AP Review #2 "Enumerate and explain some of the causes that contributed to the oscillation from strong to weak governments

in France during the period from 1789 to the founding of the fifth republic in 1958."

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Introduction Paragraph A) Thesis: The numerous governments of France, from 1789 to 1958, shifted quite frequently due to the support of the people they represented, food prices as a result of inflation, and due to foreign influences.

II) Body Paragraph #1 - Support of the People A) Taxes i. 1789 - Paid half their income in taxes a) Feudal Dues b) Tithes to the Church c) Royal Taxes to the King d) Taille - Land tax ii. Forced Labor - Les Crovees B.) Disapproval and resentment of the monarchy - weak government C.) 1799-1804- Napoleon i. Made amends to better the lives of the French people, gave new rights through the code Napoleon; strong government because it was supported by the people D.) Charles X - 1830 government i. opposed republicanism, liberalism, and constitutionalism i.e. he did not have the support of the people E) 1848- Louis Napoleon i. Voted in by the people after deposing Louis-Phillipe; backed by the people a) Extended rights, industrialized, decreased unemployment, and rebuilt Paris III) Body Paragraph #2 - Food Prices A) 1789- Grain shortages; rising price of bread i. Women's march on Versailles for Bread a) Captured the monarchy and thus made the government more unstable and weak B) 1795-1799 the Directory i. Rising food prices due to inflation a) People resented the government's inability to provide for them - weak government C) Napoleon - cut high taxes, public approval increased as they could have more food D) Revolution 1848- Crop failures, unemployment, and rising food prices helped demand feul for change E) Great Depression 1930's - weak government

IV) Body Paragraph #3 - Foreign influences A) Declaration of Pillnitz (August 1791) - Austria and Prussia advocating for the restoration of monarchy i. But the support of the people behind the government when the War of the first coalition began in April 1792 ii. Victory in Paris sparks nationalist sentiment; strong government B) First Coalition - Spring 1793 i. England, Spain, Holland, and Sardinia added themselves to Austria and Prussia ii. Faced with invasion, created the committee of public safety a) Levee en Masse - Universal adult male conscription b) Nationalism and total way put the people in favor of the government; strong government c) Eventually, with the tyrannical government of the Committee of Public safety pressing upon their lives government approval plunged and created a weak government C) 1804-1815 - Napoleon defeats Europe in many battles and gains a great deal of land; public approval increases as well as nationalism, creating a powerful government D) Paris Commune 1871- Reaction against Franco-Prussian war and the new government V) Conclusion

Josh Torkelson Period 3 FRQ Q#9

""Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it deposed." Evaluate this statement in regards to the English revolution (1640-1660), the French Revolution (1789-1815), and the Russian Revolution (1917-1930)." A) Introduction I. Thesis: Every revolution, eventually reverts back to authoritarian rule at some point in time. This can be seen by Oliver Cromwell during the English Revolution, Robespierre in the French Revolution as well as Napoleon, and Lenin during the Russian revolution.

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