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…, Czech, Swiss, Magyar, French, and Dutch churches, did not survive the 1620’s. It was shattered in the early disastrous phases of the Thirty Years War, and by the submission of the Huguenots when Louis XIII insisted on the elimination of foreign pastors, so…

…A CHRONOLOGY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789  April, 1789: Riots in Paris.  June 17, 1789: The Third Estate assumes the title of the National Assembly.  June 20, 1789: The "Tennis Court Oath" is made.  July 14, 1789…

…to these reforms, they prepared the society for collapse. All philosophes caused this effect on the society, even if it was a long term or short term. One of the greatest examples of the collapse of society is that of the French Revolution.         Voltaire…

…and especially the president, since the previous constitution mainly collapsed of weaknesses in this field. The inheritance of the French Revolution, in that it partly forged the idea of a sovereign nation, may also help to explain some rather idiosyncratic…

…. The French people were scared of a return to the unjust era, which preceded the revolution of 1789. One of the fears of the French people was that Charles X would recover the estates that used to belong to the émigrés, as this was an aim of the Ultras…

…of the traditional revolutionary theories tend to focus highly on the "government/rebel" dichotomy. But it is my contention that focus on this distinction prevents a holistic understanding of the way that revolutions occur in modern times. In the current world order…

…the French, other countries took up the torch of revolution and carried it until either they were defeated and suppressed, or they were successful in implementing their plan. The next country to take charge…

…after the French, other countries took up the torch of revolution and carried it until either they were defeated and suppressed, or they were successful in implementing their plan. The next country to take charge of what they thought was a degrading…

…by the free blacks after The French Revolution of 1789; the fact that the French planters would not grant these people citizenship as decreed by the National Assembly of France in its “Declaration of the Rights of Man” propelled their anger. Toussaint started off…

…The Scarlet Pimpernel was written in 1905 by Baroness Orczy. It was an adventurous tale of love and courage. In 1792, during the French Revolution, a figure named the Scarlet Pimpernel saved many aristocrats from the French. Using daring…