Louis XVIII of France

late 1700’s, the citizens of the Third Estate in France suffered from a severe economic crisis caused by deficit spending, failed harvests which led to famine, and tax inequality across the three estates. In June of 1789, the poor, hungry citizens of France rose up in revolution against the monarchy and overthrew the king’s rule in pursuit of a constitutional government. While the eventual arrival of the Age of Napoleon brought relative peace in France, his rule strayed from the constitutional…

The revolution exploded in France in the summer of 1789 after years of social agitation, simmering ideologies that questioned the authority of the social order and a weak monarch the throne. Thinkers of the Enlightenment such as Rousseau, urged that governments should promote the greatest good for all people, not just for the elite. Rousseau in The Social Contract (1769) argued against the divine rights of sovereigns and that only the people have the right to legislate., while in Diderot’s…

The Ancien Regime was a time where France was divided into three estates; The first stage, which included the church. The second stage, the nobles, and finally, the third stage, included the commoners. These estates were unfair because even though the people in the third estate had less money, they were obligated to give half of their income to the government, which was superior to everything. It was a “fight” between the poor, the rich and the powerful. King Louis XVI and his wife Marie…

were absolute monarchs and had full control of their administrations. The French revolution dealt a major blow to these leaders and thus begun the French revolutionary wars in which enemies of France such as Prussia, Austria, Holland, and Great Britain regularly formed coalitions and declared war on France. Napoleon…

Introduction. The French Revolution was a period of ideological, political and social overturn in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French polity, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, suffered radical change to forms based on Enlightenment principles of republicanism, citizenship, and rights. These changes were accompanied by violent confusion, including executions and repression during the Reign of…

Societies are destroyed with poor leadership. For instance, towards the middle of the Lord of the Flies, Jack decided to break away from Ralph, who made positive changes for the boys, and therefore deciding to create his own new group that was isolated from Ralph’s. For example, Jack states, “I’m going off by myself. He can catch his own pigs. Anyone who wants to hunt when I do can come.” (pg. 118) In this scene of the book, Jack is directing his statement towards everyone except Jack, which his…

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…