A conflict is a serious disagreement or argument‚ and throughout history there have been many disagreements between the people and the government all the way to arguments over land. In the end all of these disagreements and arguments lead to the weakening of the nations political‚ economical and social structures. The French Revolution is a perfect example of a conflict in history. It began as a fight for class equality but eventually incorporated many different political groups in the search for
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Chapter 23 French Revolution Which of the following is an accurate description of the tax system in France in the years proceding the French Revolution? The members of the Third Estate paid almost all of the taxes What does the word plediscite mean? A vote of the people Which of the following did Napoleon NOT accomplish An equal-oppurtunity public education system What strategy did Czar Alexander I use to defeat Napoleon in Russia? Scorched-earth policy Which of the following traits
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Notes: The French Revolution - Application of the Fever Model World History‚ Culture‚ and Geography Incubation Stage: Causes Social Inequality - three estates •Three estates •First Estate (upper __________________) - 1% of population‚ taxed peasants •Second Estate (__________________) - 2-3% of population‚ paid no taxes‚ taxed peasants •Third Estate (___________________________‚ peasants‚ workers) - paid up to 1/2 of income in taxes Enlightenment Ideas/American Rev. •Belief all men
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The Count of Monte Cristo By: Alexandre Dumas Type of Literary Work: Historical Novel This book is an example of a historical Novel. It is historically accurate‚ and consists of characters that could have existed in the nineteenth century. Theme:Judgment Day comes to us all inevitably. We all pay for all evil and injustices of our life‚ yet sometimes there will be someone so viciously wronged‚ that he will return like a wrath of nature‚ with and unquenchable thirst for vengeance. Such a vendetta
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man was one of the most vital documents of the French Revolution. The Declaration of the Rights of Men is a lot like the United States Declaration of Independence in the American Colonies. The Declarations of the Rights of Man is comparable to the American Declaration of Independence because both state the rights of the people even the commoners. The Declaration of the Rights of Man were direct reproach of the laws and policies of the noble absolutes of the past.
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The chapter is split into 4 sections. In “Beginning of the Revolutionary Era” Speilvogel explains how the colonies in America broke off from the British Empire. They were heavily funded by France‚ whose people were very unhappy with the way their government was going. The American revolution then inspired the French people to revolt and establish their own government. The “Background of the French Revolution” talks about France’s many problems after funding the American Revolution. There was a huge
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imprisoned in the Luxembourg Palace in 1795. France was at war with other European nations after a period of civil conflict culminating in the Reign of Terror and the Thermidorian Reaction‚ during which David had been imprisoned as a supporter of Robespierre. David hesitated between representing either this subject or that of Homer reciting his verses to the Greeks. He finally chose to make a canvas representing the Sabine women interposing themselves to separate the Romans and Sabines‚ as a ’sequel’
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The extremist period of both the English and French Revolutions consisted of a semi-dictator; Cromwell in England and Robespierre in France‚ who set up a totalitarian military state. Lastly‚ both the English and French had to carry out two attempts at establishing a constitutional monarchy in order to finally have a stable‚ lasting government. In both the English and
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angry people went to the Bastille prison and starting attacking it and the guards in it. In France you were either with the people or against them. If you were against them and supported the king in anyway they would just kill you. Maximilian Robespierre has control of the Committee of public safety and killed many people starting the reign f terror. This lasted for a few months until his followers got scared and had him arrested one night then killed the next. In America most of the people were
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to worry about another forming of a monarchy. Finally the people could share the symbols of equality‚ liberty‚ and fraternity. (# 3‚ 6‚ and 9) Revolutionary ideas had spread rapidly and in many towns there were at least two or more people like Robespierre encouraging rebellious ideas.(#4) Some of these revolutions were not even worth it because so many people had suffered and many were killed. (#2) The insurrections in June of Paris were not about the changing of a form of government‚ but to merely
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