- In an attempt to rationalize her love for her father's archenemy's son, she discredits the power that a name can hold. ... His father, Louis Bonaparte, was the king of Holland (1806-1810) and his uncle, his father's brother, was the Emperor Napoleon I of France. ... It was his mother who taught her son about the glories of the great Napoleon. ... The title of Napoleon II went to Napoleon's son, who had died years earlier. ...

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In the 1500's-1700's all countries were attempting to do one thing, become an absolutist state. That was the goal of everyone, but only a few succeeded. Spain, England, and France were the three most successful countries in creating absolutist states. Spain tried using war to succeed, England used h...

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Gwyn Page 65 paragraph 3) These soldiers appeared to be like second sons to Mother Savage, doing what her son would be doing if he were there. ... Gwyn page 66 paragraph 1) She liked the four soldiers as sons of her own as well, yet she saw them also as the enemy. It wasn't until she received information of her son's death that her behavior changed dramatically. ... She was holding these soldiers accountable for the death of her son, and someone had to pay for it. ... Gwyn page 65 paragraph 2) This was all she had left of her family, her dead son's rifle that she used to r...

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His son, Henry VI, was crowned after him in 1422. ... At the age of 16, after her father attempted to arrange a marriage for her, she successfully convinced a local court that she should not be forced to accept the match. ...

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The Arch of Triumph of Orange was built in the early reign of Augustus Caesar and was dedicated to Julius Caesar, Augustus" adopted father. ... Vespasian's son, Titus, completed the Colosseum in 81 C.E. ...

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He was the son of the Count of Troulouse and at the age of thirteen, had turned obsessively to drawing after breaking both hips in an accident leaving him crippled. ... Bradley's father died from wounds received in the Civil War. ...

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The Reign of Terror At the onset of the French Revolution, the revolutionaries who felt that the Monarchy of Louis XVI was tyrannical and could no longer be trusted to protect to people of France exclaimed the tenements of Fraternity, liberty, and equality. It was on these tenets that the Frenc...

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During this time in Europe and especially in France, state-making the emergence of nationalism and the increase in secular political institutions transformed the European continent. Napoleon Bonaparte helped to overthrow the Directory, which held power from 1794-1799, and he helped transform France...

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Tapestry is one of the oldest forms of woven textiles. The word tapestry is defined as a thick textile fabric, in which colored weft threads are woven (originally by hand) into fixed warp threads to form p...

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VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great siz...

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