form‚ at Fifteen Louis the sixteenth‚ marries Marie Antoinette the fourteen year old Austrian Princess‚ daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and Empress Maria Theresa‚ to strengthen the France-Austria alliance. The French people dislike the Austrian Antoinette almost immediately. When Louis the sixteenth becomes King France is in deep debt. Heavy taxation left many of the French in poverty‚ resulting in anger against the government. King Louis and Marie Antoinette become a joke because of the kings
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Mihir Shah Ms. Oviatt AP English III: 4A 7 October 2014 Television: The Plug-In Drug Journal “Television: The Plug In Drug” was written by Marie Winn‚ and she describes how family life has been affected by the television set. Her central argument is that the American family has been destroyed by the television‚ and that family unity has been diminished overtime by this cultural addiction. Winn uses many different sources to back up her claims‚ and some are extremely effective‚ while others do
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Issue: May-August 2012 FromtheEditor To my co-Alumnae and Chronicler readers‚ The second issue of the year is always a pleasure to prepare . This is when we feature the July Homecoming Celebration Week -- so much material available to work with‚ mostly pictures making the newsletter largely a pictorial. But the pictures of happy faces‚ depictions of enjoyment tell their own story making for not much need for words.. The coverage of the Institutional Welcome on Friday takes on more pages as it
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the French Revolution. The economic troubles in France were the conclusion of the weak leadership France had. King Louis XVI was a weak leader who was often indecisive and allowed matters to drift. His wife‚ Queen Marie Antoinette‚ added to his problems offering him poor advice; Marie spending was rather hefty increasing the French deficit. Document 1‚ an excerpt adapted from Travels in France by Arthur Young‚ describes the situation in France due to high taxes‚ a solution imposed by the King. The
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Causes of the French Revolution The French Revolution had many causes including; economic‚ political‚ and geographic factors that built up until people decided to take a stand. An example of this is in document number eleven which has both ----- and ----- factors from a social science perspective. This document shows the members of the national assembly who decided to take a stand and vowed to not separate until they made a constitution later known as the “Tennis Court Oath”. This document really
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nobles we now call the __________ regime; where the people with the money—the nobles and the clergy—never paid taxes. 2. By 1789‚ France was deeply in debt thanks to their funding the __________ Revolution and the extravagant lifestyle of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. 3. This nicely coincided with hailstorms that ruined a year’s _________‚ thereby raising food prices and causing widespread hunger. 4. So basically the peasants were hungry‚ the intellectuals were beginning to wonder whether God could or
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Topic: The French revolution was caused by political incompetence and indecisive leadership. In this essay I will be going through prior events explaining king Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette’s indecisiveness and incompetence leadership in France first of all these two were in reign while the country was on the verge of bankruptcy which meant they had lots on their plate and had to be very careful with what they do. They were very young to rule this country which meant that they did not have
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TRAN HUE CHI Girl power! Boys and girls are co-existent in this world. They both have their own potential to make changes to our world. Boys (men) with their strength can do many masculine tasks which are usually considered important and crucial. Therefore‚ they are dominant to girls in many positions. Girls are believed to have less power and abilities than boys. However‚ as the new 21st century has begun‚ this perception changes. Girls (later are women) in have more power. They can do many things
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Who was the 18th century ballerina who was admired for her dazzling virtuosity‚ especially in the beaten jumps called entrechats? PRIVATE "<INPUT TYPE=\"radio\" NAME=\"null_29_0\" VALUE=\"0\" CHECKED DISABLED>" MACROBUTTON HTMLDirect A. Marie Camargo PRIVATE "<INPUT TYPE=\"radio\"
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2. What were the short term causes of the FR? 3. What were the long term causes of the FR? | Short term- The country’s economic and intellectual changes weren’t matched by social and political changes. Rural overpopulation created land hunger. Marie Antoinette’s constant unneeded spending.Long term- the privileged groups were controlling France. The French economy being greatly in debt. | 4. What was the spark of the FR? | Spark- the Tennis Court Oath | 5. What were the most important
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