an extreme financial crisis in France during the second half of the 18th century. People were going hungry and it appeared as if the monarchy just continued to spend carelessly. At the time of the Revolution‚ Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI were known for spending carelessly. Marie Antoinette is frequently credited with callously saying‚ "Let them eat cake" in response to finding out that Parisians were starving. However‚ it is probably more accurate to say that she was totally unaware of the people’s
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failed plan for reform of Parliament and now concentrating on a policy of orderly finance and systematic economy. Insisted internal affairs of France were of no concern to British government. Leopold II – Brother to Marie Antoinette. Austrian Hapsburg emperor. Told Marie Antoinette to adjust herself to conditions in France. Declaration of Pillnitz – Leopold met with king of Prussia in Saxony – Leopold would take military steps to restore order in France if all the other powers would join him. Aim
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the revolution. On October 5‚ 1789 about 7‚000 angry women mob marched on Versailles to protest against the monarchy about the scarcity of bread. These militant women were armed with pitch forks‚ pipes and muskets. They took turns on the queen Marie Antoinette who had shown a recalcitrant attitude against their demand for bread. But the queen managed to escape into the apartment of Louis XVI. The protest was too fierce that about 20‚000 French National Guardsmen could not stop them. Undoubtedly‚ it
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‘which all led to social unrest’ seems to be there to add some sort of point‚ when in fact it is an obvious statement‚ which weakens the argument. The new thesis statement is purely arguable. Old Body Paragraph One Louis XVI loved his wife‚ Marie Antoinette‚ very much( THIS IS NOT AN ARGUMENT‚ IT ALSO DOESN’T DIRECT THE READER TO WHAT THIS PARAGRAH IS GOING TO BE ABOUT OR HOW IT CONNECTS BACK TO THE THESIS STATEMENT). His love was so great he would buy whatever her heart desired. He spent so much
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Elisabeth Vigee Le burn achieved early success as a young artist‚ her ability to put her subjects in flattering elegant styles made her one of the most popular portraitists in France. Some of her more famous clients included aristocracy‚ royalty and Marie Antoinette‚ whose portrait she painted over thirty times
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Bryan Wetzel Professor Raskin HUM 2234 5 April 2013 Roles and Religion It has been said that a nation is only as strong as its weakest link; therefore to rise above travesty a nation must revolutionize roles of power and distribute societal roles according to era rather than practice. In contrast to not follow suit‚ strong leaders must learn from predecessors mistakes and success in conjunction towards a more successful future. During the late 1600’s King Louis XIV had great influence for many
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Before the French Revolution was sparked‚ poverty plagued the streets of France. Families starved while Louis XVI and his flighty wife Marie Antoinette spent lavishly. The ineffective rulers gambled and partied frequently and freely‚ and by 1789 France was out of money and faced a serious financial crisis. France’s unequal social hierarchy made of three classes-the First‚ Second‚ and Third Estate- was extremely unfair to the Third Estate which was ninety seven percent of the population and included
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therefor they were powerless and a peaceful revolution was impossible. Around 200‚000 slaves were freed from there captors as a result of the war. During the French revolution‚ the people had no choice but to revolt violently. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were living a life of luxury and parties while their people were starving slowly to their deaths. Of course‚ the commoners tried to overthrow them peacefully‚ but that simply didn’t work. They had to decide: have their rights violated and starve
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French revolution started in 1789. During the French revolution the king is Louis XVI and he don’t like to deal with the people. Louis XVI married to the queen of Austria Marie Antoinette in order to keep French and Austria in peace. Both the king and queen caused many problem during the French revolution and people in French started to revolt. It is the a very violence revolution in the 17th century. At the beginning of French revolution‚ the king had moved to Versailles which 12 miles
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uprising. Everyone has a breaking point‚ and once it was reached‚ it was very hard to go back to a calm state. It was already bad that Marie Antoinette was using the tax money from the poor peasants to pay for her unnecessary dinner parties. Once Antoinette raised the taxes for that same purpose‚ it became unjust. This resulted in the beheading of Marie Antoinette. The wine was red wine‚ and had stained the ground of the narrow street in the suburb of Saint Antoine‚ in Paris‚ where it was spilled
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