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    To start off, I (Azarae, Dominic, Hanger) was born on 8/10/2003 in Madison, Wisconsin, my mom (Amy, Jo, Mumm) was born on 8/31/1979 in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, and my dad (Eddie, Ray, Hanger) was born on 2/20/1979 in Greenville, Mississippi. I have know siblings from my mom or dad but I do have siblings from them and my step parents. My Grandpa (Ozzie, Ray, Smith), on my dad's side was born on 2/12/1949 and died on 9/15/1996 both in Greenville, Mississippi and my Grandma (Wilma, Lee, Hanger) was…

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    The war would consist of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire (Central Powers) on one side and Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy and Japan (Allied Powers) on the other. When Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in 1914, Austria would use this event to help push them into war with Serbia. This is the event that most feel was the start of World War I. Even though there had been trouble in the Balkan region the year leading up to it. With the war starting, there was…

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    were prepped for taking up the role of a wife  In an ideal relationship, men were the dominant ones Politics and the State in the Renaissance (1450-1521)/France  Rulers used secular political ideas to push out powerful nobles and decrease the power the Church  Francis Valois I  Was an important monarch who used art to glorify France  Francis decorated palaces with the work of Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian  He built the Louver and bought Mona Lisa  Had a humanist education …

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    Since the Scots had a long and great alliance with one another and Mary’s mother was French, Mary was betrothed to the French heir. She was sent to France at the age of five where she grew up to marry the son of the French King Henry II…

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    court factions or give support to reformers in their efforts to improve France 's government” (qtd. in “Louis XVI). The last king of France, King Louis XVI ruled during the French Revolution until he was eventually overthrown and executed. The French Revolution occurred due to the dissatisfaction among the citizens of France (mostly the peasants) regarding the government and the monarchs. Absolute monarchy was established in France for about a century and was in place before and during the…

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    happening to him. He losses his wealth, children, and gets really sick. This is supposed to represent the suffering of millions of Christians in the world. Nevertheless, he says, “For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at then end he will rise above the dust… and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God…” (19:25-26). This passage shows a new perspective on why suffering should be seen a test, because at the end of it the suffering would go away and one would…

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    this time, Spain was looting the New World while being at war with France. The Huguenots, who were French Protestant had no ties with the pope, but with the conflict between Spain and France, the French would create raid acts of warfare. According to Konstam, Angus, The French had no part in the “Treaty of Tordesillas,”which was an agreement between Spain and Portugal to settle conflict over the new discovered land. Since Francis I, “refused to recognize the control the Spanish had over the New…

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    The Life and Times of Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette, the last Queen of France. Remembered for her dysfunctional marriage, ridiculous hairstyles, remarkable beauty by the times standard, and lavish spending habits she is attributed to causing the resent that started the French Revolution and labeled her ‘Madame Deficit’. Marie Antoinette is infamous from France to our own Canada, one of history 's most well known and controversial women. Marie Antoinette was born Maria Antonia Josepha…

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    politically but changed it culturally as well. The rulers accomplished religious stability in their countries, balanced their governments, gained independence, grew culturally, and eventually conquered new areas. Catherine de Medici, Henry IV, Elizabeth I, and William of Orange were all effective politiques that help moved their countries in a new and better direction. (check for vagueness later) Catherine de Medici was a…

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    with many different nationalities. There were Slavs, Hungarians, Italians, Serbs and Croats. Each one of these people believed that they should rule themselves. Nationalism spurred revolts against the government in 1848. The emperor at this time, Francis Joseph, tried to satisfy these nationalists by allowing small reforms, but he did not succeed since many of the ethnic groups were not happy. In 1866, Austria-Hungary split into two states. These two states had its own parliament and…

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