“The Great Chain of Being” people saw power structures in a linear way. In France there were three estates Nobility‚ Clergy‚ and Peasants. First estate was clergy‚ second estate was nobility‚ third estate peasants. Nobility were 3% of the population- Emphasis on Birth‚ Philosophy on Manual Labor (below them)‚ Seigneurial Rights had separate courts and priveleges. Louis XIV was regarded as the sun king and ruled based upon divine right. Couldn’t stop the escalating tensions that began
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King Louis XVI was the absolute king of France‚ and his wife Marie Antoinette lived in luxury in their palace of Versailles‚ while the people of France lived in extreme poverty. In 1789 he decided to call the Estates-General‚ a gathering which includes three different estates‚ the clergy‚ the nobility and the third estate which consisted of poor people and the middle class. The King locked the Third Estate out of the Estates-General‚ so its members created the Tennis Court Oath‚ swearing that they
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (1789-1799) The French Revolution was a watershed event that changed Europe irrevocably and ended a century of slowly increasing opposition to absolutism and the supremacy of a decadent aristocracy. The causes of the French Revolution are difficult to pin down. Therefore‚ we will divide them into long-term and immediate causes. Within long-term causes‚ we will also define intellectual‚ political and economic causes. Long-Term Intellectual Causes Before a movement can reach
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English language dictionary * John Campbell invents the sextant. * Dolland invents a chromatic lens. * John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude. * James Watt invents an improved steam engine. * Georges Louis Lesage patents the electric telegraph. * Alexander Cummings invents the flush toilet. * Jacques Perrier invents a steamship. * Andrew Meikle invents the threshing machine. * Joseph Bramah invents the safety lock. * Edmund Cartwright invents the power
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reality. In 1786‚ the legislature appointed a commission to find a site for a permanent‚ centrally located capital. The commission purchased 1‚000 of land near Galphin’s old trading post. It named the new city “Louisville‚” to honor King Louis XVI of France for his help in America’s Revolutionary war. From 1796 until 1808‚ Louisville served as the capital. The issue of slavery had divided the Baptists and Methodists into northern and southern branches in the mid-1840s. The war itself had split
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opposed to various taxes and other laws they considered oppressive and illegitimate. * Earlier responses of the colonies to Parliamentary actions included petitions to King George‚ a boycott of British goods‚ and the Boston Tea Party in 1773. * France‚ Spain and the Dutch Republic all secretly provided supplies‚ ammunition and weapons to the revolutionaries starting early in 1776. * The British used their naval superiority to capture and occupy American coastal cities while the rebels largely
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Yet‚ Napoleon showed more accomplishments in his life to make France a better country. A hero is defined as‚ "a man of distinguished courage or ability‚ admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities‚" (www.merriam-webster.com) and these noble qualities are just what Napoleon had. He had audacity and was not afraid of others even though his stature would appear quite contrary. Moreover‚ he was decisive which gave the citizens of France the sense of national identity and the pride they needed. Finally
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Chapter IX. The French Revolution pp. 361-415 France “replaced the ‘Old Regime’ with ‘modern society‚’ and at its extreme phase it became very radical‚ so much so that all later revolutionary movements have looked back to it as a predecessor to themselves.” The French Revolution occurred in the most advanced country of the day‚ the center of the Enlightenment. It was the most powerful‚ wealthy nation in Europe. It had the largest population (24 m) under one government. Paris was smaller than
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On May 3‚ 1748‚ I‚ Abbé Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès‚ was born in southern France. Five years later‚ France was on the verge of revolution; it split into three estates. But in my early life‚ I was educated for to become a Jesuit‚ people who specialize in debate to defend the Church. Though‚ when I grew older‚ I began to embrace the works of writers and philosophes such as John Locke‚ and I accepted the ideas of the enlightenment even though I had joined the Church. While in the church I rose to be an abbé
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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‚ they were moved to the Tuileries Palace. This was around the time‚ the French Revolution had started. Marie had asked for help from her siblings to escape from Paris. It was said that Marie and Louis XVI‚ tried to escape‚ and Marie’s brother‚ the Holy
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