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    1.How far did Napoleon Bonaparte maintain the ideals of the French Revolution during the period 1799–1815? The key issue is the relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution. ‘How far’ invites candidates to consider the extent and limits of the claim that he maintained revolutionary ideals. These ideals can be summarised quickly as ‘liberty‚ equality and fraternity’. The Revolution had sought greater equalisation between classes‚ the rule of law and the end of secular and

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    WHY WAS THERE A REVOLUTION IN FRANCE? By the 1780’s‚ France was in great trouble. The country was almost bankrupt‚ there was famine and the third estate were becoming frustrated and angry. This created the build up towards revolution. In this essay I will look at the political‚ social and economic situation of France to try and identify why the revolution happened. During this era‚ there were many new political ideas about equality and freedom. This was called ‘The Enlightenment’ and was written

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    The Fronde was a period of uncertainty in France. A time in which a newly crowned king of just ten years old at the time. A young king named Louis XIV was chased by the upper middle class and the nobility and treated as prisoners. These two social groups required some change in their government. They desired less powering the hand of the king and more toward the people’s hands. However‚ everyone knows that this contradicts what Louis XIV desired for France; an absolute monarchy. One might say that

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    Holztrattner 2010). Air France-KLM group currently operates the largest network between Europe and the rest of the world. The network is coordinated around the two intercontinental hubs of Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam-Schiphol airports. These two hubs are organised in waves known as banks‚ combine connecting with point-to-point traffic. Air France-KLM group has a fleet of 573 aircraft which serves 253 destinations in 105 countries worldwide. Created by the merger of Air France and KLM in 2004

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    101-003 ESSAY EXAM 1: QUESTION 3 There were three estates that made up the population of France. The First Estate was made up of the Clergy‚ the Second of Nobility‚ and the Third of Commoners. Of these estates‚ it was the Third that constituted the majority of the population. The commoners of the Third Estate included the bourgeoisie (middle class)‚ the peasants (about 80 percent of the total population of France)‚ and the working poor‚ who were surprisingly quite influential. It is evident in the

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    the 19th century‚ so there weren’t a lot of countries that had an objection to it in Italy. Therefore‚ the monarchists also faced much less repression. It was also because the monarchs opted to win over powerful entities like the Catholic Church and France. This gave them an added edge in terms of fighting Austria‚ which was a country largely in favor of a divided Italy. It was as a result of the alliance between Cavour and Napoleon III that the battle of Magenta and Solferino were fought and Lombardy

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    Frances Feldman was one of the most respected and influential social workers of her time. Between practicing Social work to becoming a Social work professor‚ Feldman studied the Social and Psychological meanings of work and money in American life. While studying at USC‚ Feldman ran a laundry service to pay her tuition and received a bachelor’s degree in 1935. And then went on to earn a master’s degree in Social work from the university in 1940. Dr. Frances Feldman’s professional career began in

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    aware of the what architecture meant to the time that it was built‚ the History of the Chateau‚ the Main Palace Buildings and Rooms‚ and the purpose of the Palace of Versailles. The Palace of Versailles is located outside of Paris at Versailles‚ France‚ and was built in 1631 in the order of Louis XIII. It has served as the royal palace and numerous other purposes‚ which include it being a museum now in which many people visit daily. The Chateau was first constructed in 1623‚ as a hunting lodge

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    The most influential man in France‚ Napoleon would change the face of Europe. Providing modernization like no other ruler. Napoleon assisted the modernization of France‚ creating an country that would be equipped with modern economics‚ government and social system that France had yet to see; making Napoleon the most influential during his life. Napoleon endorsed equal taxation throughout the states‚ further endorsing his power and his riches. Taxation also introduced the allied states‚ such as

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    The National Convention governed France from September 20‚ 1792‚ until October 26‚ 1795. It also consisted of 749 members‚ mostly of men over the age of 25 and professional men. The National Convention governed France from 1792 to 1795 and established the Republic after abolishing the monarchy that governed France‚ during the most critical period of the French Revolution. In 1792‚ the National Convention splitted into two factions.Therefore dividing the convention into the Mountains and the Girondins

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