Adam Chin Ms. Pearlman The French Revolution of 1789 was one of the most important revolutions that had taken place. During that time‚ the political‚ social‚ and economic conditions were disliked by many of the French people‚ especially those in the Third Estate. Many of the French were influenced by the new views of government and society and attempted to try and change the way the government thought. The First and Second Estate were filled with many high class and church members
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and chancellor. Even though I did end up reaching a high ranking‚ I was unable to advance in the church because I wasn’t born of noble birth. After a few more years I absolutely hated the aristocracy and monarchy‚ ruled by King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette‚ (they had no balance of power) by the time the Estates General were summoned in 1788. After seeing how the nobles acted and the way the monarchy blatantly ignored the Third Estate‚ I wrote What Is The Third Estate? which identified the unprivileged
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“Was the blood that had just been spilled so pure?” These are the words of Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave‚ a French politician after the storming of the Bastille. He was referring to those who had died in the event. On July 14th‚ 1789‚ revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in Paris‚ France‚ springing the French Revolution into action‚ and finally ending in 1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte built an empire. The conflict lasted ten years; the compromise was long and difficult‚ with trials and errors
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Nothing‚ written by Carla Killough McClafferty. Marie Curie was born on November 7‚ 1867 and was raised in Warsaw‚ Poland. Poland was controlled by Russia. When Marie was born‚ her mother suffered from tuberculosis and died when Marie was only eleven years old. Her mother’s name was Bronsitwa and her father’s name was Ladislas. They were both teachers and Marie was the youngest of five children. Marie went to Warson’s Pension Sikorska. After Marie went to high school‚ she enrolled in the Floating
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the beginning‚ the French saw the revolution as a way to improve their lives‚ but this path quickly turned into a horrifying ascent into oblivion‚ which aside from immense suffering‚ achieved nothing. During the reign of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette‚ revolutionary ideas flourished through the age of enlightenment. However‚ Louis made a crucial mistake by aiding the American Revolution; although it was a military success‚ it was an economic failure. France was bankrupt and the people were
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The Reign of Terror: Was It Justified? The Reign of Terror started in 1789 and was a time when supporters of the French Revolution ran wild and started killing non-supporters or counterrevolutionaries. The French held a ceremony if you will‚ in Paris for the execution of King Louis XVI on January 21‚ 1793. This was because Louis was having financial‚ and harvest issues. In June of 1789 King Louis called the Estates Meeting to discuss taxes and money problems. Then some men disliked what Louis
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Question: To what extent was Louis XVI personally responsible for tlie fall of the monarchy in 1792 ? “ What is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it been in the political order? Nothing‚ What does it want to be? Something.” This slogan published by Abbe Sieyes in January 1789‚ provides an overview of the grievances of the ‘third estate’ thatled to the outbreak of the French Revolution. Although France in 1785 faced economic difficulties‚ mostly concerning the equitability of taxation‚ it was
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Marie Curie Marie Curie was a medical physicist from Warsaw‚ Poland. (Schley) She earned her doctoral degree in Paris‚ France at Sorbonne University‚ being the first woman in Europe to earn a doctorate. During her career‚ Marie earned two Nobel Prizes‚ her first was awarded to her in 1903 along with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel for physics. Marie’s second Nobel Prize was awarded to her in 1911 for her work in chemistry. (Aronson) She received honorary doctorates from Yale University and Columbia
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Marie curie was born on November 7th 1867‚ in Warsaw‚ once the capitol of Poland. Her close friends and family had a nickname for her‚ Manya. Before Marie turned eleven‚ her mother had died of Tuberculosis‚ and her oldest sister had died of Typhus. Despite her grief and short comings‚ Marie graduated from high school at the early age of fifteen with the highest honors. Marie started to feel depressed‚ so her father sent her to live with her cousins in the country side. A short time later‚ Marie
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In late 18th century France‚ with the changing social realities challenging the old order of life‚ and Enlightenment ethics of equality and freedom flourishing‚ government officials demanded a crucial change in politics and governments. Meanwhile‚ state debt soared as the war of dominance of the atlantic economy ended‚ furthering a call to reform for the society. With all these internal and external turmoil occurring‚ the French called for a reform(after being influenced by the American Revolution
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