The New Republic

The French Revolution led to the end of the monarchical system which had governed France and eventually the country was declared a Republic. After the execution of Louis XVI a debate ensued over how best to govern and stabilize the newly minted Republic. It was clear to the revolutionary leaders that creating a balance of power and enforcing the revolution’s principles of ‘liberty, fraternity and equality’ were pivotal to France’s reconstruction. Eventually, power was given to a twelve-member…

Perhaps there will be protestors giving animals the right to vote, one can never be sure. We do know that human beings are always changing and thoughts are always evolving. However, Plato was ahead of his time by many decades when he wrote The Republic. The…

Term: The term is Republic. Definition (What is it?) A republic is a system of government in which officials are chosen by the people. Significance (Why is it important? Short term effect) A republic was important, in ancient Rome, because this system prevented by individual from gaining too much power. In the early republic, the senate made the laws and controlled the government. Originally, its 300 members were all patricians, or members of the landholding upper class. Each year, the…

their own people’s views on the government, but, they also were related to the royal family that got overthrown. Marie-Antoinette was Austrian; therefore the Austrians were more than displeased with the new rule. Prussia and Austria allied with France’s foreign enemy to revolt against the Republic and called themselves the émigrés. The French, however, fought back and by 1793, the foreign threat ended (Doc C). If the émigrés had the proper resources and were a larger group, they would have…

overthrow a monarchy and establish a republic. It also led to the spread of new ideas across Europe and much of the Western world. Lasting from 1789 to 1799, the French revolution set about replacing and completely abolishing the previous monarchy, with a far more modern government, establishing a republic in the process. As well as this, the French revolution led to a dramatic change in not only French society, but European society as a whole, with the spread of new ideas sweeping across…

theory states that countries in the Middle East and North African region (MENA) that are monarchies will have a higher level of political stability, when compared to the MENA republics. My research question will therefore be ‘How are Mena monarchies able to remain politically relatively stable, when compared to the republics? Causal Mechanism The next part of the research design, is to consider the Causal Mechanism implied within the theory. To do this I will need to consider what the…

King Louis 16. The things that lead up to the people of France revolting against the king was the serious debt, expensive wars, and the starving of the people of France. After the people of France revolted against the King they formed the new government as a republic. Down the road a man named Maximilian Robespierre introduced the guillotine and thus started The Reign Of Terror. The Reign Of Terror is a period of remorseless repression and bloodshed and some wonder if the The Reign of Terror was…

Even Genius People can be Wrong (An Argument against three points in Plato’s The Republic) “What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” (Vonnegut) Plato explains the perfect city and their perfect kind. He follows the idea of Vonnegut’s stable community and uses many different ideas to explain how to create this perfect city. Some of his best…

Gunpowder weapons are more effective. Due to not having pack animals and horses the change after these inventions will dramatically change warfare, and politics. Even with the printing press, without animals such as horses, spreading information and news from one place to another would be slow, so when faster means of transportation such as trains, bicycles, and cars, are invented it will probably cause a sudden wave of liberal revolts and unrest. It is because of this, such inventions will most…

Some with similarities, while others are vastly different. In my opinion, all forms of government have evolved and changed in some way over time. With new technology and an international economy, survival almost demands change. Presently, a great number of citizens are fearful of the United States leaning too far toward a Socialist form of government. The truth is, it’s too late. Although Americans…