this was the time after France lost the war against England and the French Monarchy had become bankrupt King Louis the 16th was a fat‚ lazy king who did not know how to make decisions or how to rules a country and his young Austrian wife - Marie Antoinette wasn ’t much help since she too
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France was already undergoing major financial difficulties when Louis XIV took the crown and his poor handling of the situation only served to make things worse. When King Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette took the throne in 1643 after the death of his grandfather‚ the country was already in severe debt due to the mismanagement of the country from the two previous monarchs and from the French loss in the Seven Years War. Louis XIV‚ however‚ plunged the country into further debt through his decision
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Part One: The most important theme from the previous two weeks of class is the need for revolution that sparked in many oppressed societies. The Atlantic Revolutions (1770s-1820s)‚ cover the American‚ French‚ Haitian‚ and Latin American Revolutions. Each one of these revolutions was inspired by the movement of the Enlightenment‚ which urged individuals to act with reason and agency. The first of these‚ the American Revolution from 1775 to 1783‚ demanded “certain unalienable rights…[of] life‚ liberty
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traveled all over Europe‚ from places such as London‚ England all the way to Vienna‚ Austria. After the four years on tour‚ the family returned to Salzburg. The news of a boy genius was spread to the ears of substantial people such as Marie Antoinette to Fredrick William II of Prussia. Clearly Wolfgang’s father played an important role in his son’s development. The exposure to different cultures and musical styles‚ as well as providing early career guidance and tutoring greatly developed young
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In France‚ before the French Revolution‚ the governing body was called the Old Regime. Under Louis XIV and his queen Marie Antoinette‚ the French society was divided up into three groups. These groups were called the three estates. In this system‚ the first two estates lived very well while the third estate was very impoverished. This paired with the lack of a strong leader (Louis XIV) caused rising tensions in the third estate. This eventually led to revolution. The main cause of this was
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on our way of seeing things. First of all‚ Marie and Jen are supposed to attend a concert together one night. But Marie had decided to change the plan instead of telling Jen. Marie went to a secret subway all by herself. Marie is a kind of a playful girl. She likes to go and explore dangerous places alone. She wants to be the first one to explore the place and the first one to discover what is going on at the secret location. On the other hand‚ Marie wants to seek attention from Jen. She texted
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It seems strange that at one point in history‚ before the Neolithic revolution‚ women were believed to be superior to men. It seems even stranger in the twenty-first century that‚ for almost a millennium‚ women were oppressed and not even considered as human beings. But women’s actions in the French Revolution sought to change all of that. Towards the end of the sixteenth century‚ France’s government’s official policy on women outlined that a women’s proper place was at home‚ not in politics. Among
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Tambourin from Le triomphe de la République‚ ou Le camp de Grandpré François-Joseph Gossec (1734–1829) Belgian composer François-Joseph Gossec was acknowledged to be the greatest instrumental composer at the close of the ancien régime in France (Marie Antoinette loved his music) and‚ after an amazing about-face‚ he was also acknowledged to be the
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Leave it up to Claudia to pick the most elegant place in the world to hide. She wanted to sit on the chair made from Marie Antoinette or at least a writing table. But signs everywhere said not to step on the platforms. Claudia had always known she was meant for nice things. Jamie‚ on the other hand thought that running away from home and sleeping in a bed again was not challenge
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Just imagine how our lives would be if all of the technology and inventions we have in today’s modern society were never invented. A history marking event called the Industrial Revolution began in England in the middle of the 18th century and spread to the rest of Europe and the United States in the early 19th century. This era changed the way people worked and lived in drastic ways. New machines were invented and a large part of the population moved from the countryside to urban areas. In the early
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