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The Scientific Revolution was a transformation in European that called for the scientific observation, experimentation, and the questioning of traditional opinions. Rene Descartes was the first person from France who helped discover the Scientific Method. He stated that everthing must be doubted until proved by reason. He did this by using math and logic.
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The Enlightenment was reason that can be used to solve all human problems. Some people referred it as the Age Of Reason.
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The French Revolution was inspired by the American Revolution. When the French heard of the American revolt going on they decided they did not want to live under a dictatorship. So the French fought with the Americans to earn an independent nation.
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Occured in Paris, France. A fortress that was used as a prison. And the French captured the prison.
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The declaration laid out basic principles of the Revolution “liberty, equality,fraternity (brotherhood”
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All men are equal and remain equal under the law
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An angry mob of about 7000 women, armed with pitchforks, pikes, and muskets, marched in the rain from Paris to Versaille. The were complained about the high cost of bread and how scarse it was to get bread.
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Around 10 a.m on August 10, 1792, a mob of about 30,000 French citizens headed toward the Tulieries Palace to capture King Louis XVI. The King left without getting caught, and eventually the guards in the palace surrendered.
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King Louis XVI was arrested and turned into prison for treason. This is the reason why he got executed by the guillotine. This execution ended the monarchy.
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The Committee of Public Safety was created by the National Convention. It was originally made up of 9 members but eventually increased to 12. It was created in order to manage the threats against France.
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For the next 10-11 months, starting in September, nearly 300,000 people were accused of a crime and 17,000 executed by the guillotine. A killing machine designed to chop a persons head off cleanly.
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Napolean escapes an assasnation attempt. His family and him were on there way to the theatre to see an opera when someone threw a bomb toward his coach. Luckily, his coach had already passed by quickly enough. Thought one of the horses got severly hurt.
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Napoleon restructures French educational system. Education was high on Napoleon's list of priorities. He believed in the merit system, and for that to happen education had to be spread widely. And that is what Napleon did.
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Napoleon names his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples.
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A win for Napoleon because Austria loses territory at the Battle of Wagram and must enforce the Continental System.
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Napoleon arrives in Moscow to find the city abandoned and set alight by the inhabitants; leaving in the begining of a cold winter, the army suffers great losses.
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Napoleon died of stomach cancer, but some say it was because of arsenic poisoning.
