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    As I was examining the potential documents to research, Olympe de Gouges’ “Declaration of the Rights of Woman” was immediately striking to me. Personally, I was familiar with the original document: “Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.” Therefore, I was interested in learning more about de Gouges’ version. Also, this particular document was striking because of the time period it was written in. The French Revolution is a fascinating period to study because of the implementation of Enlightenment

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    The French Revolution was an insurgency in France from 1789 to 1799. It prompted the finish of the government, and to many wars. A turning point of occasion in current European history, the French Revolution started in 1789 and finished in the late 1790s. Louis XVI was executed in 1793. During the eighteenth Century France was the focus point of despotic government. The French Monarchs had boundless power and they announced themselves as the "Representative of God". Louis XIV was the type of this

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    One of the most critical moments for human history, the French Revolution transpired amongst a slew of issues which caught France at a point of near destruction. Historians have debated for centuries whether the country has truly benefitted from this ten-year war within itself or the consequences of the bloody revolution, which includes the killing of thousands of people, were actually necessary. The outcome of the French Revolution did not immediately bring about the destruction of the monarchy

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    Maximilien Marie Isidore de Robespierre was born on May 6, 1758 in Arras, France. He was born to a wealthy lawyer and went on to take on the same profession. Unlike his father, he also played a key part in the Jacobian party and the French Revolution. Robespierre became popular due to his opposition of the King Louis XIV of France but once he gained power, he was instantly unpopular. He issued the arrest of more than 300,000 suspected enemies of the Committee and about 27,000 of those prisoners died

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    History of Ballet Ballet is a formalized form of dance with its origins in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th and 16th centuries. It quickly spread to the French court of Catherine de ' Medici where it was developed even further. In the 17th century at the time of Louis XIV, ballet was codified. The predominance of French in the vocabulary of ballet reflects this history. It also became a form closely associated with the opera. Ballet then spread from the heart of Europe to other nations

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    Chemistry Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier, a red-headed man, had made a huge impact on modern science. Lavoisier showed everyone that fire, water, earth, and air are not elements. Antoine Lavoisier discovered modern chemistry. He also proposed the law of conservation of matter. The law of conservation of matter is that the mass of materials equals to the mass of reactant matter. Antoine Lavoisier was born August 26, 1743 into a wealthy family. He was born at Paris, France. Lavoisier was also an

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    Discuss the role of women in English literature, both as characters in works written by men and women and as authors in their own right, from Beowulf up to the late eighteenth century. The role of women in English literature from Beowulf up to the late eighteenth century mostly represented the mores and gender expectations of the time. Exceptions were Rebecca in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe who epitomized an intelligent and courageous woman and Grendall's mother in Beowulf who tried to attack the

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    ARQUITECTURA DEL ORDENADOR Historia de la computación La computadora como la conocemos hay en día, es el resultado de la evolución del aporte de ideas que varias personas realizaron para obtener un artefacto que ayudara al hombre a realizar cálculos complejos para ahorrar tiempo, esfuerzo y dinero. Comenzando desde el ábaco, que aunque no se lo puede considerar una computadora, nos ayudaba a realizar cálculos matemáticos. En el siglo XVll, el francés Blaise Pascal inventó la pascalina, una máquina

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    French Revolution Essay

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    the eighteenth century. Liberty, equality, and fraternity were the demands of the people that resonated everywhere, whether they were on streets or in salons. Freedom, impartiality, and solidarity were the words of a battle cry that all the faces of France, especially those with feminine features, chanted. Whether they were mere breadwinners in the confines of their homes, or rich nobles sympathetic to the insurrection, the women contributed a great deal to the lower-class citizens of the country. The

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    The revolution resulted, among other things, in the overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy in France and in the establishment of the First Republic. It was generated by a vast complex of causes, the most important of which were the inability of the ruling classes of nobility, clergy, and bourgeoisie to come to grips with the problems of state, the indecisive nature of the monarch, impoverishment of the workers, the intellectual ferment of the Age of Enlightenment, and the example of the American Revolution

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