significantly. (Sargent and Velde 474). During this time period‚ the social classes were split up into three groups‚ also known as Estates. The First Estate was the Clergy‚ the Second Estate included the nobility of France‚ and the Third Estate was made up of all the commoners (Berdine np). When the Estates were called to a meeting to discuss the debt going on throughout France‚ and the raising taxes‚
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1/18/13 The first stage of the French Revolution (1789-1792) * Previously talking about the estates general – 1789 Louis XVI trying to solve economic problems divided into clergy‚ nobility‚ commoners because the French society was legally divided in the same way (all had different obligations and different rights) * Middle class included: bankers‚ merchants‚ doctors‚ entrepreneurs‚ lawyers‚ shopkeepers‚ artisans…comfortable life * Working class: lower class‚ those working for a wage/salary
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In 1793 to 1794‚ France was in the midst of turmoil. During the French revolution‚ the radical group‚ The Jacobins seized control over the governing body of France in an attempt to maintain order. However‚ the Prussian‚ Austrian‚ and British military were threatening the French borders.Wars of succession were also commonly rising throughout France. In Lyon‚ they experienced a secessionist movement which opposed the established authority of the radical government in France. The country was also in
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affected the decision to have a revolution the most which were the weak economy‚ a bad harvest‚ and King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette. These were the main reasons that lead to the French Revolution because these events were the ones that affected France the most during 1789. The weak economy was one of the causes of the French Revolution because at that time France was in debt. France was in debt due to helping the colonist become independent from Britain in the American Revolution. For
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social and political upheaval in France that had a major impact on France and throughout the rest of Europe. Although the French Revolution began in 1789 with the convocation of the Estates-General in May‚ there were multiple different principles prior to that which triggered the war to begin. The foremost cause of the war was bankruptcy of the government. The debt in France before the revolution had risen from 1 billion to 2 billion livres. In 1774 when Louis XVI began to rule‚ he spent way too
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started to become more openly Catholic and to hire catholics. Mary and William were both Protestants so members of the Parliament coaxed them to get rid of Mary’s father. For the sake of Protestantism‚ William led his army to James II but he fled to France. Now‚ all of England was under the rule of Mary and William. The colonists of the original thirteen
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Events which led to the French Republic Homework 14/03/2013 The French Revolution had great consequences and led to France becoming a Republic in 1792. But what are the main events which influenced the French people. Most French people didn’t question the way their society was organised but during the XVIII century‚ also called the Enlightenment‚ a group of writers‚ journalists and scientists called the “Philosophes” shared a way of thinking which they called reason. They believed that the
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