Marie Curie Essay

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Dear Mr. Timothée: My name is Maria Pascual, and I work for the Federal Lawyer Executor (FLE) located in, 68 Rue des Archives, Paris, France 75003. I am the internal lawyer in charge of the investigation of the person responsible to remit to the estate the cost of Marie’s funeral expense. I am contacting you because I found you to be most morally responsible for Marie’s death. Taking away someone's life and especially an innocent human being it is horrible, it is a barbarity, and it is inhuman…

Imagine, if you can, the excitement when King Louis XIV appointed the great and genius financial mind of Jean Baptiste Colbert as his finance minister in 1665. Allow me to bring you back to how it all began. Born in the great city of Reims, France in 1619, Jean Baptiste Colbert began his life as a member of the bourgeoisie, or middle class. His family was considerably poor and as a result struggled to afford his education. In fact, his family was dependant on his potential success from the…

A Series of Unfortunate Events – The Trial and Execution of Louis XVI Why was Louis XVI overthrown in August 1792? What were the issues which divided republicans over his fate? A series of unfortunate events led to the deposition and ultimate execution of Louis XVI in January 1793. Louis’ plight, from the flight to Varennes in June 1791 to the guillotine on 21 January 1793, was one of constant blunders and calamitous decisions. Along with this, Louis was unable to rely on his closest…

Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigée Lebrun was a painter, she made historic paintings and were sought after her work especially from women, she was a favorite artist of aristocratic patrons throughout Europe at the end of the eighteenth century including Marie Antoinette, and had a predominant sense of style and skill in her painting’s. The spark of her passion started at a young age with the art’s. She proved that she was somewhat of a prodigy with her talents. In her teen years, her fame inclined,…