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    they began to march twelve miles in the rain to force the king to hear their complaints. Although rather loosely organized‚ the women armed themselves and conquered in their demands for bread. They also conquered a king for Paris. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were seized and forced back to Paris at knife point. In 1791‚ women were starting to institute their own political societies. They petitioned‚ marched and demonstrated‚ attended meetings‚ formed deputations‚ and persuaded or coerced political

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    wise decisons and to deal with problems with the French people. Although Louis had lot’s of good Ideas he was weak ruler and he could not make the decisons need at the time. In 1770 when Louis was fifeteen he married the fourteen year old Marie Antoinette‚ who was the daughter Maria Theresa‚ the Emperss of Austria. the marriage was set up to build a stronger alliance between France and Austria. During the fist couple of years they were married she became extreamly unpopular. The reason why she

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    The foremost cause of the war was bankruptcy of the government. The debt in France before the revolution had risen from 1 billion to 2 billion livres. In 1774 when Louis XVI began to rule‚ he spent way too much money on himself and his wife‚ Marie Antoinette. Louis XVI would demand that the third estate‚ the poorest and hardest working of them all‚ to be responsible to pay all the taxes. The second and third estate‚ known as the nobles and clergy‚ would not have the responsibility of paying any taxes

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    bankruptcy by the mid-1780‚ This forced the king to promote radical fiscal reform that taxed heavily on the poor. King Louis’s failure to address France’s financial troubles to the content of the poor set in motion the French Revolution. His Wife Marie Antoinette and him were guillotined for treason against the French State in 1793. Although Louis XVI did some good for the French. King Louis’s execution was necessary because his actions caused turmoil and injustice for the citizens of France. Despite

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    uneducated people. The people knew he was not prepared to be king and uneducated‚ but with every decision and move he made‚ his people liked him less and less. It started with his marriage. King Louis married Marie Antoinette‚ the duchess of Austria. Austria was much disliked in France. Not only was Marie from Austria‚ but she was blamed for not being able to produce and heir‚ though it was truly Louis’s fault. To celebrate the wedding of the two newlyweds‚ they held a party with a great deal of food‚ for

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    the deaths of thousands of people living in France at that period of time. The terror followed the trial and execution of King Louis XVI in 1793 and was incited by the conflict between the Girondins and Jacobins. Soon after‚ King Louis’ wife‚ Marie Antoinette‚ was executed in the guillotine- the new form of constitutionalist justice. Many of the people who were executed during this period of time were not aristocrats‚ but ordinary people who may have only stated a critical thought or judgment going

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    great distant grand cousin on her father’s side and inherit the family house” (13). Cathy’s entire statement about being the “great great grand cousin of the queen of France” is quite ironic given the fact that France has not had a queen since Marie Antoinette in 1755 (12). Later in the novella Esperanza realizes that you cannot necessarily trust every women

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    In 1789‚ France broke out into a revolution. The citizens of France rebelled against the absolute monarch and the system they deemed unfair. The people were starving while Queen Marie Antoinette spent fortunes on fake boats to put in her hair. The Revolution was centered on hatred for the king‚ Louis XVII‚ and the prospects of a governmental system that promoted liberty and equality. The unfair representation of the third estate‚ the spread of enlightenment ideas‚ and the high price and scarcity

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    hoping that they will learn from your experiences and live their life how you wish you could have. I would go back to 1774 when Marie Antoinette became queen‚ and show her my history books‚ and beg her to PLEASE avoid diamonds‚ ignore her brothers-in-law‚ keep a sharp eye on the owners of printing presses‚ show less favor to her son Louis Charles in front of poor Marie Therese so that the little girl isn’t so prone to bitterness‚ follow the advice of her mom and Joseph II‚ try to keep Catherine II

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    Issue: May-August 2012 FromtheEditor To my co-Alumnae and Chronicler readers‚ The second issue of the year is always a pleasure to prepare . This is when we feature the July Homecoming Celebration Week -- so much material available to work with‚ mostly pictures making the newsletter largely a pictorial. But the pictures of happy faces‚ depictions of enjoyment tell their own story making for not much need for words.. The coverage of the Institutional Welcome on Friday takes on more pages as it

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