The Old Regime was firstly designed by no one other than Louis XIV‚ which was a French political and social system before the year 1789. Now the major features of life in the Old Regime was that there were 3 estates that were created. The first estate‚ which you probably can figure out‚ was made up of all of the clergy members. The 2nd estate of the Old Regime was made up of the nobility. Last but not least‚ the 3rd estate of the Old Regime was the largest out of them all. The 3rd estate had made
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Title The Shang dynasty‚ lasting from about 1750 - 1027 BCE‚ was one of China’s longest lasting and most inventive dynasties. The Shang dynasty began when Li (lord of the Shang) defeated Ji (ruler of the Xia)‚ beginning a line of 30 kings that would rule the Shang for 600 years.. Located in the Yellow River Valley‚ the Shang developed incredible inventions like spoked-wheel chariots‚ made ostentatious silk robes for their nobles‚ but in contrast were vicious warriors in battle. This earned the Shang
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they were in love with and drawn to the Greek culture. In 1827‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia directed Turkey to accept an armistice. The Turks refused and the navies of these three countries trapped and destroyed the Turkish fleet at Navarino. The Near Eastern or Middle Eastern crisis was when Russia declared a war of expansion against the Turks and claimed much of present day Romania. In 1830‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia declared Greece as independent. In 1832‚ they put a German prince
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Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to power during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. Bonaparte grew up on the island of Corsica. In July 1793‚ when Bonaparte was in the military‚ he led the siege of Toulon‚ and with his highly acclaimed tactics‚ won and was promoted to brigadier general at the age of twenty four. Napoleon Bonaparte’s early life‚ time in the military‚ exile and the events
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final downfall because he returned to France in an attempt to gain back his power. His soldiers were sent by Louis XVIII so that he could be captured but instead they sided along with Napoleon and thus the Hundred Days of his reign began. Napoleon lost his final battle at Waterloo against the Duke of Wellington which eventually lead to him being exiled to St. Helena an island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Napoleon Bonaparte overall was a great ruler who turned France into a powerful country‚ the only
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From 1830 to 1848‚ there were six revolutions that happened in the Italian States‚ the Austrian Empire‚ the German States‚ Belgium‚ and France that attempted to make the governments more liberal and (in some cases) nationalistic. Despite the fact that many of these revolutions were repressed by the government‚ and not many clear short-term successes occurred due to them‚ it can be debated that the liberal revolutions of 1830 & 1848 were successful. Successful meaning that they spread the ideas of
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repressed silk workers of St. Martin experienced first hand. The attack took place on April 14‚ 1834 when the French National Guard‚ under the command of King Louis Philippe (October 6‚ 1773 - August 26‚ 1850)‚ retaliated on civilian silk workers. Rue Transnonain‚ created in the same year of the attacks‚ added fuel to an already growing tension between France and the French working force. The violent acts of the French National Guard‚ while not highly supported or lauded by the public‚ still would be deemed
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Enlightenment became popular. The Enlightenment was a period in time where new ideas were spread and people started thinking differently about the world that they lived in. Enlightenment thinkers‚ like John Locke and Voltaire‚ begin inspiring the citizens of France to rebel against their government if they felt like their rights were being limited or they did not feel protected. People should be able to express their opinions without persecution‚ and that the human rights of life‚ liberty‚ and property need
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explain the social orders or estates in France. 2. What was the traditional view of the tensions between the French nobility and the upper middle class? 3. What is the revisionist historian’s view? 4. What are the three developments revisionist historians point to? 1). 2). 3). B. The Crisis of Political Legitimacy 1. How was absolutist rule in France challenged after the death of Louis XIV in 1715? 1). 2). 3).
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"Enlightened Despot" or Founder of the Modern State Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the most well known leaders in history. When you say Napoleon Bonaparte‚ most people know who you are talking about. Napoleon is mostly known for his reign as the Emperor of France‚ and his Napoleonic Wars that earned him a reputation as one of the greatest military leaders of all time. During his reign as Emperor‚ many argue that he was the founder of the modern state. Martyn Lyons‚ a history professor at The University of
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