political prisoners. After the revolution‚ the peasants made sure they were heard. They started killing nobles; the guillotine was made making the death sentence faster and cheaper. Thousands were killed with the guillotine including Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette‚ his wife. The time after this was known as the Reign of Terror‚ when Maximilien Robespierre took over. During this period of famine and panic‚ the peasants were finally heard and released from feudalism. This French Revolution changed a lot
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"This critical circle is not close enough to the stage to see the actors ’ faces and catch the subtler by play" (Fitzgerald 1). The metaphor of the Dance sets up a critical underlying theme of the story. The youth The metaphor at the beginning of the "But‚ after all‚ this critical circle is not close enough to the stage to see the actors ’ faces and catch the subtler byplay" that from a distance one cannot properly judge the kids. By comparing the youth to actors explains that the people
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approximately six thousand angry French women wanted food and money and were willing push extreme limits in order to fulfill that demand. Conclusively‚ it can be inferred that this event was influenced by the lack of bread and money in the country. Marie Antoinette was the King’s wife‚ and she was a very greedy woman; taking all of the bread and money to herself when there was a decrease in flour throughout the country. For this reason‚ they besieged the Place of Versailles and after a violent and alarming
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The year was 1814 during the month of April. The French Revolution had just taken place from 1789 to 1799. The citizen of France overthrew the Monarchy‚ which had once been made up of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. After the ten year period of revolution and change in the country of France‚ a military leader named Napoleon rose. Napoleon Bonaparte came to power through a “coup d’etat.” Napoleon had caused much destruction throughout his reign‚ but the last straw was when Napoleon took around
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painting Socrates is depicted as about to take poison‚ surrounded by all his pupils who looked up to him. With similarity‚ Louis XVI is about ready to feel the wrath of subjects. They are to accuse him of lavish spending‚ especially that of his wife Marie Antoinette. Louis and his wife would be guillotined in the coming years but the debt wasn’t exclusively brought about by the expenditures of the privileged. The Seven Years War and the American War of Independence cost the government dearly. Nevertheless
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new king‚ whose name is Louis XVI. The degrading economy was the drastic result from both the Seven Years’ War‚ and the American Revolution. King Louis XVI‚ who is a timid person‚ isn’t really sure how to combat the economic problem. His wife Marie Antoinette‚ didn’t help with the debt‚ but instead spent her time “ordering hundreds of gowns‚ trying out elaborate hairstyles and hosting lavish parties at her private retreat‚ Petit Trianon‚ on Versailles’ expansive grounds‚” (HowStuffWorks.com Contributors
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voted for France to declare war on Austria. This vote was thought of because it was believed Australia intended to ‘export‘ the ideas of France’s revolution to other European nations. Many groups within France saw the advantage in war‚ these included Marie Antionette‚ wife of Louis XVI‚ Army Commanders and a significant group within the Assembly known as the Girondins‚ though a group called the Jacobins was strongly against this war. On April 20‚ 1792‚ France declared war on Austrlia. This was one out
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Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after. A rhyme EVERY child knows… according to many sites‚ Jack is a reference to King Louis XVI and Jill stands for Queen Marie Antoinette. In 1793‚ Louis XVI was beheaded during the infamous Reign of Terror. Therefore the line “broke his crown (head)”. What followed was Queen Antoinette’s beheading. Hence‚ “Jill came tumbling after”. Well‚ even if this ISN’T the real story behind
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Although for the King and Monarch the Feudal System was considered ‘just’‚ to others it was considered unjust and not fair. Courts in Medieval Europe weren’t advanced therefore they didn’t have the technology we have nowadays to determine innocence. Medieval Courts didn’t have evidence to back up a case. Everyone no matter what in Medieval Europe were ‘guilty until proven innocent’. This was not a sufficient way as there was no evidence to support you if you’re proven guilty. Some evidence you could
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The French revolution took place in France from 1789 to 1792‚ during the reign of King Louis XVI. It was an expression of discontent from the poor towards the rich‚ and of how they thought France was governed unfairly. The revolution is considered one of the most important events in human history‚ as it has continued to shape societies and the ways we live today (Cody‚ 2008). Through examining political‚ economical‚ social and cultural factors that led up to the French Revolution‚ this essay aims
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