images as mothers and caretakers have traditionally kept them within the private sphere of society making it difficult for them to transcend these images in order to achieve women’s rights. Furthermore‚ the Enlightenment‚ which influenced the French Revolution‚ put great emphasis on the ideals of universalism and reason. This created social and cultural stigmas in which men were considered to be rational and objective whereas women were considered to be emotional and irrational. Moreover‚ the importance
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the skilled use of blunt objects.” Politics were a very important part during the 19th century‚ not only did they help some but they also hurt others economically and socially. Politics gave people opportunities with new acts or laws that gave them the stability that allowed them to live with some peace in mind‚ but it also hurt others that would have to give something up so that others could live peacefully. The French Revolution and Napoleonic wars caused political and social instability that affected
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During this period‚ roughly from 1789 to somewhere in the 1790’s‚ French citizens uprooted and reshaped their country’s political old political structure that was based around century-old monarchy and the feudal system and replaced it with a more modernized approach. Much like the American Revolution‚ the French Revolution was also based around ideas of enlightenment‚ focusing particularly on popular sovereignty
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Napoleon Bonaparte was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and let other campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars and was a dictator. Napoleon was the Emperor of the French from 1804 till 1814/ For over a decade‚ he had dominion over the European and global affairs. As a dictator the people of France had gained more than they had sacrificed to Napoleon. They had gained equality before the law‚ better school systems and a strong sense of
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King Louis XVI (16th) did not listen to the people and take good care of them; he cared about the other three percent‚ the nobility. Thus‚ the poor rebelled and created a turning point in world history. King Louis had a very large role in the French Revolution. King Louis XVI came into power when he was very young. He was ill-prepared to be king and lacked the ability to make good decisions for his country and the determination to pull through with all of the policies. King Louis truly did want to
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Isabel Fernandez Ms. Del Toro World History 9 February 2015 Government Evolution During the French Revolution The French Revolution came about when the population of France did not have their basic needs met. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette had a lavish lifestyle and ignored all the economic problems France was facing. The country was in debt because it had aided the Americans in the Revolutionary War against Britain‚ which ultimately bankrupted France. The monarchy and nobility was also spending
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paragraph‚ I argue that the middle and lower classes were an integral component in forming the French Revolution‚ as they were regarded as inferior‚ burdened by taxation‚ poor markets‚ and an inadequate economy. Through the financial crisis‚ social catastrophe‚ political predicaments‚ and the monarchy’s power‚ the lower and middle classes were the first to be harmed. The standard of live for the impoverished during this time was inexpressibly difficult. “Comprising perhaps an unbelievable 40 percent of
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To answer this question‚ I would have to say that I do agree with the decisions made by the french assembly on sending citizen Louis to the guillotine. King Louis was the worst king France had seen‚ and to kill him would clean the government of dysfunction caused by the terrible decisions he had made in his tenure to the throne. The King had no knowledge of what it took to rule people‚ and he had barely any capability to keep any of the classes happy all at once. We start out with the untimely
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The French Revolution (1788-1799) was known as the biggest event in world history because it changed the people’s perspective of France. The people in France wanted political and social rights that they felt were not being given. The news of Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke‚ Montesquieu‚ Jean-Jacques ‚ Rousseau‚ and Voltaire were spreading like wildfire‚ and the society of France were hearing about the Natural Rights of life‚liberty‚and property. People started to realize they didn’t
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Alexander Shepard The Rise of Industrialization & In Dubious Battle The rise of industrialization in the late nineteenth century saw an increasing need for the labor supply in the U.S. Quickly a division formed between the ownership of new businesses and those who supplied the labor for them. In the novel In Dubious Battle‚ John Steinbeck focuses on a strike set in the California apple country. Albeit historical fiction‚ the novel holds true as it represents
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