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    to 10,000 French officers (Doc. B). This argues that the Reign of Terror was necessary to rescue France from invasion. The Austrians invaded because Queen Marie Antoinette was killed because she was convicted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason, and executed by guillotine on the Place de la Révolution on October 16, 1793. Queen Marie Antoinette was also the daughter of Leopold II, who was the king of Austria. There is no doubt the Reign of terror had many negative impacts on society,…

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    The unfair distribution of powers, rights, and wealth between the citizens of France was the main cause of the Revolution. Prior to the revolution, the Kingdom of France practiced the Ancient Regime, a political and social system “based on the concentration of all political, social and economic power between three classes, the monarchy, the clergy, and the aristocracy” (Bastille). Citizens of France were separated into three distinct estates. The First Estate consisted the French Catholic Clergy…

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    In history, there have been many people trying to change the world. There are others who revolt to change an event that happened in their own life. In my opinion, a revolution is just doing something to make a change. For example, there is the French Revolution or the guy that left his house because his parents were too strict. These two things relate. How? Well, in both situations, someone started a revolution by going against someone else. However, it doesn’t only have to be someone; it…

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    The most significant political, economic, and social oppressions that has made the French revolution necessary are bad leadership because King Louis XVI made the government sink into debt, unequal taxes because the peasants were taxed with nobility, church, and government taxes, and lastly enlightenment ideas because the bourgeoisie wanted more freedom. In France around the 1700’s the three estates (Clergy, Nobles, Bourgeoisie/Peasants) faced 3 different kinds of oppression, political, economic,…

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    Was the Reign of Terror Justified? The Reign of Terror was a time people fear the government in France. The Government was being close or similar to a tyrant. The Reign of Team was not justified because the Terror was happening when France was defeating Europe, the government basically took away the right of the people, and the Reign of Terror was ran by fear and paranoia. First of all, the Reign of Terror was not justified because it was happening while the France was beating Europe. The Great…

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    The French Revolution had affected the whole of Europe in many ways. They had probably made other peasants in the other countries feel like they could also overthrow their government if they had a multitude of others to help them in their works. The revolution made others feel empowered, and think that if they joined forces they could wipe out monarchy as a whole. The revolution could’ve made the governments also fear for their own safety and protection. The governments probably started to…

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    Marie Antoinette was born on November 2, 1755 in Vienna, Austria. She was the youngest daughter of King Francis I and Queen Marie Theresa of Austria. Though she was of noble birth and blood, Antoinette was not well educated with the exception of piano. She loved to play the harp but was considered by her tutors hard to educate. When she was nine years old, Antoinette lost her father. At the age of fourteen, Marie Antoinette was betrothed to Louis XVI of France where she reigned as the Queen of…

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    Today 7,000 women marched on the castle of Versailles to demand bread for their families. They killed the guards put their heads on spikes and stormed the castle demanding to see the King and his family. The King met with a group of women and promised to give all the bread in the castle to the crowd. However, soon after the National Guard arrived and demanded that the King and his family come back to Paris with them. Given no other choice the King had to agree. Now he is being held captive…

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    In 1789, the French monarchy, the first and the second estate accumulate to 3% of the population. They enjoy their power and privileges given by the Old Regime. In France, the other 97% of the population belongs to the third estate and most of them are extremely ragged. Crop failures from bad weather has the cost of bread to double leaving many to starve. In addition, they are burdened by taxes which accumulates to 50% of their income. Enlightenment ideas spread across France where many people…

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    to spend more than “two times her yearly allowance” on her closet (Rhone). Marie Antoinette had developed the nickname “Madame Deficits” which attributes to her a lavish lifestyle (Rhone). Aristocrats had given her the nickname because they wanted to place the blame of France’s debt on Marie rather than make it well known that they pay little to no taxes (Covington). The aristocrats had easily placed the blame on her because she stood out, not only because she was a queen, but also because of…

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