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Charles Dickens  Life: **  ** Literary Career: **
 * Born February 7th 1812
 * Lived in London, England and Kent, England for most of his childhood.
 * Poor childhood influenced that much of his later books
 * Father had debt problems, went to jail for them leaving Charles to provide for himself and work in a factory
 * Dickens wrote about his troubles in his book __David Copperfield.__
 * He went to school but was mostly self-educated
 * During his life he worked as a legal clerk and as a reporter in the courts and Parliament.
 * Sketched different aspects of London under the name of Boz. Through this, he met and married Catherine Hogarth.
 * Dickens continuted to publish many other famous novels, including the well-known __A Christmas Carol__ and was even an editor for the weekly periodicals // Household Words // and // All the Year Round, // as well as many others.
 * In addition to this, he managed a theatrical company that performed before Queen Victoria herself.
 * During his theatrical experience, Dickens met Ellen Ternan and divorced his wife to marry her.
 * Charles later died on June 9th, 1870 from a fatal stroke. He was buried in Westminster Abbey.
 * He began as a journalist, mimicking his father's ways.
 * He published series of books that talked about daily life in London.
 * He contributed essays and stories to local newspapers and magazines, Sketches by Boz. This made him very popular, attracting a lot of attention to his work.
 * (1836) Not much later after that, Charles was introduced to a popular author. His first book, __Pickwick Papers__, was published and he became the most popular author during that day. __Pickwick Papers__ originally became published in a newspaper broadcast, this lead to the standard way to publish novels.
 * Some of his other works include: "A Christmas Carol," "Great Expectations," and "David Copperfield."

The French Revolution
** Lifestyle: **
 *  In July, 1788, a hailstorm destroyed crops- France had its worst harvest in forty years, and the winter of 1788-89 was severe
 * People were hungry and rioted
 * Many people were being evicted from their rented homes[[image:french_revolution.png width="226" height="171" align="right" caption="Typical Third Estate Family"]]
 * Prices of bread rose due to scarcity
 * The Church was handing out bread and milk, and the king's economic minister Jacques Necker forbade the export of grain and launched a program to import food. This was with little success. Food was in short supply in Europe in general and frozen rivers and canals were hampering transport.
 * Peasants struggled with heavy taxation
 * Many lived in extreme poverty.

** Causes: **
 * France was being ruled under an absolute monarchy.
 * When France's population increased so did the King's power.
 * Economic Conditions made nobles charge more taxes to the peasants.
 * The Bourgeoisie, the Third Estate, wanted political power because the government negatively interfered with their business.[[image:king-louis-xvi1.jpg width="161" height="207" align="right" caption="King Louis XVI"]]
 * The 3 Estates disliked the increasing concentration of power in the hands of French Kings.
 * With the population growing, there was also not enough food to feed everyone.
 * 97% of the population wanted change, while the other 3% did nothing to help.
 * The government was illegitimate with too much unfair inequality between the estates.
 * King Louis XVI, the king who was power at the time, spent money on soldiers on a war which he lost.
 * Still with France under debt, King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, ignored the fact and continued to spend more and more on themselves.
 * The Third Estate was having the most trouble and a revolution began to rise.

**Outcome: ** 
 * Actions were taken and a revolt was held.[[image:stormingofthebastille.jpg width="187" height="134" align="right" caption="Storming of the Bastille"]]
 * The Storming of the __Bastille__ marked the beginning of the revolution.
 * There became a Declaration of Rites of Man which stated that class distinctions were to be abolished, all men were equal, and that sovereignty belonged to the people.
 * France went from a monarchy to a republic.

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Kosch, Karen. “Causes of the French Revolution.” Pascack Valley High School, New Jersey. 8 January 2010

Kreis, Steven. "Lecture 11 The Origins of the French Revolution." The History Guide. N.p., 30 Oct. 2006. Web. 12 Jan. 2010.

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