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French Revolution Effects On France

Question: Pleasee help me?

thank you for taking the time to help me out..
anything helps, you dont have to do it all but please dont just give the answers if you could explain it so i would learn from it that would help me out or if you could point me to a website too or something but please help me out thank you so much! best answer ten points=]

1. What were the causes of the French Revolution?

2. What were some of the main events of the Revolution?

3. How did the government of France change during the course of the Revolution?

4. What were the effects of the Revolution?

thank you so much!

Answer: he French Revolution began in 1789 with the meeting of the States General in May. On July 14 of that same year, the Bastille was stormed: in October, Louis XVI and the Royal Family were removed from Versailles to Paris. The King attempted, unsuccessfully, to flee Paris for Varennes in June 1791. A Legislative Assembly sat from October 1791 until September 1792, when, in the face of the advance of the allied armies of Austria, Holland, Prussia, and Sardinia, it was replaced by the National Convention, which proclaimed the Republic. The King was brought to trial in December of 1792, and executed on January 21, 1793. In January of 1793 the revolutionary government declared war on Britain, a war for world dominion which had been carried on, with short intermissions, since the beginning of the reign of William and Mary, and which would continue for another twenty-two years.

The Committee of Public Safety and the Revolutionary Tribunal were instituted immediately after the execution of the King. The Reign of Terror, during which the ruling faction ruthlessly exterminated all potential enemies, of whatever sex, age, or condition, began in September of 1793 and lasted until the fall of Robespierre on July 27, 1794: during the last six weeks of the Terror alone (the period known as the "Red Terror") nearly fourteen hundred people were guillotined in Paris alone. The Convention was replaced in October of 1795 with the Directory, which was replaced in turn, in 1799, by the Consulate. Napoleon Buonaparte became Emperor in May of 1804.

The French Revolution was not only a crucial event considered in the context of Western history, but was also, perhaps the single most crucial influence on British intellectual, philosophical, and political life in the nineteenth century. In its early stages it portrayed itself as a triumph of the forces of reason over those of superstition and privilege, and as such it was welcomed not only by English radicals like Thomas Paine and William Godwin and William Blake, who, characteristically, saw it as a symbolic act which presaged the return of humanity to the state of perfection from which it had fallen away — but by many liberals as well, and by some who saw it, with its declared emphasis on "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity," as being analgous to the Glorious Revolution of 1688: as it descended into the madness of the Reign of Terror, however, many who had initially greeted it with enthusiasm — Wordsworth and Coleridge, for example, who came to regard their early support as, in Coleridge's words, a "sqeaking baby trumpet of sedition" — had second thoughts.

The old regime in England, on the other hand, had from the first allied itself closely with Locke and Newton, those great advocates of reason and order, and Edmund Burke could denounce the Revolution in 1790 in his great Reflections on the Revolution in France, elegantly bound copies of which George III, who was not renowned for his intellect, gave to all his friends, saying that it was a book "which every gentleman ought to read." Burke maintained that the radicals who had begun the Revolution by releasing the enormous pent-up quasi-religious energies of the common people of France were interested first in the conquest of their own country and then in the conquest of Europe and of the the rest of the world, which would be "liberated" whether it wished to be or not. Tom Paine's great response to Burke's work,The Rights of Man, appeared in 1791, and the debate between conservatives and radicals raged on for many years, and certainly influenced, directly or indirectly, the thought and the work of every major English author for the remainder of the century and beyond.

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Marie Antoinette Kirsten Dunst Hair

Question: Is it okay to dye my hair an ash blonde like kirsten dunsts in marie antoinette if….?

i have very bright blue eyes that are a little bit grey.
i am very short.
not fat, not skinny.
and i am extremely pale.

http://stardietsecrets.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/kirsten-dunst-fndjk.jpg

like that pale.
no sorry that is kirsten dunst.
i didnt mean to make it seem like me.

no my face looks nothing like kirsten dunst. we just have the same coloring.

Answer: is that you or kirsten dunst? Because I saw a picture of her in a magazine in a bathing suit that looked like that one...

Anyway, yes it would look beautiful ^-^

Marie Antoinette Fashion

Question: marie antoinette!!!!!!!!!!!!?

Hey apart from wikapedia, can you tell me were i can get information on marie antoinette’s fashion. Because i cant find any facts. thankyou

Answer: Here are some info sites I have found for you:

The Queens Closet - What Marie Antoinette really wore:

http://www.slate.com/id/2151858/

http://www.marquise.de/en/1700/pics/1779_1.shtml

http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Arc/8639/marie.html

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In 2000, Miss Venezuela 1999, Martina Thorogood Heemsen did not accept by Miss Universe Organization. Why? Because Miss Miranda and Miss Venezuela went to Miss World 1999. She was the 1st runner-up in the Miss World. Claudia Moreno,a model, went to Miss Universe 2000. Martina Thorogood, who lived in the United States, was long considered one of the most beautiful Venezuelan women of all time.

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During the civil war (1977-1979), Miss Nicaragua, Patricia Pineda Chamorro, escaped unharmed when a bomb exploded on a street in Managua, Nicaragua´s capital. From 1980 to 1990, Miss Nicaragua pageant was forbidden by Sandinista government.

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Miss Universe 1981 pageant was scheduled to be held in Guatemala City, a small Central American country. However, for financial and political reasons, Miss Universe was moved to New York City.

