Louis XVI of France

From 1337 until 1453, the French and British were fighting over who was the rightful heir to the French throne in the Hundred Years’ War. The warring between the two countries was almost stopped when King Henry V had several consecutive victories, leading to his ability to forced Charles VI to name Henry V as the successor for the throne. This was to be the end of conflict until Henry V died in 1422 a few months before Charles VI did. The two deaths led to a disagreement of who was to inherit…

result of a repressive social society and that can lead to revolutions. The French Revolution is a prime example of a country’s struggle to form a democratic government. France had an incredibly repressive social system called the Ancien Regime. The Ancien Regime was made up of three different estates and the people of France were set into those estates…

Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 on the island of Corsica. At a young age, he obtained a royal scholarship that enabled him to study at a military school in France. Through his diverse talents, he later became a lieutenant in the French army. Subsequently, various victorious wars, he became Commander of the French armies. Napoleon soon acquired the faith of the people and carried out the coup d’état. Coup d’état was an overthrow of the directory (the government at the time). As a result,…

The Magna Carta was written in 1215 due to the misbehavior of King John. After his brother died, John became king and demanded that nobles pay higher taxes to support his wars in France. Unfortunately, this was not a popular idea among the nobles. Powerful barons joined together to revolt against the king, even threatening to take his life. John’s consequence was one of the most significant documents in world history, the Magna Carta, which stood for “Great Charter” in Latin. This imperative…

The differences between the three primary forms of government, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy are as follows: oligarchy is governmental rule being in the hands of a small group of men who belonged to wealthy families. This form of leadership could be found in the city-state of Sparta where its citizens were known for their military self-discipline. There were three parts that made up Spartan oligarchy: military chiefs who were assigned as the state’s religious leaders and generals of its army…

As we will see, Quebec's national identity has emerged out of political struggles; cultural, historical, and institutional differences; and the French language. The First Nations people, too, have encountered a great deal of conflict and hardship in the formation of their identity. The following paper will identify similarities and differences between the formation of Quebec's national identity with that of First Nations peoples. Demographically until about 1830, the French Canadians were in…

have chosen her because she was well known during her lifetime. There were several sparkles and flames she was introduced to throughout her life. Jeann-Antionette Poisson, also known as Madame de Pompadour, was born on December 29, 1721 in Paris, France. She was the child of Madeleine de La Motte who was known for her beauty and Francois Poisson was her father who was a financier. She also had a brother who went by the name Abel Francois Poisson. Years after Madame birth, her father fled the…

however, every century must have its fall of kings, and in the 17th century, this king would be Louis XIV. When thinkings of Louis XIV as a king many would say that he was a great king, bringing France to the pinnacle of its power in Europe, the most powerfull France has ever been in history. When digging deeper, we can tell that this is wrong. Louis XIV actions were not justified for the greater good for France, this is supported by the following arguments of Making himself absolute power, the…

The French Revolution began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. The revolution was caused by A poor economic and an unmanageable national debt, both caused by an unfair system of taxation. Which led to war between the french and americans. The weapons have changed since the french revolution, and so did the classes of soldiers that used the weapons. The classes of soldiers that used weapons in the french revolution were Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry.…

The French Revolution is often described as the Revolution of France and has been considered a social and economic development during the mid to late 1700’s. Historian J. Russell Major supports theories that the leadership, educational, and social changes instituted by King Louis XIV and Jean-Baptiste Colbert were the instigating events for French Revolutionaries. The monarchy created by Louis XIV began an unrecoverable pattern of debt, inflation and devastation of the working class. The…