A Very Breif Look at Georges Jacques Danton

Historian Robert Schwartz’s commented, “however flawed it may be Danton (1983) can contribute to a valid historical understanding of the French Revolution.” How accurate is this statement?

George Etienne Cartier was born on September 6, 1814 in St Antoine Rur Richelieu. For the first part of his education he was homeschooled by his mother as a result of no schools. At 10 years old, he was enrolled in Sulpician college de Montreal. In 1831, he finished school and began his legal training at the age of 20 at a montreal 's lawyer’s office called Edouard Etienne Rodier.

Eugene Jacques Bullard was born October 9th 1895 in Columbus, Georgia. He was nicknamed “The Black Swallow of Death”. He was one of 10 children. His father was William O, Bullard nicknamed “Big Chief Ox”, and his mother was Josephine Thomas. She was a Creek Indian. He went to school at Twenty-Eight Street School from 1901 to 1906 where he learned to read and write. As a teenager Eugene hid on a ship headed towards Scotland because he was trying to get away from racism. Bullard arrived at Aberdeen before making his way south to Glasgow. Eugen became a boxer in Paris and also worked in a music hall. When he visited Paris he decided to live in France. When World War 1 first started Eugene decided to join the war. he enlisted on October 19, 1914 in the 1st Regiment of Foreign Legion

Francois-Marie Arouet better known as Voltaire, was born in Paris on the twenty-first of November, 1694. Voltaire was a french enlightenment philosopher, historian and writer, who was most famous for his advocacy of freedom of religion and most importantly his influence on freedom of speech. Voltaire continuously wrote many letters on his beliefs, explaining the reasoning behind them. Voltaire being French had always had admired the english for being so open about their thoughts, beliefs, and culture. Later in his life he left school and immediately wanted to become a famous writer. His father had other plans, he encouraged Voltaire to become a lawyer, but Voltaire went against his wishes. Voltaire, pretending to work in Paris spent the majority

One of the most influential figures of the Revolution of 1789 and one of the principal exponents of the Reign of Terror, Maximilien-Marie-Isadore de Robespierre was born in Arras to a bourgeois family and was educated in Paris at the Lycée Louis le Grand, where Camille Desmoulins was his classmate. Through his studies, he became an enthusiastic devotee of the social theories of the philosophes of the 18th century, especially those of Jean-Jacques-Rousseau, whom he visited at Ermenonville and whose theory of the general will, as stated in the Contrat social, became Robespierre's guiding principle. An attorney, Robespierre was elected in 1789 as a deputy for the Third Estate to the Estates General, and subsequently to the National Constituent Assembly, where his oratory brought him to the attention of his

The Cahiers de doléances in 1789 was a representation of the values and concerns that the city of Carcassone had in the period leading up to the French Revolution. In particular, it portrayed the changes sought by the Third Estate in an era where social and financial privileges were dominated by the nobility. By assessing the historical framework of France and its absolutist monarchy it will be determined how revolutionary were the demands of the Third Estate.

A glint of good news came to the now-impoverished family when the merchant heard that a ship containing his merchandise had just arrived in port. The merchant was overjoyed and went to claim his wealth, only to find that there had been a legal ordeal and he had, indeed, lost it all. Here, the author tries to illustrate the French government’s inadequacy in meeting the needs of the people. In the 1850s, great minds, including the Swiss/French political philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, were writing that the authority to rule came from the people themselves. Furthermore, philosophers argued that the government’s duty was not to serve their own decadence but rather to serve the people. The French government, being an absolute monarchy, was ruled by only the word of Louis XV, and the royal Bourbon family had a history of ruling to meet their own selfish desires. The French monarchy did not uphold the intrinsic promise and duty of any government to protect, feed, and serve its people. De Beaumont symbolizes this by failing to deliver the goods to the impoverished former merchant. In other words, just like the merchant’s undelivered goods, the

Voltaire, Enlightenment thinker from the seventh century, composed many of his works to show how corrupt the government had become from the start of his life, his greatest works, and his death. At a young age, Voltaire wasn’t his original name, he was named Francois-Marie Arouet. During the time of his growth, his father has discouraged him to be a writer and to become a lawyer instead.

