Battle also depicted an untraditional perspective of good and evil. The point of view of the film supported the side of the FLN and painted the French in a bad light. Often‚ the FLN would be characterized as terrorists for their acts in order to try and obtain independence. While the FLN did use terrorism‚ they also revealed the brutality the Algerians faced at the hands of the French. Traditionally‚ due to Euro-centric teaching of history‚ Algerians were made-up to inhumane and immoral. However
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“Was the blood that had just been spilled so pure?” These are the words of Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave‚ a French politician after the storming of the Bastille. He was referring to those who had died in the event. On July 14th‚ 1789‚ revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in Paris‚ France‚ springing the French Revolution into action‚ and finally ending in 1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte built an empire. The conflict lasted ten years; the compromise was long and difficult‚ with trials and errors
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“It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times…” It was the age of mistreatment‚ It was the age of revenge. It most certainly was the epoch of confusion between vengeance and justice. The French revolution was a beacon of hope for the common people‚ that quickly turned into a bloodbath as the common people took the law into their own hands in order to right the Aristocrat’s wrongs. Throughout A Tale of Two Cities‚ Charles Dickens emphasizes the theme vengeance vs justice by employing negative
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All three of the goals were fulfilled in the First Phase of the Revolution. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen‚ drafted in 1789‚ provided liberty to the people of France. This document protected freedom of speech‚ press‚ and religion. It also protected the right for people to do anything they wanted as long as it did not hurt others. In addition to protecting people’s natural rights‚ The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen also said that everyone‚ no matter social status‚ was
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French and Haitian Revolution There were two other revolutions that occurred during the time of the American Revolution. Both of these revolutions were important to their countries and both were similar and different to the American Revolution. Both revolutions have their own unique way of influencing life today. The French Revolution occurred in 1789 and was orchestrated by the French citizens. They “razed and redesigned their country’s political landscape‚ uprooting centuries-old institutions
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The time period of 1787-1815 was a period of overlap of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Up until 1792‚ Louis XVI was reigning in France. He was experiencing an economic downfall‚ and had to call the Estates General as a result of disagreement over taxation to deal with the issues. The Third Estate joined forces with some of the nobles and clergy‚ and became the National Assembly or the National Convention as they would later be called. Together‚ they developed a constitution with
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1.1 Describe the social structure of the Old Regime The Old Regime was the social and political system of France in the 1770s where everybody was divided into three groups based on the social standing of their family. The First Estate‚ made up of the clergy of the Church‚ gave 2% of its income to the government. The Second Estate‚ made up of rich nobles‚ paid none to minimal taxes. The Third Estate accounted for 97% of the population and was made up of three general groups---the bourgeoisie‚ workers
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1. How has the personal life of the chosen character shaped their views and thinking? Examine his/her biography in relation to their views and perspectives on issues. Note key dates‚ events‚ and people. Marie Roland was a writer as well as a political figure. She was born on March 17‚ in 1754 and she died in Paris on November 8 in 1793. Her father was a Paris engraver and she was very intelligent. She was greatly influenced by the democratic ideas by Rousseau‚ and other philosophers as well‚
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events in Europe‚ but it also influenced events across the empire such as Haiti. During the French Revolution‚ there was a period known as the “Reign of Terror”. The Reign of Terror is pretty much exactly as the name sounds. The Reign of Terror was a period from September 5‚ 1793- July 28‚ 1794. It began after the execution of Louis XVI. The sole
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the revolutionary dictatorship led by Maximilien Robespierre they started a period of Reign Terror (Farah‚ 2000‚ p. 339). Robespierre became the most prominent member of this phenomenon. In 1794‚ he eliminated all the enemies. Thus‚ from the left it was a radical political group the Hébertists and from the right‚ there were followers of George Danton. In general‚ close to 40 000 peoples were killed during the terror. Of those‚ 16 000 people including Marie Antoinette died under the blade of the guillotine
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