the french revolution

     

"Ancien Regime" refers to the government of France prior to this 1789 event

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  • Historian Simon Schama wrote the '89 book "Citizens, A Chronicle Of" this 18th century event
  • Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" is set against the background of this decade-long upheaval
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Paris) The Eiffel Tower opened in 1889 for the Universal Exposition, celebrating the 100th anniversary of this
  • In the course of this event, www.reignofterror.fr was taken down & www.directory.fr was put up
  • Published in the year of its bicentennial, "Citizens" is Simon Schama's story of this revolution
  • Charlotte Corday is "like a star; cruel-lovely" in Thomas Carlyle's 1837 book titled this event

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  • I celebrate American Independence by watching a play about the French Revolution #unconventional #hipster
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  • RT @HistoryInNumbrs: 1789 - Year of the start of the French Revolution - #history https://t.co/43eTfHHABk
  • @Greekstudent12 @RonPaul He Probably has. Ok. atleast I suppose he's sort of for us! The French Revolution and all that! x
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  • @3rdMoment I know. I have a B.A. In History. One of my favorite courses was on the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.
  • The French Revolution, what was it based on — the landless against the landlord. What was it for? Land! How did they get it? Bloodshed!
  • I started singing Les Mis around my house, and I realized today is probably not the day to be singing about the French Revolution. Lol
  • RT @askhistorians: How would the life of a farmer in France change during the French Revolution? #FrenchRevolution #…
  • Celebrating this #FourthofJuly by listening to a BBC adaptation of a novel about the French Revolution. #ATaleofTwoCities #Dickens
  • How would the life of a farmer in France change during the French Revolution? #FrenchRevolution #France #EarlyModern
  • @QuandtumTheory One of them ended up being in Les Mis, so we can extrapolate that they all joined the French Revolution.
  • @WakasRahman thats how revolutions happen. Read up on the French revolution and the guillotine :)
  • RT @FatherSorin: Fireworks to celebrate our revolution is so quaint. Lots better than the French Revolution which substituted head-chopping…
  • #AmListening Great Courses: Living the French Revolution
  • RT @dw_Isaac: The french revolution and the U.S independence motivated to begin the mexican independence and others liberal movements in Am…
  • The french revolution and the U.S independence motivated to begin the mexican independence and others liberal movements in America.
  • The belief that humanity can be perfected has been the cause of all manner of vicious tyrannies, from the French Revolution onwards.
  • (This led to an hour of me and @jamesnfishwick making #nonuendoes about the French Revolution on FB)
  • I signed up for The French Revolution from @unimelb on @Coursera! https://t.co/wgkPpSnAcp
  • #HistorySaturday Les Misérables is not historical fiction of the French Revolution Discover the facts #HfeBooks
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  • RT @downwithtyranny: @stiglitzian-Nearly identical to Nick Hanauer's central message--& his ends w/ a reenactment of the French Revolution …
  • #8: The French Revolution Confronts Pius VI: Volume 1: His Writings to L... #8 #Head #LouisXVIFrench #3 via @BreaT36
  • @stiglitzian-Nearly identical to Nick Hanauer's central message--& his ends w/ a reenactment of the French Revolution
  • RT @nice_mustard: want to feel old? weezer's sweater song came out on this day in 1835, during the height of the french revolution
  • After the French Revolution, it was removed to what later became the Louvre Museum.
  • RT @Dvrksmage: Let's talk history. The French Revolution. Europe and stuffs.
  • Let's talk history. The French Revolution. Europe and stuffs.
  • RT @FXMC1957: 28 June 1717. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution.
  • 28 June 1717. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution.
  • @rfkaye6 The story goes that Chou en-Lai was asked what the consequences of the French revolution had been. "Too soon to tell" was reply.
  • Viva la vida is one of my favorite songs actually. Reminds me of the French Revolution
  • 3. Peyre: The propaganda of the philosophes perhaps more than any other factor accounted for the fulfillment of the French Revolution
  • 2. Bahkan,Henri Peyre"The Influence of Eighteenth Century Ideas on the French Revolution,"Journal of the History of Ideas vol10,No1(Jan1949)
  • The Black Book (1949) combines two things I love: film noir and the french revolution, so of course I adored it.
  • (ON TOP of everything else about Les Mis, the French Revolution is one of my favorite historical periods)
  • Guillotine blade that beheaded Marie Antoinette #history #FrenchRevolution
  • cataclysm(n.) deluge; upheaval. Usage: A cataclysm such as the French Revolution affects all countries....
  • Instead of vacationing can i take a vacation to the french revolution on AC5 k thx bai
  • also, John Green taught me about the French Revolution with his youtube videos 🌚
  • world building for my novel aka straight up writing the french revolution except w/ dragons
  • RT @MaryJeanAdams: #AmListening Great Courses: Living the French Revolution
  • The French Revolution celebration on July 14th turns Paris into a huge party. Plan a trip!
  • I've found a composition notebook from 2010 that doubled as a log of my workouts (laughable in itself) and my notes on the French Revolution
  • Anne Rasico- Remember the French Revolution?
  • The metric system is bad because of the french revolution. Seems legit #thanksanncoulter
  • "We’ve seen more goals than in any major conflict since at least the French Revolution."
  • Brian Burke looking like he's trying to stop the French Revolution