... rule French, Marie Antoinette has had a major impact on French History, most importantly, the French Revolution. Marie Antoinette was born Maria Antonia, daughter of the Austrian monarchs Francis I and Maria Theresa on November 2nd 1755. Maria Antonia lived a lavish life in the Austrian court. Her mother was a beloved monarch to Austria, sensitive to the people, and tried ... , would throw fits until she was granted what she wanted. The Austrian Royal family was a loving and warm one, as Maria Theresa and Francis I married out of love rather than political alliances. The family was form...

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... began a time of greater criticism. This sparked the peasants notion of wanting change. Under the Old Regime in France, the king was the absolute monarch. Louis XIV had centralized power in the royal bureaucracy, the government departments which administered his policies. Together, Louis XIV and the bureaucracy worked to preserve royal authority and to maintain the social structure of the ... . The National Convention met in September. The National Convention tried and convicted Louis XVI of treason. He was sentenced to death. News of his death spread all throughout Europe. Monarchs of Eur...

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... . The story gives accounts of the attitude and events or the era. There is hunger within the villages and political unrest. Clergy, nobles, and aristocrats are overthrown by people of the Republic and any opposition to the Republic or loyalty to monarchs is punishable by death. It is this Republic ideal that provokes the accusations of conspiracy and mass executions also known ... so influenced by the ideas and events of the French Revolution that he took on a hatred for anyone who was suspected of sympathizing with monarchs. When he was given the job as a magistrate he took advantage of...

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... made worse by the noble's non-cooperation when it came to taxation. The nobles were determined not to give up their tax concessions. • Louis XIV and Louis XV (French monarchs) helped bankrupt France by their extravagant spending on courts as seen by the beauty and size of Versailles. • The cost of the wars was great in two ways. The ... renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties." From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary (1764): "Popular government is in itself, therefore, less iniquitous, less abominable than despotic power." CONSEQUENCES OR SIGNIFI...

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... state. Grievances were long standing. France was an absolute monarchy and a fatal weakness in the system was its inability to produce strong monarchs. Louis XVI was weak and unstable. The population was divided into three estates, with the majority belonging to the third. Although the richest ... of the hated Lettres de Cachet. A limited monarch now appeared and the National Assembly had set up eighty-three departments, had curbed the power of the church and abolished the evils of the old regime. Ironically, however, now armed with a free press, Robespierre and others soon ... with Eur...

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... government or ruler by the governed and then substituting another. For instance, a revolution took place in both France and England within the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The Enlightenment and the political leaders led France to financial problems, causing the French Revolution. The people wanted change and brought on the revolt against their government. As a result, France's whole government perspective changed. ... ." (Scholastic World History Program: The Age of Europe, pg. 233) The Puritan Revolution of 1642 and the French Revolution of 1789 had many similarities. Both rul...

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... joined, they got stronger and powerful the liberals got, the conservatives couldn't hold them back anymore, so the liberals just started to bust through. The liberal kept on gaining more power and the conservatives were getting more and more worried. Each of the four people standing in front of the cage represents Austria, Russia, Prussia, and France. Those countries are the ... get rid of the liberals. They are made up of monarchs, members of their government, landowners, and church leaders. They are known as the conservatives, they wanted to turn back the clock and restore power to th...

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