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French Revolution Short Term Effects

Question: FrEnCh ReVoLuTiOn!!!!!!!!?

Name one short term effect of the French Revolution and describe it
Name one long term effect of the French Revoltion and describe it

Answer: A short term effect was that they destroyed the calendar as we know it and instituted the Revolutionary calendar. There were 10 days in a week, all the months were renamed and only had 3 weeks in them, and the year no longer started on January 1, but rather on Sept 22.

A long term effect was the destruction of the Roman Catholic Church's status in the country. After the revolution and again periodically through the 19th century, there were actual hunts for the clergy and religious women to kill them and destroy religion. Today, though many claim nominal Catholicism, the Church of Rome has virtually no placeof respect in the French society.

CLEAVAGE Seduction with a HOT Girl

French Revolution Famous Painting

Question: What is Viva La Vida by Coldplay about?

My history teacher says it’s about the french revolution and napoleon; the cover is also a famous painting of the french revolution, but my friend says that her english teacher said it was about Jesus. I re-listened to it and reread the lyrics and now i think it could be about Jesus. So, which one is it?

Answer: the french revolution and possibly both, but mainly the French Rev.
and maybe people should not post idiotic self opinions that have nothing to do with the question that the person asks. The reason I think it's mainly the French Revolution is because Jesus was obviously going to Heaven ("I know saint peter won't call my name"), Jesus only had a few followers so "When I ruled the world" wouldn't fit in with that, and that Saint Peter wasn't a Saint when Jesus was around.

Okay, I took out the chorus because I couldn't figure out an explanation for that, and I took out repeating verses (I only explained them once). I put quotations around the verses skipped a line, explained it then skipped another line and repeated

"I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word"

Louis XVI was the most powerful monarch in the world

"Now in the morning I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own"

He was taken from his palace and put in Jail, alone, and was forced to to peasant work (including, yes, sweeping streets)

"I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

He used to be free to gamble away the country's money, his armies would cause other armies to tremble and when his grandfather died (Louis XV), the people immediately embraced him as the new King.

"One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand"

He was the King, then he was put in Jail
&
He realized that his Kingdom can be quickly overthrown

"It was the wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become"

The revolution was a surprise to him, and it came quickly
The through rocks and torches through the windows of Versailles
the people had a Drum line in the front of them while marching on Versailles
at the beginning of his reign people loved him, then they really couldn't believe he became a greedy & selfish king.

"Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?"

Revolutionaries wanted him to be killed by the guillotine
He was manipulated by his advisers
It is said he never wanted to be King, as his father died when he was young

"For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world"

It is said that he thought he was going to go to Hell for what he thought he did to France

Jacques-Louis David - Five Paintings

Marie Antoinette Costumes Shoes

Question: Where can I find some Marie Antoinette Style Shoes?

Manolo Blahnik DOES NOT make these type of shoes to sell, and I have searched for costume shoes, but I have come up with nothing!

Answer: Try finding shoes that look like these, 18th century French shoes:

http://www.batashoemuseum.ca/shoesections/baroque.html

Just giving you some ideas :]

Biography Book Of Marie Antoinette

Nearly everyone has heard or read that famous quote, generally attributed to Queen Marie-Antoinette of France.

True or false, the quote is so pithy that it has survived both controversy and the passage of time. By now it has become the most common expression of the indifference of rulers to the plight of their subjects or citizens.

It might well be given new life in our current circumstances.

Our economic situation is not unlike that of late eighteenth century France. For a generation or so the income gap between the elites and the bulk of the population has been widening. Government debt is heading for an all-time high and budgets are out of control. Trust in government competence is falling and its ability to face growing challenges is in question.

In addition there is a developing dichotomy in economic perception: for the political and economic elites the present economic crisis has been taken care of, while for the mass of the population it only appears to be getting worse.

Are we, like Marie-Antoinette’s France, headed for an upheaval? We asked that question nearly four months ago, but on much more limited grounds. At the time we simply put in doubt the government’s ability to manage massive new programs such as cap-and-trade and national health care.

Now, in addition to the above, one can question not only the state’s administrative abilities, but its understanding of, and dedication to, the interests and welfare of the population.

The strongest reasons for such doubts are provided by the government efforts to stabilize the financial sector. This is the very sector which first bankrupted itself through speculation on mortgages and other assets, and then proceeded to hobble the rest of the economy through speculation in commodities, including fuel and food.

Both the last and current administrations have rewarded these gigantic failures with multiple bailout programs and trillions in interest-free money, all funded by the taxpayer. In return the taxpayer got a few months of extended unemployment insurance.

If the economy is truly on the mend as advertised such use of public funds might be tolerated. If on the contrary it is not, there will be an increasingly negative perception of the government’s role, with much anger and resentment thrown in.

In the past, free market countries have appeased public anger by taking a page out of the socialist definition of the provident state: social safety nets, public health programs, public works, and subsidies of all kinds.

This was effective in a society that was mainly capitalist. But socialist mission creep ultimately leads to stifling inefficiency. We have now reached the point where the cost of additional statistic programs outweighs their benefits, and where further increases of the deficit threaten to collapse the entire structure.

This situation raises the possibility of a deadlocked, us-versus-them stand-off with potentially uncontrollable outcomes. To avoid this we must channel our energy into constructive rather than adversarial channels, and establish grounds for cooperation rather than antagonism.

Fortunately there is ample opportunity for this.

In our book, we have designated energy supply as the key challenge of this century. This challenge does and will demand governmental action. But we do not need to wait for this to happen. The field of energy supply is so vast that immediate action is possible in many sectors and at every level.

Energy efficiency can be improved by individual and small-group action, be it conservation, information, communal food production or the purchase of efficient hardware. Collective understanding and organization vastly increases the impact of such initiatives. Each individual has only one vote and limited material means, but an organized group of individuals equals a market as well as a voting bloc.

Markets motivate corporations, and voting blocs move politicians. Corporations have technical talent as well as financial means. Politicians are open to demands from their base.

However, under current circumstances, both politicians and the heads of corporations are still followers rather than leaders. Action must begin at the grass roots. This is not unlike what happened at other key periods of American history such as the Revolutionary and Pre-Civil War times.

In the end it will be up to all of us.

Jacek Popiel was born in Poland and educated in Africa, Canada, and the US. His career spanned military service and international business development. He is currently a writer and his first book Viable Energy Now is available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. For more articles and information: http://www.viableenergynow.com.

John Biggs on his book – the watch of Marie Antoinette

marie antoinette movie sofia coppola

Question: Do French people still hate Marie Antoinette up to this day?

I watched an interview with Sofia Coppola and she said she’s been booed by French people because French people still hate Marie Antoinette even after centuries had passed, and she said that French people don’t like the idea that an American will make a movie about her. anyway, is it true that the French people still hate Marie Antoinette up to this day like Sofia Coppola said?

Answer: Some of them probably still dislike her. However, she is a much malinged woman, and I am sure many French people have the sense to realise that she was not as bad as she has been made out to be.

It is possible that they booed Sofia Coppola because they didn't think her film was any good.

Marie Antoinette - Innocence