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- Bastille Day (3807 bytes)
1: ...nch inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the [[First Republic (France)|First Republic]], ...
3: ==The Storming of the Bastille==
4: ...ple (the two others were clergy and nobility) decided to break away and form a [[National Assembly (Fr...
6: ...ngs had displeased the royal government. Thus the Bastille was a symbol of the [[political absolutism|absolu...
8: ...red up of courageous French patriots storming the Bastille and freeing hundreds of oppressed peasants. Howe...
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- Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
4: ...ur of Saint John the Evangelist. A court official described the new baby as "a small, but completely h...
6: ...f her closest sister, Maria-Carolina (two years older) and brother, Max, (one year younger.) Her other...
7: ...een years before Antoinette's birth. She was considered one of the most brilliant political figures in...
9: ...ld like as a reward, Mozart is said to have responded by saying he would like the hand of the Empress'...
11: ...d off to European royalty. Maria-Christina, the eldest, was married to the Regent of the [[Netherlands... - French Revolution (36529 bytes)
2: ...Bonaparte]], the revolution nonetheless spelled a definitive end to the ''[[ancien r駩me]]'', and ecl...
8: ...nment]]. As the revolution proceeded and as power devolved from the monarchy to legislative bodies, th...
10: Certainly, causes of the revolution must include all of the following:
14: ... The rise of [[the Enlightenment|enlightenment]] ideals.
15: ... [[debt]], both caused by and exacerbating the burden of a grossly inequitable system of [[tax]]ation. - List of people associated with the French Revolution (16148 bytes)
2: ...opponents of the revolution. It attempts to give identifying facts and ultimate fates. ''As a rule, th...
6: *[[Pierre François Charles Augereau, duc de Castiglione|Charles Pierre François Augereau]] -...
10: ...de mayor of [[Paris]] after the [[storming of the Bastille]], guillotined during the [[Reign of Terror]]
11: ...dor|Thermidorian]], finally the main executive leader during the [[French Directory|Directory]] regime
14: ... Jules Bernadotte]] - General, later king of [[Sweden]] - Timeline of the French Revolution (9550 bytes)
20: ...mbly of notables]], called by [[Charles Alexandre de Calonne]] against a background of state financial...
21: ...[ɴienne Charles de Lom鮩e de Brienne]] replaces de Calonne as Contoller-General of Finances.
35: ... (others) votes for the common verification of credentials, in opposition to the First Estate (the cle...
36: ... Assembly (French Revolution)|National Assembly]] declared
37: ...] in which the National Assembly vows to continue despite royal prohibition - Bastille Day (3807 bytes)
1: ...nch inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the [[First Republic (France)|First Republic]], ...
3: ==The Storming of the Bastille==
4: ...ple (the two others were clergy and nobility) decided to break away and form a [[National Assembly (Fr...
6: ...ngs had displeased the royal government. Thus the Bastille was a symbol of the [[political absolutism|absolu...
8: ...red up of courageous French patriots storming the Bastille and freeing hundreds of oppressed peasants. Howe... - Voltaire (48640 bytes)
4: ...Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] [[writer]], [[deism|deist]] and [[philosophy|philosopher]].
8: ...d in Paris, the grandfather being a prosperous tradesman. Nonetheless, throughout his life, Voltaire ...
10: ...unger brother was very fond, married early; the elder brother, Armand, was a strong [[Jansenism|Jansen...
12: ... [[knowledge]], and probably kindled his lifelong devotion to the stage.
14: ...ther stopped the affair by procuring a ''[[lettre de cachet]]'', though he never used it. - 18th century new (49640 bytes)
4: ...x|Washington crossing the Delaware, [[December 25|Dec. 25]], [[1776]], an iconic event of the [[Americ...
6: ...ut with the French revolution, they were on the side of the counterrevolution.
8: ...al revolution]] started in Britain. Despite its modest beginnings in the 18th century, it would radica...
15: ...[1700]]: The [[1700 Cascadia earthquake]] (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the [[Pacific Northwes...
17: * [[1700]]-[[1721|21]]: [[Russia]] supplants [[Sweden]] as the dominant [[Baltic region|Baltic]] power... - Hyphen (10351 bytes)
10: ... hyphenated in order to prevent any possible misunderstanding, such as ''light-blue paint'', ''twentie...
11: ** ''government standards organization'' and ''department store manager''
16: ...d] twenty-three''. (The ''and'' is generally included in British English but often omitted in American...
18: * Hyphens are also used to denote [[syllabification]], as in ''syl-la-bi-fi-ca-...
20: ...doing this properly are complex and language-dependent, and interact with other [[typesetting]] practi...
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