With the Seven Years War (1756-1763) and the American Revolution (1775-1783), the French government was almost bankrupt. ... After the revolutionary war began, no European kings, nobles, or other privileged groups could ever again take their powers for granted or ignore the ideas of liberty and equality....
The French Revolution was a dramatic change in all of European history. The revolution was necessary in the fact that it changed the lifestyles of all humans in France during this time. The revolution was a gateway to new discoveries up until this day. It allowed women to gain some privileges and changed the ways of governing. The French Revolution could have been avoided, but it would have delayed the development of the world that we know. ...
At the end of the seventeenth century, King Louis XIV's wars began decreasing the royal finances dramatically. ... The French government borrowed much money to pay for the wars of Louis XIV. Louis still borrowed money to fight wars and to keep French power alive in Europe. ... After this action by the king, moderate revolutionaries still wanted to preserve the constitutional monarchy, while the radicals distrusted the king and wanted a republic. ... After the war between France and Austria and Prussia, prices increased dramatically, and food shortages occurred. ...
War was greeted by immense jubilation by both sides, as no great wars had been fought since Napoleon's era. ... prepared or the inevitable war with Germany. ... Russia was suffering revolutionary movements and rebellions. ... It was the first real month of the war. ... A one-front war would have been an easier war for Germany. ...
Ever since the beginning of global history, there have been major political, economic, social, and cultural revolutions. A revolution is the overthrowing if a government or ruler by the governed and then substituting another. For instance, a revolution took place in both France and England within th...
And change for some was as late in 1918, Russia converted after there revolutionary war , Greece finally change in 1923.In contrast still many orthodox churches follow the Julian calendar to the day. ... It is wondered if this type of grandeur was inspiring to the great Orson Wells and his dramatic caper he hoaxed with iis members of a theater that created mass hysteria although not and April fools joke but it gave him national fame on Oct. 30th 1938 when he announced the "war of the worlds- a book written by H.G. ... Work Cited Ben Snowden History of Gregorian Calendar http;//www.inf...
Napoleon used the people's money for war instead of what they needed. "Instead of using most of the nearly six hundred million francs of the annual national budget in the reconstruction of a devastated land by rebuilding the tens of thousands of buildings damaged or destroyed during the Revolution, repairing canals and highways, or building badly needed schools and hospitals, Napoleon used most of the national budget to pay for the expenses of war"1. ... The other areas only received the problems of war, conscription and heavy taxation. ... The newspapers, which could spread news ab...
The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, 1870-71, a conflict between France and Prussia that signaled the rise of German military power and imperialism. (Franco-Prussian War Encarta Encyclopedia 2001. ... War affects everybody. Guy de Maupassant is one of those authors that was affected greatly by the war of his time as we are affected by the war of our time. ... The Revolutionary War had been fought so that they could win their freedom from tyranny, but women had yet to be free. ...
Timeline: Beer in Mesopotamia and Egypt 10,000 BCE (Mesopotamia)-During the time period before 10,000 B.C.E. there was almost certainly no beer. It was discovered once the gathering of wild grains became at the end of the last ice age, in a region known as the Fertile Crescent. This area covers fr...
