MOI ET MA BOUCHE GRANDE The guillotine had earned its keep Splitting necks both shallow and deep The countless heads of headless Counts In fly-crusted piles would soon surmount So many wrongs to be undone Though when did revenge become such fun. Till to the blade stepped Jean De Vere No aristocrat he‚ but an engineer. No shred of courage did he lack‚ “Let me face the cutter‚ upon my back. I’ll go to God‚ with grace and all. As I look to the sky‚ and see the blade fall” That day‚
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Maximilien Robespierre managed to take advantage of France’s corrupted state to gain the political authority that was required to transform his radical ideas into actions. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were the King and Queen of France‚ but were strongly disliked among the majority of the French population due to their lack of leadership skills. Many political groups formed that were against the French Monarchy‚ including a radical group called the Jacobins. This party grew to become popular among
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For instance‚ Marie Curie‚ Polish-French physicist and chemist‚ faced significant obstacles to receiving access and recognition to her fields‚ in which she pioneered the study of radioactivity when discovering two new elements‚ Radium and Polonium. Curie’s legacy remains
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------------------------------------------------- Antoine Henri Becquerel (15 December 1852 – 25 August 1908) was a French physicist‚ Nobel laureate‚ and the discoverer of radioactivity along with Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie‚[1] for which all three won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. Biography [edit]Early life Becquerel was born in Paris into a family which produced four generations of scientists: Becquerel ’s grandfather (Antoine César Becquerel)‚ father (Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel)
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and 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
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for Elvira Shatayev” both these poems are about women who once were oppressed and told that they couldn’t follow their dreams. Rich wrote about them paying the price to follow those dreams. In the poem “Power” she talks about the famous scientist Marie Curie‚ and how she found both elements Polonium and radium. She also discovered radioactivity‚ which means that she was working with radioactive elements her whole working life. The radioactive elements caused her to get sick and eventually die. In
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phrase ‘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
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a complete blank. He had tried‚ of course. For a week now it had become a routine for him to sit with his History textbook open at the page where the chapter on the French Revolution began. And somehow‚ he did nothing but stare at the sketch of Marie Antoniette‚ Queen of France in the late 18th century when
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The French Revolution (1774-1792) Reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in 1Under his reign‚ national debt soared and people showed hatred towards Louis XVI. 2Louis XVI continues to tax the Third Estate. (1789) Storming of the Bastille 1French citizens stormed the Paris prison seizing gunpowder to use against Louis XVI. 2This led to the beginning of mob violence. (1789) The Great Fear 1French Peasants attack the homes of nobles‚ setting many on fire. 2The French Revolution has spread from
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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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