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    At first‚ Robespierre wasn’t that bad of a guy. Supporting the abolition of slavery and opposing the death penalty‚ he was an eloquent lawyer who just happened to have the bad luck to be born into Revolutionary France. His rise and fall from power can be analyzed in any number of ways‚ but what I am most curious about is what exactly caused the shift in Robespierre’s mental and emotional state which resulted in the brutal execution of 40‚000 of his own citizens. Could he sense the shift? Was he helpless

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    Timeline French Revolution 1774 1786 May 5 1789 June 17 1789 June 20 July 14 August 27 1789 1789 1789 June 1791 September April 1791 1792 August 10 September 1793 1792 1792 Summer July 1793 July 1794 1793 to July 1794 Louis XIV becomes King Louis XVI became king and inherited part of the debt from his predecessors. October 1789 Summer 1792 January 21 1793 1795 Bankers refuse to lend government money Bankers refused to lend the government any more money which caused Louis to face serious

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    French Revolution The Old Regime was the way the French society was organized before the French revolution. It was more of the political system of France and separated people into three different social classes. These classes were the first estate‚ second estate‚ and the third estate. The first estate was made up of the clergy from the roman catholic church. The first estate was only one percent of the population. The second estate included the nobles‚ they made up about two percent of the population

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    Rise of Democracy

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    Alexander Blickensdorfer His-109 3/10/2013 Carl Wertman The primary causes of the American Revolution were social in nature because the unjust treatment of the colonists provoked more intellectual thought about individual liberties. Events that induced such thought and were the publication of Common Sense by Thomas Paine‚ the signing of Declaration of Independence‚ and the Battle of Saratoga. Thomas Paine’s pamphlet‚ Common Sense gave hope to the American colonists. The signing of the

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    the count of monte cristo

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    The Count of Monte Cristo Summary Short Summary The novel begins with the handsome young sailor Edmond Dantes. He has just returned from a journey aboard the Pharaon. The Pharaon’s shipowner‚ M. Morrel‚ rushes out to meet the ship. He finds that the captain has died en route‚ and Dantes has assumed the post with admirable skill. He thus plans to make Dantes officially the next captain of the ship. Dantes future is thus promising. His father’s financial situation as well as his own will be greatly

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    Enlightenment Philosophers

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    Enlightenment Philosopher|Lived|Publications|Enlightenment Principle| Adam Smith|||| John Locke|||| Thomas Hobbes|||| Voltaire|||| Baron Charles de Montesquieu|||| Jean-Jacques Rousseau|||| Thomas Jefferson|||| William Blackstone|||| John Locke (1632-1704) The British philosopher John Locke was especially known for his liberal‚ anti-authoritarian theory of the state[->0]‚ his empirical theory of knowledge‚ his advocacy of religious toleration‚ and his theory of personal identity

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    After the fall of the Bastille‚ the French National Assembly congregated to solidify the principles of their revolution. The “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen” was the result of the assembly’s efforts‚ along with some guidance from Thomas Jefferson and Lafayette. It boldly stated to the king and nobility of France that the people would actively take their rightful freedom and equality. Mainly to inform and justify the revolution‚ the Declaration united their supports with the overarching

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    On January 30th‚ 1933‚ Adolf Hitler was elected chancellor of Germany. The people did this because their problems needed a solution‚ and they thought this was the best one. Obviously‚ this ended up being a poor decision as Hitler went on to kill 11 million lives and cause the start of World War II. However‚ electing Hitler still was a revolution for Germany. Germany elected Hitler because they had too many problems including poor economic conditions‚ the harsh peace terms of the Versailles treaty

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    Liberty‚ property‚ equality‚ fraternity‚ uniformity‚ utility‚ popular sovereignty; these are just some words that best describe the aims and principles of the French Revolution. Did Napoleon Bonaparte I‚ Emperor of France‚ hinder‚ maintain‚ or in fact ‘further’ the aims of the revolution?‚ this is a question in which many historians argue about and can come to no definitive answer. First of all‚ in an economic sense‚ Napoleon definitely followed some of the earlier revolutionary principles in

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    France In The Late 1780s

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    France in the late 1780s In 1780‚ France was ruled by King Louis XVI. He was an absolute monarch‚ meaning he had power over everything. My father was one of Louis’ closest friends‚ and he had told me when I was a young girl‚ that he was a very selfish man. King Louis and his wife‚ Marie Antoinette‚ taxed the citizens of France and used the money on their own luxuries. However‚ they became bankrupt‚ causing France to be in even more of a financial crisis. My father also told me stories of how King

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