ruled the country. To get the minds of the people away from the tragedy that was becoming of France and to commemorate the revolution‚ artists took it to 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
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Louis XIV King Louis XIV also known as Sun King‚ and ruled France for seventy two years. He became King in 1643 and died in 1715. He had a huge ego and saw himself the center of France and their culture. He supported musicians‚ writers‚ and was closely involved with the Catholic Church. Everyone felt he was unable or unwilling to make necessary changes for Frances problems. The Reign of Terror 1793-1794 the revolutionary government was controlled by the Committee of Public Safety. Also known
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Once upon a time‚ long ago in France‚ lived a king‚ Louis XIV and his beautiful wife‚ Marie Antoinette. Louis received a lot of debt from previous kings‚ and borrowed a great deal of money to help the American Revolution in their war against Great Britain. Louis who wanted to help improve the lives of common people was in a tough situation‚ when banks refused to lend him more money‚ and to make matters worse‚ Marie Antoinette gave Louis poor advice‚ interfered with the government‚ and spent excessive
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Under the reign King Louis-Philippe‚ the country revolted and denounced his leadership in a bloody revolution‚ despite the fact that his reign was neither corrupt nor destructive. Louis-Philippe‚ the last king of France‚ was a liberal minded man who replaced bourbon King Charles X after the revolutions of 1789. Louis-Philippe wanted to be seen as a king for the people and destroyed all connections to the past Bourbon Empire. He implemented a tricolor flag‚ dismissing the Bourbon all-white flag
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of France began to call her “Madame Veto” due to the fact that when King Louis XVI tried to appease the social division of the people of France by proposing reforms to end the worst excess of privilege and to impose a more progressive taxation system the clergy and nobility vetoed it. The people of France blamed it on the Queen for her persuasive ways. She sided with the pessimists of the court that were against compromising with more modest revolutionaries. She was against change in France which
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Compare & Contrast the foreign policies of Napoleon I and Louis Philippe Both placed on the thrown after revolutions‚ King Louis Philippe and Napoleon Bonaparte were pressured to adopt a nationalistic foreign policy. During Napoleon ’s reign‚ France reached its greatest magnitude and was considered among Europe as a leading military power. In contrast‚ King Louis Philippe adopted a cautious foreign policy which did not satiate the nationalistic thirst of the French people at the time nor did
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As King Louis XVI reined over France during the French Revolution his actions heavily impacted the revolution. When he took over as king in 1774 the country was in severe financial crisis; extravagant spending for the American Revolution left the country on the brink of bankruptcy (History.com Staff 2009). Heavy taxes were imposed which were impossible for the Third Estate (the common people) to pay due to low harvests. King Louis XVI was not popular by the citizens which resulted in outbreaks to
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There were a lot of things going on in France during the 1780. France was in a huge debt and had many financial issues because of King Louis XVI‚ who was not the brightest star in the sky. He threw many parties without even knowing that he would soon be in big trouble. Everyone was starting to get sick of being under his rules. And that’s how the French revolution had begun. This story will be told as a commoner’s view of this whole revolution. King Louis XVI was a very fun-loving person. He threw
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that Louis is not in full control and gives away part of his power to the population. Furthermore the increasing economic hardship led to anti-government feelings among the population and a rise in popularity towards the popular movement.
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Revolution unfolded‚ King Louis XVI of France soon found himself in the centre of it and gradually became one of the victims. In the morning of Tuesday 21st January 1793‚ he was woken by his guards and taken to Place de la Revolution. "My people‚ I die an innocent man" were his last words to the crowd‚ and moments later‚ his head was held up to the crowd . However‚ what caused the end of monarchy? Was Louis XVI completely responsible for his own downfall? There is no questioning that Louis XVI is‚ in fact
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