Priscilla Montes
Guerrero
Humanities
February 25, 2009
I. Thesis: A weak ruler is the leading cause to a revolution.
II. Louis xvi was never to take on the challenges of ruling over a country that was in a revolution. (Weigel,65)
a. Louis xvi when he became king he inherited a bad economy, social unrest, a debauched court, and problems with nobility and parliament in France. (Weigel,65)
b. The aristocracy was living on borrowed money and labor of the lower class. (65)
The court was in debt and need if money because of its extravagance and two wars. (65)
c. The king grew tired of his country’s problems and was unhappy. (65)
III. Louis xvi ignored the issues that were happening in France.
a. The government remained a disinterested spectator in the conflict.
(Ferrero,10)
b. The estates-general, which had been convinced to transform France, appeared suddenly to have become impotent. (Ferrero,11)
c. The country was in ferment. (Ferrero,10)
IV. When Louis xvi was not prepared to take on the challenges of the revolution.
a. How could Louis xvi be expected to exercise the power necessary to translate theses thirty-six folio volumes into reforms, when he had convoked the estates-general precisely because he felt incapable of balancing the budget of the kingdom? It was an impossible situation. (Ferrero, 11)
b. The three orders never agreed on anything. The days passed and nothing was accomplished. The financial situation grew worse. For more than a month, from May 5 to June 10 it was completely immobilized. (Ferrero, 10 11)
c. This power, which was concentrated ultimately in the hands of five or six persons, did not at all correspond with the vital needs of the country of 25 million inhabitants. (Ferrero, 12)
V. A revolution would never occur if a ruler were strong and knew how to regulate a country.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
thesis statement
King Louis xvi was never ready to be king. He had no experience in government, he was young, and was influenced easily by others all this caused France's revolution.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
qqc
Quote:"Farewell, dear darling of my soul. My parting blessing on my love. We shall meet again, where the weary are at rest!" (Dickens 339)
Question: What did Charles Darnay mean by saying "where the weary are at rest?"
Comment: In the book A Tale of Two Cities Charles Darnay has just been sentenced to death for what his uncle and father did when he was young, kill a whole family. The ironic thing is that Dr.Manette Darnay's father-in-law is the one who wrote the letter explaining what Darnay's father and uncle had done. Dr.Manette had written the letter years before he was sent to jail. Darnay's father and uncle find the letter and they send him to jail. The quote that I wrote above is what Darnay tells his wife after the trial. It's ironic how Dr.Manette was trying to get Darnay out of jail and he finds out he is the very reason why he is sent back to jail and sentenced to death. It's sad how Darnay has to be punished for what his dad and uncle did. He will be leaving a wife who loves him and a daughter who he will never see grow up.
Question: What did Charles Darnay mean by saying "where the weary are at rest?"
Comment: In the book A Tale of Two Cities Charles Darnay has just been sentenced to death for what his uncle and father did when he was young, kill a whole family. The ironic thing is that Dr.Manette Darnay's father-in-law is the one who wrote the letter explaining what Darnay's father and uncle had done. Dr.Manette had written the letter years before he was sent to jail. Darnay's father and uncle find the letter and they send him to jail. The quote that I wrote above is what Darnay tells his wife after the trial. It's ironic how Dr.Manette was trying to get Darnay out of jail and he finds out he is the very reason why he is sent back to jail and sentenced to death. It's sad how Darnay has to be punished for what his dad and uncle did. He will be leaving a wife who loves him and a daughter who he will never see grow up.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Annotated Biliography By Priscilla
Popkin, Jeremy D. "FAMILY TIES IN REVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE." The Family on Trial in Revolutionary France (2007): 991-97.
This journal article was very useful because it went on for pages going into the depths of describing what families went through during the French revolution. It describes how many people were wanting changes in family law. It also describes how the assembly made consttutions that changed the way they lived.
This journal article was very useful because it went on for pages going into the depths of describing what families went through during the French revolution. It describes how many people were wanting changes in family law. It also describes how the assembly made consttutions that changed the way they lived.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
A Tale of Two Cities-Charles Dickens
In the book so far the character Ms. Manette and Charles Darnay just got married and her father is suffering because him and his daughter had a close relationship and now she has gotten married. He goes back to acting the way he did before he met his daughter making shoes and not responding when people try to talk to him.
The French revolution began in 1789. The government declared war on Britain and continued for 22 years.
A research question that I have is how did the French revolution influence Britain's politics and culture?
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