Frances Sternhagen

Terror began in 1793, in France. A man named Robespierre had seized power after King Louis XVI was beheaded via the guillotine. King Louis was an absolutist ruler, who was to blame for the Reign of Terror. Also another big factor was internal rebellion along with outside invasion. All of this had taken it’s toll, and started the tragic event that was the Reign of Terror. The Reign of Terror was necessary because King Louis created the situation. The 3rd Estate in France didn’t have many…

discipline became part of the Soldiers nature. Prior to Napoleon’s reign, the French Soldier did not fight for its country and often times disserted from the duty as a Soldier. However, Napoleon’s Soldiers steeped in patriotism due to fighting for France were now willing to live off the land and often resupply was unnecessary. The new patriotism led to Soldiers foraging off the land, living without the comforts of abundant resupply and returning to their units.5 This enabled Napoleon to move…

France at one point had a classification system called the Old Regime. It consisted of the First Estate, which had the clergy. The Second Estate included all of the nobles, and the Third Estate had all the middle class and poor. However the Third Estate was treated very poorly and were not equal to the other classes. The unjust treatment to the Third Estate was a major cause that led to the French Revolution. In the political cartoon, we see a poor man is chained while a king, priest, and a…

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…

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, and social oppression. The first estate known as the Clergy or the Catholic Church did not like the…

law and the eighteenth century Central Europe and France. Marsha L. Frey is also a professor but at Kansas State university. They both had received their education from Ohio State University in 1971 with a PhD. The Frey twins continued on the same path as history professors and teamed up in 2004 to write The French Revolution. Their book gives an overview of the events of the French Revolution which perceives as the dawn of the Modern Era for France. It also emphasis on the importance of Louis…

into one massive country. He restored France to its former state of order. But there is also the fact of the matter that he killed possibly millions of people. So a person can not pompously state that Napoleon was a hero or a villain, because he was both or close to it anyways, he was a necessary evil. Napoleon's dream and goal was conquered the entirety of Europe and unify it as one great country of France. This would have been an amazing thing for France they would have peace and power over…

overcoming challenges and being very successful, but he eventually fell out of power regaining it only shortly before his death. Napoleon had to overcome many challenges on his rise to power. Napoleon was born on the island Corsica, but went to school in France and…

Unquestionably among the greatest military commanders of history, Napoleon Bonaparte was, like many great men, corrupted by his victories and increasing power. Nevertheless, he was a successful reformer of the military and of education in France and his Napoleonic Code is yet followed in many European, Middle Eastern, and African countries today, and many of his educational reforms are yet practiced. In 1804, Napoleon established the Napoleonic Code which changed feudal laws that were…

During the French Revolution, France realized they had a very weak military. Through strategic, economic, and political changes, France took action and became one of the most dominant military powers in all of Europe. In the text underneath I am going to describe and analyze the seven presented documents and how they support one another. When France undertook these ideas, they quickly understood that the key to a strong military were the roots behind it. In France the size of their army grew…