Enemies of the Revolution.
She is mainly remembered for causing the French deficit to grow and bankrupting France. She is remembered for her lavish life style and the quote "Let them eat cake." She is also remembered for being guillotined during the French Revolution
During the French Revolution a large number of aristocrats fled to England to escape from being summarily trialled as enemies of the people and condemned to be guillotined or otherwise killed.
During the French Revolution, King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were arrested and eventually executed. Louis XVI was tried for treason and guillotined on January 21, 1793, while Marie Antoinette faced a similar fate, being executed on October 16, 1793. Their deaths marked a significant turning point in the revolution, symbolizing the end of the monarchy and the rise of republican ideals in France.
The reign or terror started when the Jacobins gained control over the French government. Robespierre advocated for a Republic of Virtue and guillotined whomever he thought did not "support" the revolution. Of course, you can imagine France was plunged into a state of terror because thousands of citizens were being executed.
Because beside being a scientist he was a 'tax farmer'. Collecting taxes is never easy but it was particularly difficult in the pre-modern age and one solution was for the state to assess the potential tax take from a region and 'sell' a contract for collection at a large discount to the highest bidder. So for example, estimated revenue $1m is sold to a tax farmer for $0.5m. So the closer the tax farmer can collect up to $1m, then the more he makes in profit. Naturally, tax farmers and their agents used some 'sturdy' methods in collecting and this made them particularly unpopular.
the Social Contract didn't impact the French Revolution in anyway.
Miss Pross finds her brother, Solomon, in a French prison in Paris. He is being held captive as a spy during the French Revolution.
By far it was the French that helped us during the Revolutionary War. The primary reason being that they were currently at war with Britain at the time. The French had lost most of it's colonies (Canada) to Britain in 1763 during the French and Indian War. Also, known as the Seven's Years War in Europe.
The French revolution was extraordinarily bloody and characterised by daily cartloads of French aristocrats being taken to the guillotine for public beheading. Madam la Guillotine became a notorious spectacle of the revolution.
The Guillotine was used during the french revolution.The device is noted for long being the main method of execution in France and, more particularly, for its use during the French Revolution, when it "became a part of popular culture, celebrated as the people's avenger by supporters of the Revolution and vilified as the pre-eminent symbol of the Reign of Terror by opponents
The stated reason was to preserve and protect the French Revolution from being overthrown by Royalists and moderates.
They were written during the American Revolution, the final draft being drawn up in 1777.