France’s Old Regime was plagued with problems. During the Enlightenment, these problems were highlighted and highly criticized. Enlightenment thinkers called for people to start thinking for themselves, and to break off the chains of thought that oppressed them. They did not, however, call for revolution, nor were they necessarily pro-democracy. What they were interested in were practical reforms. In a system as broken as the Old Regime was, even the most practical of changes could seem revolutionary. Diderot and Turgot were two Enlightenment thinkers whose works exemplify this. Both men hid their more drastic thoughts behind seemingly less radical ideas and themes. Neither of the men, however, necessarily called for revolution, at least not the kind that France would get. Some of their ideas stemmed from previous writers, such as Loyseau and Bossuet, whether they agreed with them or not. Diderot and Turgot would find many areas of agreement with Loyseau, but they would largely disagree with Bossuet. In terms of authority and nobility, Diderot and Turgot were radical critics of the Old Regime, and the areas of agreement between them and Loyseau demonstrate that the legitimacy of the Old Regime, though not entirely in question during Loyseau’s era, was suspect enough to inspire the seeds of thought that would bring about the Enlightenment.

One of these friends was Georges Jacques Danton, who had previously seen eye-to-eye with Robespierre’s decisions and defended him in the National Convention. Danton was a part of the Mountain, and defended Robespierre when he was accused of tyranny by the Girondins. Besides a friend, Danton was also one of the most powerful leaders of the Revolution, and had been part of the old regime. ‘[Danton] was moreover an early champion of opportunism and of republican unity... Of the top men in the Revolution Danton alone was a worthy antecedent of the republican leaders at the highest level,’ (Bernstein 222).

Georges Danton was born October 26, 1759 and died April 5, 1794. Jacques Danton and Mary Camus are the parents of Georges Danton. Georges Danton got his education from Oratorians at Troyes. Georges Danton was a leading figure of the French Revolution. During the French Revolution, he was a leader and orator. After getting his law degree, he traveled to Paris to practice being a lawyer. In 1787, he bought the office of Conseil du Roi. In July 1789, Danton was elected president of the district in October.. Georges withdrew from the political life in September. Georges was apart of the second estate. Lawyers are apart of the second estate. Georges was a French advocate. He was a leading figure. Georges achieved many things in his time as a

The nobility of the Kingdom of France has been evaluated by various scholars of history. There is something to be said, however, for those who chronicled their impressions while living them in the 17th and 18th centuries. The excerpts of Charles Loyseau’s A Treatise on Orders, written in 1610, and Isabelle de Charriere’s The Nobleman, written in 1763 provide two very different glimpses on the French nobility from differing time periods. From these two accounts, it is clear that there was a marked shift in the way some viewed the nobility and their role in the operation of the French state. While Loyseau praises the nobility nearly wholeheartedly,

Jean Paul Marat’s early personal life had an effect on his later political career. Born in Boudry, Neuchatel on 24 May 1743 to a family of mixed race, Jean Paul Marat had a passionate and tenacious temperament that would serve him throughout his professional life. Marat always fought for his principles, and this exceptional determination was apparent even from his childhood. Although he was bold and passionate, he exuded coolness and confidence when under fire- a trait that helped him in his political career when he was being denounced in front of the entire National Convention. An educated man fascinated in the natural world, Marat’s first career was as a scientist and physician. His education opened him up to radical thoughts and ideas, as he held great admiration for Enlightenment philosophers such as Rousseau. His dedication to the scientific profession lasted until the French Revolution, when he was accidentally thrust into politics. The political climate was changing, and the people were growing impatient with the declining economy and oppressive monarchical rule of Louis XVI. The nature of Marat’s liberal thoughts and political leanings introduced him to politics as a writer who would later become a politician of national importance.

And he relies, everything. He argued that because the third estate carries out all the labor required to maintain France and that the third estate makes up a complete nation. He calls the first and second estates a form a cancer as they do not add anything to the civil order like the third estate does, he later states “The noble order is no less foreign amongst up by reason of its civil and public prerogatives.” He knows that the first and second estate do not pay taxes of any kind, yet they are the main beneficiaries from the king. He calls the first and second estates a cancer that must be removed from a society so that the society may remain healthy, “It is impossible to say what place the two privileged orders ought to occupy in the social order…what place one wishes to assign to a malignant tumor.” The Divine Chain of Being which gave a natural order to the world was now called into question and rejected entirely because of the French Revolution.

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