Do not yell out the answer!! • Which of the following sentences best characterizes the nature of the Revolutionary War? • A. It was a hot, quick war fought between two highly trained fighting forces with only one significant engagement. • B. It was primarily a naval war fought between large ironclad ships off the coast of North America. • C. It was a violent war fought with guerrilla tactics mainly in populous cities. • D. It was a slow war fought between an inexperienced militia and a traditional army in a huge territory.
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Do not yell out the answer!!
• Which of the following sentences best characterizes the nature of the Revolutionary War?
• A. It was a hot, quick war fought between two highly trained fighting forces with only one significant engagement.
• B. It was primarily a naval war fought between large ironclad ships off the coast of North America.
• C. It was a violent war fought with guerrilla tactics mainly in populous cities.
• D. It was a slow war fought between an inexperienced militia and a traditional army in a huge territory.
Explanation
• The Revolutionary War was long (1775-1782) and slow, with only intermittent battles in which the British were worn down. The huge territory of America made containing the colonists difficult.
The Story of Versailles
Nicolas Fouquet
• Finance Minister to Louis XIV• Very Popular• Created and owned Vaux Le Vicomte
Vaux le Vicomte
Louis XIV takes action
• Fouquet invites Louis to see his new estate.• Louis takes offense and has him put in trial for
misuse of government funds.• He was jealous that Fouquet had a bigger
estate than his at Versailles• He put him in jail and took all of the people
that worked on his estate to make a bigger and better Versailles.
Venus Room ceiling
Diana Room
War Room or Council Room
King’s Bedroom
Levee8.30 am: 'It is time, Sire', declares the First Valet de Chambre, waking the king. The levee, or ceremonial rising, thus begins. Doctors, family and a few favoured friends successively enter the King's Bedchamber where he is washed, combed, andÑevery other dayÑshaven. The Officers of the Chamber and the Wardrobe then enter in turn for full levee, during which the king is dressed and has a breakfast of broth. The most important officials of the kingdom are admitted; it is estimated that the usual number of people attending numbered one hundred, all male.
2,153 windows700 rooms67 staircases6,000 paintings1,500 drawings and 15,000 engravings2,100 sculptures5,000 items of furniture and objets d'art150 varieties of apple and peach trees in the Vegetable Garden
Palace at Versailles
Nice Backyard!!
One of the many fountains
French Revolution Background
• Causes• Inequality• Monarchy ineffective (Louis XV and XVI)• Bad Harvests• Financial Collapse
Estates General
• Three Estates• First clergy-130,000• Second- Nobility 120-350,000• Third Commoners 75-80% of population
The Third Estate p 450
• Largest Segment of French population• resented nobility (why?)• Resented lack of input to government