Marie Antoinette

The French Revolution, from 1789 to 1799, was a revolution in France that occurred due to the frustration of the third estate. The Haitian Revolution, from 1791 to 1804, was a revolution in one of the French colonies, called St.Domingue (present-day Haiti). This revolution is mainly about how the enslaved Africans revolted against the brutal conditions in the Haiti sugar plantations. These two revolutions are connected because the events in France incited some of the major events in Haiti. For…

Since the time that King Louis XVI became the king of France in 1774, the country started to suffer abounding affairs. All of the abounding affairs France had was caused by King Louis XVI, which later led to French Revolution. The French Revolution was primarily created by the social inequalities, economy, and political reasons. King Louis XVI ruled by the divine right theory which made him control all of the country's decisions, The Social inequalities of France during the 18th century was very…

Tale of Two Cities One Pager: Echoing Footsteps In Dicken’s A Tale of Two Cities, the passage in chapter twenty one plays an important part in book two because it shows how the violent revolution began in France and how that can end badly for Charles, Lucie and Dr.Manette in England. This passage finally leads up to the revolution that the Defarges and the Jaques have been planning for so long and also builds the suspense for what will happen if either of the three characters go back to…

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…

In history, there have been many people trying to change the world. There are others who revolt to change an event that happened in their own life. In my opinion, a revolution is just doing something to make a change. For example, there is the French Revolution or the guy that left his house because his parents were too strict. These two things relate. How? Well, in both situations, someone started a revolution by going against someone else. However, it doesn’t only have to be someone; it…

Was the Reign of Terror Justified? The Reign of Terror was a time people fear the government in France. The Government was being close or similar to a tyrant. The Reign of Team was not justified because the Terror was happening when France was defeating Europe, the government basically took away the right of the people, and the Reign of Terror was ran by fear and paranoia. First of all, the Reign of Terror was not justified because it was happening while the France was beating Europe. The Great…

The French Revolution had affected the whole of Europe in many ways. They had probably made other peasants in the other countries feel like they could also overthrow their government if they had a multitude of others to help them in their works. The revolution made others feel empowered, and think that if they joined forces they could wipe out monarchy as a whole. The revolution could’ve made the governments also fear for their own safety and protection. The governments probably started to…

Today 7,000 women marched on the castle of Versailles to demand bread for their families. They killed the guards put their heads on spikes and stormed the castle demanding to see the King and his family. The King met with a group of women and promised to give all the bread in the castle to the crowd. However, soon after the National Guard arrived and demanded that the King and his family come back to Paris with them. Given no other choice the King had to agree. Now he is being held captive…

In 1789, the French monarchy, the first and the second estate accumulate to 3% of the population. They enjoy their power and privileges given by the Old Regime. In France, the other 97% of the population belongs to the third estate and most of them are extremely ragged. Crop failures from bad weather has the cost of bread to double leaving many to starve. In addition, they are burdened by taxes which accumulates to 50% of their income. Enlightenment ideas spread across France where many people…

Dear Mr. Timothée: My name is Maria Pascual, and I work for the Federal Lawyer Executor (FLE) located in, 68 Rue des Archives, Paris, France 75003. I am the internal lawyer in charge of the investigation of the person responsible to remit to the estate the cost of Marie’s funeral expense. I am contacting you because I found you to be most morally responsible for Marie’s death. Taking away someone's life and especially an innocent human being it is horrible, it is a barbarity, and it is inhuman…