French Revolution
"Off with their heads"
Introduction
Hello. Our names are Kyle and Nevin and we are going to be making a series of portfolio's that will be describing each of the time periods we are studying. The portfolio's are all going to be talking about the leaders and/or important people of the time period we are studying.
Continuity and Change
From the Scientific revolution to the french Revolution there was a lot of change. Nobody really focused on progressing to improve science and invent stuff. Instead they were more focused on improving their rights and the government. As people got more and more fed up with being poor and being treated poorly they revolted and changed the way things were.
The French Revolution
The French Revolution was a time of different opinions and unfair conditions. There were 3 groups. The rich nobles, the church and everyone else. The churches and the nobles wanted everything to go their way and the poor and everyone else disagreed. This caused the people to make the assembly of the people and revolt against the current government. They revolted and over threw the government to make a new fair government. Through doing this many people died and many things changed for the best.
Louis XVI
Louis XVI became the heir to the throne and the last Bourbon king of France upon his father's death in 1765. born on August 23, 1754, in the Palace of Versailles. He was tutored by French noblemen and studied religion, morality, and humanities. He excelled in Latin, history, geography, and astronomy and achieved fluency in Italian and English. Louis's parents paid little attention to him, instead focusing on his older brother, the heir apparent, Louis duc de Bourgogne, who died at age 9 in 1761. Then, on December 20, 1765, his father died of tuberculosis, and Louis Auguste became Dauphin at age 11. On May 10, 1774, Louis Auguste became Louis XVI, with the death of his grandfather Louis XV. Only 20 years old at the time, Louis XVI was immature and lacked self-confidence. By 1789, the situation was deteriorating rapidly. On July 14, riots broke out in Paris and crowds stormed the Bastille prison in a show of defiance toward the King. On January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was guillotined in the Palace de la Revolution.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Military general and first emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. Revolutionized military organization and training, sponsored Napoleonic Code, reorganized education and established the long-lived Concordat with the papacy. His national profile was enhanced by his marriage to Joséphine de Beauharnais, widow of General Alexandre de Beauharnais and the mother of two children. On August 1, 1798, Admiral Horatio Nelson's fleet decimated his forces in the Battle of the Nile. On June 22, 1815, he abdicated his powers. He died on May 5, 1821, on the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Maximilian Robespierre
After his mother’s death, his father left home, and Maximilien, along with his brother and sisters, was raised by his maternal grandparents. From 1765 he attended the college of the Oratorians at Arras. He was admitted to the Arras Academy in 1783 and soon became its chancellor and later its president. He probably made his maiden speech on May 18, 1789, and he was to speak more than 500 times during the life of the national assembily. On July 27, 1793, Robespierre took his place on the committie of public saftey, which had first been set up in April. 108 people died for adherence to Robespierre’s cause.
Conclusion
Thats it for this section. Stay tuned for next week we will be talking about the leaders of WWI. Thank You.