Old Regime- Polittical and social system of France before the French Revolution. Under the regime‚ everyone was a subject of the king of France as well as a member of an estate and province- a principal administrative division of certain countries or empires. First Estate- the clergy‚ who were people‚ including priests‚ the Catholic church and some aspects of the country. In addition to keeping registers of births‚ deaths and marriages‚ the clergy also had the power to levy a 10% tax known as
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People were unhappy with the King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette because they ignored demands of peasants. Most of people were peasants. They had to work for lords and pat taxes when The clergy and nobles did not. The tension between 2nd and 3rd estate rise‚ and ended by peasants revolting agains nobles
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The leadership of King Louis continued to fail miserably when he came to an impasse with the secret meeting of the Third Estate. Louis refused to align himself with the people even though he reminded himself of previous French king’s alliance‚ and instead‚ he gave a discreet answer to the people that proved unsatisfactory and vague. His refusal to choose an order highlighted his distance from the reality of the revolution and his non-committal answer revealed to the public his deficiency of leadership
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Curiatii family. Theme: sacrifice for the good of the country France financial meltdown‚ Economic crisis‚ initiated by the cost of intervening in the American Revolution‚ exacerbated by a regressive system of taxation “Portrait of Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier‚” 1788 French nobleman known as the “father of modern chemistry” Was accused by Marat of selling watered-down tobacco and other crimes and guillotined “Oath of the Tennis Court‚” 1792 Pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members of
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Marie-Louise O’ Murphy was the youngest child of an Irish army officer. She was a celebrated French beauty‚ one of the younger mistresses of Louis XV and the model for Francois Boucher “The Resting Girl”. The youngest of seven‚ Marie-Louise was born to ex-Irish army officer Daniel O’ Murphy and his French wife relocated the family to Paris after the death of her husband. Through trying to make ends meet‚ the O’ Murphy family had to become a part of France’s irreputable lifestyle‚ Marie-Louise
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The National Convention governed France from September 20‚ 1792‚ until October 26‚ 1795. It also consisted of 749 members‚ mostly of men over the age of 25 and professional men. The National Convention governed France from 1792 to 1795 and established the Republic after abolishing the monarchy that governed France‚ during the most critical period of the French Revolution. In 1792‚ the National Convention splitted into two factions.Therefore dividing the convention into the Mountains and the Girondins
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King Louis XVI reigned from 1774 to 1793 as a brilliant absolute monarch. Some people may not have liked him‚ but God chose him as the ruler which is something of great importance. He ruled alongside his beautiful wife‚ Marie Antoinette. During the Old Regime‚ which traced its roots to the period of feudalism‚ the people of France were divided into three social classes called estates. The first estate had the Church‚ the second estate had nobles and wealthy people‚ and the third estate was made up
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The story goes that queen Marie Antoinette didn’t like being at court. So to escape‚ she started living in the Petit Trianon‚ a relatively small villa outside the Versailles gardens. Behind the Petit Trianon‚ she had two gardens constructed: one English garden with meandering paths and
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The Bread riot started way before the French Revolution as early as 1724 but‚ during the spring of 1789‚ bread riots were very common. The bread riots were the main reason for the start of the French Revolution because‚ France was already in so much debt because of the King‚ wars with England and got some many people to dislike the King and Queen. As a result‚ the King(Louis XVI) raised the bread prices as much as 80 percent. Bad weather stopped the production of grain leading Peasants and commoners
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1775 - American war of Independence 1787 - Society for the abolition of slavery founded 1789 - Fall of Bastille - the storming of the fortress that represented authority in France; began the French Revolution 1793 - Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. France declares war against Britain (and then Britain against France) 1795 - William Pitt‚ a prime minister of Britain‚ suppressed freedom of speech and assembly 1796 - The Monk‚ a highly controversial book (pretty obscene and profane for
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