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__**The French Revolution**__

The French Revolution started in 1789 with the meeting of the Estates General. On this year, in July 14, Bastille was taken over. Bastille was an old building created in Paris, France used as a prison. Louis XVI was the king at this time, and he tried to flee France.. The National Convention took over the Allied Forces. In 1792 in December, the National Convention brought Louis to trial. Louis was found guilty. He was suspended, arrested and put in captivity for treason to the country. He was then sent to the guillotine and executed. He is known as being the only French king to be executed.
 * The Estates General was a group of legislative groups that discussed different subjects
 * Bastille Day is a national holiday of France celebrated on July 14, 1789 for the storming of the Bastille, a major prison. This holiday represents many French people's pride in their country.[[image:http://members.klosterneuburg.net/handerle/demolit.jpg width="604" height="400"]]

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__**Baroness Orczy**__ Baroness Emma Orczy was born on September 23, 1865. She wrote many British books and novels, and she came from a Hungarian family. Being very young, Baroness's parents, Baron Felix Orczy de Orczi, and Emma Wass von Szenteg und Czege fled from Hungary, in fear of a threat of a peasant revolution. Her family moved from Tarnaörs, Heves County, Hungary to Budapest, Hungary; Brussels, Belgium; Paris, France, where Baroness went to study music; and finally to London, England in 1880. Baroness then studied fine arts at the West London School of Art and Heatherley's School of Fine Art. Then in 1894, Baroness got married to a man, Montague MacLean Barstow, the son of an English clergyman. They met at their school, and had a child, John Montague Orczy-Barstow, who made them a family. Baroness dies in Henly- on- Thames, United Kingdom on November 12, 1947.

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 * Baroness's most famous work is //The Scarlet Pimpernel.//
 * She did have novels that did not succeed.

__**The Scarlet Pimpernel**__ The //Scarlet Pimpernel// is a play and is a book written by Baroness Emma Orczy in 1905. The play itself was written and directed by Julia Neilson and Fred Terry. The play debuted on October 15, 1903 in the Theatre Royal. The play was not a success at first, until Fred Terry rewrote the last act. He then took the play to the New Theatre in London on January 5, 1905, where the audience loved the play, but critics thought of the play as 'old fashioned.' Ignoring the reviews, audiences of London clearly loved this play, and //The Scarlet Pimpernel// became one of the most enjoyed plays throughout all of England.


 * Because of the great reviews of its revision, //The Scarlet Pimpernel// as a novel was a huge success.
 * The play was translated into 16 different languages.



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__**Major dates of the French Revolution from 1789-1799**__


 * May 5th, 1789- The Estates General is established at Versailles.
 * July 9th, 1789- The National Assembly states itself as a Constituent assembly.
 * July 14th, 1789- Citizens storm the Bastille.
 * July 14th, 1790- Louis XVI creates the Civil Constitution.
 * June 21st, 1791- Louis XVI attempts to flee France, but he gets caught.
 * October 1st, 1791- The Legislative Assembly is created.
 * April 20th, 1792- France declares war on Austria, but backed out as soon as they spotted the enemy.
 * July 25th, 1792- Duke of Brunswick plans to attack France
 * January 21st, 1793- Louis XVI is executed.
 * February 1st, 1793- France declares war on Britain and Holland.
 * October 14th, 1793- Marie Antionette is tried and executed.
 * March 24th, 1794- Maximiliun Robespierre creates a religion of the Supreme Being.
 * May-June, 1795- the South is instituted with White Terror.
 * February 2nd, 1796- Napoleon Bonaparte becomes the leader of the French army.
 * 1799- The directory falls, stating the end of the French Revolution.

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__**Main issue of France during the French Revolution**__ France's main problem for over 100 years was its huge debt. Debts were created by all of the wars Louis XVI created, which is why he is look at as a bad ruler. Eventually these debts led to a bankruptcy because of France's unfair tax system. Unlike other countries, nobles and clergy were exempted to pay taxes, causing a huge issue in France. The government couldn't get enough money to fill up their tax deficit. Normal citizens were taxed unfairly, but peasants who had barely anything owned, had the most taxes to pay, which is absurd. []
 * Lack of food created problems for citizens in France.
 * This shortage of foods sparked elevation of prices.

__**3 Classes of people in France**__. 1. People of the church 2. Noble people 3. Normal people []
 * People of the church were considered some of the most important people in France.
 * This group included bishops and priests.
 * The group of the church only worked for a few days year-round..
 * This group did not have to pay taxes.
 * These people were nobles.
 * Nobles in France were very poor.
 * Some of the richer lived in houses in Versailles.
 * The nobles also did not pay taxes.
 * The third class consisted of normal people and peasants.
 * Hunger was a main factor of hardship for them.
 * Normal people had to pay huge taxes to the government.
 * Very few had jobs, while most people begged for a living.
 * Normal people were often mistreated by those with more fortune.

Being the second largest country in Europe, France has the fifth greatest population of every country in Europe. There are approximately 57.5 million people living in France. France is made mostly of hills and mountains. Mountain ranges include the Alps, the Ardennes, and the Cevennes. The country's capitol is Paris. Some major landmarks of France are the Eiffel Tower, the Cathedral of Notre Dame, and the art gallery of the Louvre.
 * __Geography of France__**


 * France is the largest West-European country.
 * France has a temperate climate, having mild seasons.



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__**Guillotine**__ The Guillotine was used as the way to kill people publically during the French Revolution and forward, until 1977. Its idea was actually created in 1307 in Ireland. The first man known to create an actual Guillotine was Dr. Joseph Guillotin in 1790. This Guillotine was accepted to create a form of capitol punishment and to scare the public. The most notable victim for its time was Louis XVI of France.
 * Other people created the Guillotine after Dr. Guillotine, but the first name stuck.
 * The Guillotine was thought of a great method for killing because no victim had blood on his hands after the procedure.



__**Fashion in France**__ __**T**__he fashion of France was thought to be extravagant before the French Revolution. After the French Revolution, in France, fashion went from unique to ordinary. People of the French Government wanted for all people, rich and poor, to be in the same class. The one most profound way of unifying the groups is making the appearance of everyone the same. This is what happened. People were made to be treated equally and have the same clothes. []
 * Some people, of course, disagreed with this.
 * Although classes were merged, people of different wealth continued to dress slightly differently of others.

People of England wanted the latest fashions for themselves, so fashion did change in England during the French Revolution, but not much.
 * __Fashion in England__**

__Similarities of before the French Revolution__ __Differences of before the French Revolution__
 * Men still wore flashy and elegant robes
 * Men still wore white netted hairpieces.
 * Women still wore large bows in their heads.
 * Women still had neat, small hair.
 * Men's collars could be worn turned over.
 * A neck-scarf was created.
 * The fashion of having 3 curls in your hair was established.
 * Mob- caps could be worn.