Louis XVI of France

INTRO: In the late 1780’s France had undergone quite a bit of change. Me, a middle aged man and middle class citizen, was caught in the raths of all of these power struggles. Being a radical, I was all for a change but, nothing seemed to be a permanent fix. People from all over came to take control but it seems as though we were too far gone to be helped. Many revisions to the government took place and many lives were lost. All of the estates were put to the test and now, bowing at the feet of…

During the late 18th century there was a revolution amidst the people of France to overthrow the corrupt absolute monarchy. Under this monarchy the King had the authority to do as he pleased. Influences of Enlightenment thinking made worthy contributions to the development of the Declaration of the Rights of Man, most notably from Jean Rousseau’s writings of The Social Contract. The Declaration of Rights of Man was an influential document of the French Revolution because its articles…

victory without help from their ally countries. Among the allies, France was the strongest supporter and the greatest resource. With the financial and military aid from France, the newborn nation was able to sustain and develop itself…

French monarchy. On July 14, 1789, a dissatisfied crowd stormed on the Bastille, a place where most political prisoners were housed in a medieval fortress in east Paris. As written in a secondary source “to many people in France, it was considered as a symbol of the much hated Louis’ regime.” Angered by the King and Queen’s corrupted actions and lack of consideration for the state’s finances, the “angry, unemployed, and hungry” revolutionists finally took action and…

The French Revolution had many impacts, both positive and negative. While still divided into three different social classes that were the first, second and third estate, France still followed the way of the ancien régime which many citizens disagreed with. The First Estate was mostly the clergy, the Second Estate were the nobles of the French society, and the Third Estate was the rest of the population. Most of the population, or the Third Estate, was separated into the bourgeoisie and peasants.…

fact that he had bravely fought in the Revolutionary War and rebuilt his home country of France following the French Revolution. If you never read about him before you may not know much about Marquis De Lafayette. Luckily, this essay will go over the early life, role in the American Revolution, and post American Revolution life of Marquis de Lafayette. On September 6, 1757 in the province of Auvergne, France, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Montier, Marquis de Lafayette was born in the…

historical significance. While the film nods its head to popular culture, it does follow the life of the Austrian Archduchess turned French Queen Marie Antoinette. The film opens as Marie Antoinette begins her journey to France to meet her future husband, Louis Auguste (Louis XVI); a marriage arranged between the families to cement a political alliance between the two states. It ends with Marie and her family leaving Versailles at the onset of the Revolution. Coppola’s decision to follow only…

I am delighted to announce that the tyranny of King Louis XVI has come to end. He was executed on the morning of January 21, an event many citizens were waiting for. An innumerable amount of people saw this as a cause for celebration, and I agree with them. King Louis’ death signifies the continuation of the Revolution, and a time of change. As a delegate to the National Convention in France, I assisted in the conviction of the King and the end to his tyranny. I and many others condemned him as…

I had originally planned to meet Sachy, Alvaro, and Victoria at the Getty, however both these plans fell through as we all clearly have very poor organization skills. So on a breezy Sunday Morning I embarked on a solo mission to LACMA. Well not really because my mother was lovely enough to accompany me. When I initially woke up that morning, I was overcome with regret of waiting until the last weekend to get this assignment done. The whole ride there, the clouds threatened rain and my mother…

feudalism and oppression by the French monarchy; to that extent the revolution was unsuccessful. The French Revolution was unsuccessful, as it did not bring about political stability; several empires and republics followed one another; present-day France is referred to as the Fifth…