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In 1982, Miss Venezuela 1980, Maria “Maye” Xavier Brandt Angulo, killed herself.It was tragic that Miss Venezuela 1980 died when she was only 20 .

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Different from Vietnam and the People´s Republic of China, Cuba did not participate at the Miss Universe since 1959.The dictator Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz has forbidden the Miss Cuba pageant.In 1957, Miss Cuba, Maria Rosa Gamio Fernandez, was the 3rd runner-up in the Miss Universe in Long Beach,California. Cuba is one of the few socialist States in the world. Ironically, Osmel Sousa, president of Miss Venezuela Organization since 1980, was born in Cuba.

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In 1981, Lucia Isabel Vinueza was the first Miss Ecuador to be a semifinalist in the Miss Universe history.Ironically, Miss Ecuador 1981 had been eliminated in the finals of Miss South America-Universe in Lima, Peru´s capital.

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In Lima, the capital city of Peru, Miss Guam, Patty Choung Kerkos, was the 1st runner-up at the Miss Universe in 1982. In Peru, hosted the Miss Universe 1982, she was very friendly. Patty Chiung Kerkos, was born in South Korea, had the highest final score, but she did not win. The island of Guam is a small American possession in the Pacific Ocean.

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In Miss Universe 2004, Miss Ukrania, Oleksandr Nikoyalenka did not qualify for the semifinals. She was a big favorite until last minute. Since 2004, she is a top model in Europe and the United States.

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In 1987, Miss Chile, Cecilia Bolocco, was elected Miss Universe with the most popular support of any Miss Universe candidate in recent history. Millions of people from Australia to the United States watched Cecilia Bolocco´s life change. Before she became famous, Miss Chile 1987 was a professional dancer for a while.

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Since 1979, Miss Venezuela has missed the semifinals only four times: 1980 ( Maye Brandt), 1982 (Ana Theresa Oropeza), 2004 (Ana Karina Añez Delgado) and 2006( Jictzad Nacarid Viña Carreño).

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For the first time, Miss Union Soviet, Evia Stalbovska, competed at the Miss Universe in 1990.Unfortunately, Miss USSR, a nurse from Riga (Latvia), did not even make the semifinals.For political reasons, the USSR did not competed at the Miss Universe.

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For the first time, Miss Peru, Gladys Rosa Zender Urbina, became the first Latin American woman to win the Miss Universe contest (1957).

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Miss France 2000, Sonia Rolland, is of Rwandan ancestry. She once said: “I come from Rwanda, Africa. My mother is African and my father is French, and I came to France when there was a war on Rwanda and Burundi.”

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In 1995, Miss Universe pageant took place in Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia (Africa). Namibia has been a republic since 1990.After two years, Miss Namibia, Michelle McLean, was crowned Miss Universe 1992 in the Thai capital of Bangkok. At the age 15, Michelle went to Europe to begin her career in modeling.

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During Miss Universe 2002, Miss Colombia,Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos, was a big favorite, but she did not even make the semifinals.She was the first black Miss Colombia.

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Miss Canada, Natalia Glebova, was crowned Miss Universe in the 54th Annual pageant help in Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand.In a visit to Swaziland, a small country in Africa, Miss Universe 2005 stressed the importance of continuing AIDS treatment programs. An estimated 380,000 Swazilands are infected with HIV, according to the United Nations. The Kingdom of Swaziland is now one of the world´s porest countries. Like Miss Universe 2005, Natalie went to Malaysia, Ukrania, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, India, Saint Maarten, Dominican Republic, Czech Republic, Nicaragua, South Africa, Russia, Brazil and the United States. When Miss Universe 2005 left her title, she did not stop fighting AIDS.

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One of the most memorable moments in my life was in fact when I published my first book: an encyclopedia called Mundototal. After, I published a book about History of Women in the United States (Spanish). At the moment, I am working a book about Third World. In the future, I would like to publish books about Olympic Games, democracy, ecology and nations of the world.

I am very interested in projects about democracy, olympics sports and women´s rights. My hobbies are drawing, doing sports and learning about Third World cultures. I am passionate about 1970s Music. I like reading, especially political books. My favourite book is “Murder in A Gentle Land” by Anthony Paul and John Barron. My idol is Jimmy Carter. I really admire him is because he´s so positive and enthusiastic about Third World democracy

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French Revolution Oppression

Question: Justifications for the French Revolution?

My position paper is based on the question ” To what extent was the french revolution justified?”
The planning chart looks like this:
REASONS THE F.R WAS JUSTIFIED:
-Death and Suffering
-Bad economy
-Economic and political oppression
-Women’s rights = none
-Nobles= Assholes

REASONS THE F.R NOT JUSTIFIED:
-Mass violence (reign of terror, storming the Bastille’s(sp?) and march on versailles)
-Many innocent lives taken
-Animosity and war between Europe/nearing countries.

I need a longer chart but my brain just can’t find any other points, any suggestions?

Answer: You've already covered quite a few subjects, here are some more ideas to add to your list:

- Ambitions of a rising bourgeoisie
- Absolute monarchy
- use of ancient and unequal system of taxes
- long running fiscal crisis (France was deeply in debt)
- failure of reforms
- famine (bread riot)
- rigid social structure
- resentment again the church
- the danger of the sansculottes

I can't find any reasons for the FR not to be justified.

Hope this will help!
Kaeleen

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