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HISTORY
TIMELINE
Timeline of the
French Revolution and other world events from 1789 to 1804.
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DAY IN THE LIFE DURING ... THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
by Jacquelin Cangro
Meet Luc Sebrien and hear about his adventures in revolutionary
Paris as he teaches another young man how to read.
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THE
THREE ESTATES AND THE RIGHTS OF MAN
by Abigail Mieko Vargus
How would you like it if you had to do your neighbor’s
chores? And you had to give him your allowance and only say
nice things about him? In eighteenth-century France, that’s
what everyone had to deal with. It was called the estate system,
and it helped set the stage for the French Revolution.
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INDEPENDENCE
DAY: THE BATTLE OF THE BASTILLE
by Kelley Hunsicker
Follow the storming of the Bastille and this hour-by-hour
account of the dramatic event that was a turning point in
French history.
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SONGS OF THE STREETS: MUSIC OF THE REVOLUTION
by Kathleen Duffy
The music we love is very personal. Music often reflects the
way we are feeling and the things we are experiencing at a particular
time in our lives. It was the same for people during the French
Revolution. No matter who they were – aristocrats singing
in their private clubs or theatres or artisans and the sansculottes
(the working poor) singing in the streets or taverns –
music expressed the way they felt about the dramatic social
changes that were taking place in France. Learn which of these
songs were the most influential.
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THE GUIDING LIGHT FOR FRENCH DEMOCRACY
by Lauri Kubuitsile
Explore the key ideas contained in the "Declaration of
the Rights of Man and Citizen" that are considered guiding
principles for modern democracies.
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DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND CITIZEN
Q&A section by Christine M. Roane
Read the actual declaration and a question and answer session
that follows it.
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WE SHALL
HAVE BREAD! THE WOMEN'S MARCH ON VERSAILLES
by Kirsten Beaudoin
France endured many years of poor harvests during the eighteenth
century. Shortages of wheat, rye, and other grains created
hardship for France’s poor, who relied on bread as the
main portion of their diet. On October 5,1789, a group of
women organized a protest at the city hall in Paris. They
were angry at having their pleas for bread ignored while the
French aristocracy lived in luxury. The demonstration turned
destructive and violent as the mob of women marched to Versailles
to demand that King Louis XVI supply bread for the hungry
people of Paris.
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ROBESPIERRE
AND THE BLOODY REIGN OF TERROR
by Candace Lindemann
How did the French dream of liberty, equality, and fraternity
turned into a nightmare of fear, paranoia, and death, with
mass executions via guillotine? In this article follow the
Reign of Terror under the leadership of Maximilien Robespierre,
head of the radical Jacobin political party.
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THE
GUILLOTINE: TERROR INDEED!
by Thomas Hollowell
Learn the story behind the guillotine, the gruesome beheading
machine used in thousands of executions during the Reign of
Terror.
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TRAGEDY
IN THE TEMPLE PRISON
by Amy O'Quinn
Hear the dramatic tale of the lives of the royal offspring—the
children of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. In just a few
short years, they went from living in the lap of luxury at
the palace in Versailles to harsh imprisonment at the Tower
of the Temple in Paris.
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BRITISH VIEWS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
by A. K. Starbuck
Hear what the British view of its neighbor's revolution was,
including the views of two famous statesmen on opposite sides
of opinion - British born American founding father
Thomas Paine and conservative English philosopher Edmund Burke.
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FRENCH REVOLUTION FASHION: FROM FANCIFUL
TO CUTTING EDGE
by Joanne Liu
With the coming of the French Revolution, everything about fashion
changed. Fashion became more than a means for self-expression
or class identity – it took on added meaning; people started
making political statements with what they wore. Find out what
the fashion statements were before and after the revolution.
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NAPOLEON:
THE LITTLE CORPORAL
by Jodi Stapleton
Read about the early career of Napoleon, the military man
who ended the French Revolution and later crowned himself
emperor.
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THE LOUISIANA
PURCHASE: THE CASE OF THE FRENCH CORRECTION
by Brett Mills
Wonder what the French Revolution had to do with the Louisiana
Purchase? The time detectives, Joe Bygoneday and Inspector
Knewseau help a history student understand the connection.
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BROKEN
EMPIRE: HOW FRANCE LOST HAITI
by Corey Habbas
Listen in on a fictional interview with Toussaint L’Ouverture,
the man who led Saint Domingue’s (Haiti) movement for
freedom for the slave population and its supporters.
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THE
ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
by Scott D O'Reilly
Learn how the eighteenth century philosophical movement known
as the Enlightenment influenced thinkers behind the French
Revolution.
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