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Charles Dickens- His life and his story

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION -This event, which would become absolutely historic in the textbooks and would help to transform France into what it is today, began as a result of the changes that were going on in France at the time and because of the events that shook France causing problems for numerous groups of people with widespread corruption. -Many of these problems were associated with economic diffulties in that a lot of the people from France faced a lot of economic struggle due to the bankruptcy, along with the numerous crop failures that were occurring in France on top of further economic struggles. -The French had numerous struggles that were related to the economy due to the fact that they had a growing population and their crop production was at a rate that did not increase quickly enough nor to a high enough level that supplied the demand for food. This means that the French, did not have enough supply to meet the demand. -The shortage of food in France still existed even though ¾ of the French economy was based upon agriculture due to the fact that the harvest was consumed at a rate that was quicker than it could be re supplied to the growing population. -Numerous people became unemployed from their industries because their products were not of as good a quality of price. -This caused for further economic struggles because not only did numerous people become unemployed, but the money to help fund the French nation came from the taxes people had to soon pay in order to pay off the debts the French owned due to their involvement with the American Revolution. -These taxes that the French citizens had to pay, also helped to pay for the reforms that the king (Louis XVI) had to pay to tried to be able to help out with the issues the French struggled with. -As events of the French Revolution progressed, the people found themselves with a lack of food supply, a growing rate of unemployment, and many people had to live off of simple things such as bread and milk for their sources of nourishment which the church began to hand out. -The church even began to face its own reforms especially towards its administration such as with the addition of the Assembly of Notables which was a consultive body of bishops and clergymen. -It was used to help provide the king with advice on issues relating to the church giving the king power in the church. Ultimately, it was dismissed in May 1787 after those who were a part of it opposed paying taxes. -However soon afterward in 1789, a system began by which the parish priests represented the king in the church but the nobles chose their own bishops to represent them who also had ties to them and to their families. -Also, the roots of the French Revolution also had to do with political struggles between the government and the people meaning that the peasants gaining knowledge and truth about their situation began to oppose the feudal system, which they considered to be anachronistic and burdensome. This caused them to begin to oppose the government and to want to revolt against it. -People began to revolt against the government after reading the philosophies and of the political and social reform because they slowly began to see the better life and conditions they had and the people began to make numerous attempts to achieve it. -This is to say that the people became continuously restless with the government and because they felt as though they were treated unfairly and were not receiving what they deserved, these advocators of political and social reform tried to do everything they could to receive the conditions they deserved including freedom of speech, the right to vote, and better living and working conditions especially in the case of the peasants. -There were numerous changes towards the politics of the French including the development of new philosophies such as those of the Enlightenment and liberalism. -Numerous people became greatly outraged which ended in their revolting against the government including how they began to revolt against the national assembly and they slowly began to reform France. -__National Assembly-__ A group of the people who tried to transform France to have a parliamentary system almost equaling that of the French. -Many farmers began to lose their jobs along with other groups much so due to the events of the Industrial Revolution which caused for these farmers to lose their jobs after machines and large scale farms took the place of these old and more worn out methods. -Lastly, one of the largest group which began to revolt included the Peasants who fought for their rights and wanted out of the feudal system going as far as burning buildings and trying to start riots against the government so that they could get what it is they wanted while simultaneously setting up a pattern for the future by which the people would learn all of their rights. //**Encyclopaedia Britannica Online**//**. N.p., 2010. Web. 11 Jan. 2010. .** 
 * Other names include: The Reign of Terror or the French Revolutionary War
 * Lasted from 1789 -1799
 * Experiences Radical Changes in France
 * France changes from a constitutional monarchy into a democratic repiublic
 * Some reasons were of many finacial difficulties
 * France has 3 estates, or classes, 1st estate 2nd estate and the 3rd estate.
 * 1st estate is church and clergy
 * 2nd estate nobles
 * 3rd estate-peasants, artisans and merchants, and the burgeoise –middle class of people with education
 * 3rd estate wants rights to speak up in government
 * People at loss of food
 * Storming of Bastille- took down building full of gunpowder and weapons
 * chopped off people's heads and put them on a stick.
 * King Louis XVI and wife Marie Anionette both beheaded by guillotine
 * Killed many people for little reasons
 * Punishments were very severe
 * Third estate-Tennis court oath- not going to leave until new constitution is made
 * Third estate wants say in gov't
 * People in the third and second estate wanted more money or more power in gov't.
 * They started to go against the king.
 * "French Revolution." Wikipedia.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Jan. 2010. .
 * -The French Revolution was a historic event that took place in France between 1787 and 1799 and it greatly shook France.
 * __Works Cited__**
 * Cody, David. “French Revolution.”** //**www.victorianweb.org/**//**‌. N.p., 2009. Web. 11 Jan. 2010. .**
 * Smitha, Frank E. “Constitutional Monarchy.”** //**www.fsmitha.com**//**. N.p., 2009. Web. 11 Jan. 2010. .**
 * - - -. “The French Revolution.”** //**www.fsmitha.com**//**. N.p., 2009. Web. 13 Jan. 2010. .**
 * - - -. “Political Reform and the Fall of the Bastille.”** //**www.fsmitha.com**//**. N.p., 2009. Web. 11 Jan. 2010. .**

· Early Life o Born on February 7th, 1812 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England o Father was John Dickens o Mother was Elizabeth née Barrow o Attended University of Hard Knocks, where he developed a love for writing o Many of his characters from his books were based on college friends and teachers · Books
 * Charles Dickens**
 * Sketches by Boz || 1836 ||
 * The Pickwick Papers || monthly parts Mar 1836 - Oct 1837 ||
 * Oliver Twist || monthly parts Jan 1837 - Mar 1839 ||
 * Nicholas Nickleby || monthly parts Mar 1838 - Sep 1839 ||
 * The Old Curiosity Shop || weekly parts Apr 1840 - Feb 1841 ||
 * Barnaby Rudge || weekly installments Feb 1841 - Nov 1841 ||
 * Martin Chuzzlewit || monthly parts Jan 1843 - July 1844 ||
 * A Christmas Carol || Dec 1843 ||
 * Dombey and Son || monthly parts Oct 1846 - Apr 1848 ||
 * David Copperfield || monthly parts May 1849 - Nov 1850 ||
 * Bleak House || monthly parts Mar 1852 - Sep 1853 ||
 * Hard Times || weekly parts Apr 1854 - Aug 1854 ||
 * Little Dorrit || monthly parts Dec 1855 - June 1857 ||
 * A Tale of Two Cities || weekly parts Apr 1859 - Nov 1859 ||
 * Great Expectations || weekly parts Dec 1860 - Aug 1861 ||
 * Our Mutual Friend || monthly parts May 1864 - Nov 1865 ||
 * The Mystery of Edwin Drood || monthly parts - Apr 1870 - Sep 1870 ||

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