Between 1789 to 1799, the French Revolution was a terrible occurrence. This overthrew the empire, set up the republic and created political turmoil. The French Revolution started because the majority of citizens were denied equal freedoms because the King and Queen only took care of themselves, of France’s economic problems and of social injustices. The King had absolute authority and proclaimed himself to be God’s representative. “…
The King’s power — the King, Louis XVI, was absolute. The divine right-wing theory that he had earned his authority to govern from God was his rule and therefore was accountable to God alone “(Doc C) Louis XIV once proclaimed that he was” I’m the country, “that he was the supreme ruler of France and that his people ought not to be allowed to say anything about government and any control.
In 1848, many revolutions broke out in many regions such as France, the Austrian Empire, Prussia, and Germany. Originally, the intention of the revolutions were for universal male suffrage and for greater rights for the common people. There was always a constant struggle between classes, since the lower classes felt they were being oppressed and … Read more
Prior to 1789, also known as the Old Regime, ideas about natural law and human being’s nature had remained the same for hundreds of years. These ideas were however challenged in the years leading up to 1789 and the French Revolution by enlightened people known as Philosophes. Philosophes like Voltaire, Lady Mary Montagu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau … Read more
Maximilien Robespierre was a man with humble beginnings. Growing up in Arras, a small town in Northern France, Robespierre developed into the strong and prominent figure he grew up to be. Robespierre’s parents were not in the picture for the large majority of his rise to power. His father was a lawyer and his occupation … Read more
One hundred years before the season of Joan of Arc France was building up a circumstance, which would push it into turmoil. At the time the leader of France, King Charles IV, was debilitated and without a beneficiary. Charles proclaimed that if the youngster that his better half was pregnant with ended up being a … Read more
The Romantic Period’s cultural, social, and historical events were integrated into literature. Popular forms of styles and values found in The Romantic Period are: imagination, emotions, belief in children’s innocence, and nature as beauty and truth. William Blake expressed these in “The Songs of Innocence” and “The Songs of Experience” in 1789 and 1794. William … Read more
Females Fight for the Revolution The struggle of being a woman in a male dominated society is never ending: it is not only a modern issue for feminists, but something that has affected humans for generations. The notion that women are less than their gender counterparts was a big portion of the struggle that females … Read more
Sir Arthur Wellesley the 1st Duke of Wellington, often called the ‘Iron Duke’ because of his iron will and demeanour, was an Anglo-Irish military leader and statesman that rose to prominence in a time of great upheaval in Europe, the Napoleonic wars. This was a time when all the major kingdoms in Europe were either … Read more
The issue of slavery has been touched upon often in the course of history. The institution of slavery was addressed by French intellectuals during the Enlightenment. Later, during the French Revolution, the National Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man, which declared the equality of all men. Issues were raised concerning the application … Read more
Peter the First of Russia (more commonly known as Peter the Great) was born the son of Alexis Michailovich Romanov and Natalia Cyrilovna Narishkina on June 9, 1672 in Moscow, Russia (2:242-243). Alexis was overjoyed, and a great gingerbread cake with the double eagle was made, cannons were fired, and bells rang all over the … Read more
Fascism is a form of counter-revolutionary politics that first arose in the early part of the twentieth-century in Europe. It was a response to the rapid social upheaval, the devastation of World War I, and the Bolshevik Revolution. Fascism is a philosophy or a system of government the advocates or exercises a dictatorship of the … Read more
A. The king -1789 Lotus -Married to Marie Antoinette (Austria) -Lived in luxury at palace of Versailles -Believed in the “Divine right” of kings (g-d had put him on this earth as his representative on the throne) -Only G-d could remove him from the throne. The people could not remove him. In theory he ruled … Read more
