... distribution of grain in order to increase grain sales, and in turn, government revenue. Jacques Necker, director of government finance between 1777-1781, reformed the treasury system and published an analysis of the state of government finance. But most of these reforms were undone as the result of pressure from financial groups, and the government continued to borrow at high rates ... France to her glory days.3 Two days after, Bastille Day became an official holiday in France, which "connected France with the ideals of freedom and equality that led a group of ordinary citizens to perf...

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... of France ordered Catholic noblemen and guards to kill about 100 Protestant nobles in their sleep as preemptive political strike b/c Protestants were gathering an army outside of Paris. As a result, ordinary Catholic Parisians massacred any Protestant they could find. Three thousand Protestants were murdered over a three day period. August 24 (St. Bart's feast day), 1572. Spanish Armada July 29, 1588 (559 ... ), a collection of short reflections that were revolutionary in both form and content. He invented writing in the form of a sketch, a "try" which enabled him to combine self-reflect...

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