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=**The Scarlet Pimpernal**= =**﻿**=

French Revolution Begining
The French revelution was a war between the lower social classes(farmers, small shop owners, etc.) and the aristocrats/noblity, this even included their own King and Queen. The lower classes had become unhappy, they were mad because they couldnt do anthing and the laws and taxes were getting excessive. The reason this started happening was because the population in France was close to 1.5 million people now a days we dont find this a large number but then it was. They biggest city was France with about 600,000 people in it. This was before we had injections for diseases so people were getting very sick. Also their was a shortage on food. Their werent enough farms for the large population, also the people werent happy so they werent working the hardest and these helped spark the start to the revolution. []

Bastille and Decleration of Rights
The French Revolution was when the lower class rebelled against the noble and aristocrats. They beheaded the majority of them. The people were mad because of unjust rule. The man who encouraged the first act of rebellion was Camille Desmoulins.(Bottom Left) He stood up and told the people to rebel. The first act of rebellion was when the people took Bastille. The mounting tension caused an out burst to happen, 28 of the thirty main French cites theatened to rebel and take arms. They made an agreement called //Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen.// King Louie still refused to sign it. They forced him to move from his Home to Paris where he finally signed the agreement. This only stalled the over throw of the government. Two years later the people decided that the king had to much power. They asked him to sign a new agreement he refused. Then when he figured he was doomed he tried to escape the country on the 21 and 22 of June 1791. He failed at this and was captured. The people were in control and things continued to spiral down from their. The people were still mad and they executed thousand of acristocrats in September of 1792. The period of time after this was know as "The reigh of the terror" or "The Terror". Thousands more peoples lives were claimed by the guillotine. =Fashion During French Revolution= Since the Revolution was about upper classes ruling the lower; the fashion was relatively simple even rich people did not wear nice clothes in fear of being guillontined. Women did not change fashion as often as they did before. The men adopted regular clothes from England. Most people had the French tri-color flag on their clothes to show theywere for the revolution to keep from being killed. []

=The Scarlet Pimpernel= It is a classic novel during the French Revolution. It is a love story. The story is written by Baroness Emmuska Orczy. It was rejected many times as a book then Orczy intoduced it as a play and it was accepted and loved then the book sold many copies. It was first played on 15 October 1903. It was a great hit. []

=Baroness Emmuska Orczy= Born on 23 September 1865 and died 12 November 1947. She was a play writer and novelist. Her father was an Hungarian noble. Her father was a musican. She went to Heatherby School of Art, where she met her husband. The first story her husband and she produced was a mystery story called The Case of Miss Elliot. []

=Geography= France is mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in north and west. []
 * //Arable land//: 33%
 * //Permanent crops//: 2%
 * //Permanent pastures//: 20%
 * //Forests and woodland//: 27%
 * //Other//: 18% (1993 est.)

=Guillotine= Designed by Dr Joseph Guillotine, a man described as kindly and who wanted to make execution more humane, the guillotine quickly became a symbol of tyranny during the French Revolution. Victims were placed on a bench, face down, and their necks positioned between the uprights. The actual beheading was very quick - often to the gathered crowd's disgust - taking less than half a second from blade drop to the victim's head rolling into the waiting basket. However, debate rages over whether the quickness of the execution was humane or not, as many doctors put forward the notion that it could take up to 30 seconds before the victim lost consciousness. =Versailles= The estate was really, really large and very expensive to maintain even for a very big country like France. The whole garden, which is preserved until today, was more than 800 hectares and the structure was also remarkable. There were a lot of servants to feed and to pay and the King and his royal court was also living a very extravagant life. It’s really not easy for the people to keep this Palace running. Some historians believe that at least 25% of France’s earning from taxes and other things was spent on the preservation of the Palace, the activities of the King and the general salary of the servants and the important people that work for the King. Some say it’s exaggerated that it’s only in 6%, still the figure is really big when you think that the resources of the country are spent on the King and his royal court more than anything. During the French revolution, Versailles was deserted by the King and the people also left the place for protection as well. But before it was completely abandoned by power, Marie Antoinette lived her last days in Versailles before she was executed. The largest blow on Versailles was on the Palace, when the Royal Family was transferred to Paris by force, the Palace was ransacked in most of its precious art materials. It’s was quite unfortunate but at the same time, it became a blessing to Louvre were most of the artworks were transferred. Versailles was also instrumental to the end of the French Revolution. Because of the execution of Marie Antoinette, it was virtually the start of democracy. Other places in Versailles was spared however, the people almost abandoned the city. However, the sheer population, there are people who really don’t have another choice but to stay here.