To convoke this Assembly of Notables was to do exactly what ought not to have been done at that moment: it was exactly the half-measure which on one side made the National Assembly inevitable‚ and on the other hand inspired distrust of the Court and hatred of the two privileged orders‚ the nobility and the clergy. Through that Assembly it was learned that the national debt had mounted up to sixteen hundred and forty-six millions — an appalling sum at that time — and that the annual deficit was increasing
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question. HOW IMPORTANT WAS THE PART PLAYED BY THE THIRD ESTATE IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION UP TO 1793? Definition-Third Estate consisted of the industrial‚ professional‚ commercial and intellectual classes generally known as the Bourgeoisie. Workers‚ peasants and everybody else who was not a noble or clergy also belonged to the Third estate. They made up 97% of the population. Part played-they revolted against Louis xvi in 1789 by breaking away from the Estates-General to form the National/Constituent
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When William Pitt came to be prime minister in 1783‚ Britain was in a state of serious depression after the American War‚ and therefore needed reform and change. Pitt recognized the countries requirements and attempted to bring about several different types of reforms to all aspects of British life. His reforms had varied success due to many different factors‚ such as the public opinion‚ the desires of members in parliament‚ and also the king. Some of Pitt’s reforms proved very successful in bringing
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did nothing in the first year. He admitted it by saying: “the first years I was in parliament I did nothing-nothing that is to any purpose. I own distinction was my darling object” (Piper‚ J 2007 p31). William Wilberforce spent more time with William Pitt and focused more on his education. William Wilberforce was criticised for being an independent body even though he declared himself part of the Tory party led by Lord North. In 1784‚ when the government was dissolving‚ he was then elected as a member
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English radicals being influenced by Irish rebels and the French Revolution was the main thing William Pitt the younger was faced with during his time as Prime Minister. To deal with this‚ he reinforced a repressive policy of tough legislation strengthened through propaganda.It was not only these actions taken that managed to quell the revolutionaries from revolting. Other than the actions taken by Pitt‚ there was discordance between the radicals‚also the loyalist reaction sparked by the war in France;
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year‚ he also held a militia commission. From 1776 to 1783 he was attorney general of New Jersey‚ a task that occupied so much of his time that it prevented him from accepting election to the Continental Congress in 1780. Meantime‚ the year before‚ he had married Cornelia Bell‚ by whom he had three children before her death in 1783. Two years later‚ he took a new bride‚ Euphemia White‚ but it is not known whether or not they had children. From 1783‚ when he moved into the city of New Brunswick‚ until
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Hnrs. Renaissance History Chapter 17 & 18 Study Guide 1. The two most important influences on Enlightenment thought were who? John Locke and Isaac Newton 2. After 1688‚ Great Britain permitted religious toleration to which groups? Lutherans‚ Jews‚ and Muslims 3. This nation was significantly freer than any other European nation at the beginning of the Enlightenment. What nation is this? Great Britain 4. An expanding‚ literate public and the growing influence of secular printed materials
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constitution enabled women to vote. 1777- Articles of Confederation adopted by second Continental Congress. 1780- Massachusetts adopts first constitution drafted in convention and ratified by popular vote. 1781- Articles of confederation put into effect. 1783- Military officers form society of the Cincinnati. 1785- Land Ordinance of 1785. 1786- Virginia statute for Religious Freedom shays’s Rebellion. 1786- Meeting of five states to discuss revision of the Articles of Confederation. 1787- Northwest
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representation i. Taxed colonists with no say in government II) American Revolution A. Began in 1783 B. Ended with the Treaty of Paris III) French Revolution A. Began in 1783 1. Attack on Bastille Prison a. By citizen revolutionaries “It was the best of times‚ It was the worst of times” IV) Napoleon Bonaparte A. Declared war on France 1. 1793 B. Defeated i. Duke of Wellington ii. Waterloo iii. 1815 V) George IV
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In December 1783‚ George III engineered the dismissal of the Fox-North Coalition‚ which he hated‚ and appointed William Pitt the Younger as Prime Minister. Pitt had very little personal support in the House of Commons and the supporters of Charles James Fox and Lord North felt that the constitution of the country had been violated. The doctrine that the government must always have a majority in the House of Commons was not yet established and Fox knew he had to be careful. On 2 February 1784 Fox
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