Friday, September 28, 2007

Robespierre and The Reign of Terror

The Reign of Terror
  • The Reign of Terror was about 10 month during The French Revolution.The Reign

Thursday, September 27, 2007

The French Revolution:Social Causes

The French Revolution
  • What were the three estates and why did the third estate feel used?The three estates were the first estate was the clergy,then the second estate was the nobility,and then the third estate was the middle class and the peasants.The third estate felt used because they payed almost all the tax's. The first estate did not pay any tax's at all. The second estate payed 2% of tax's but the third estate payed 50% of tax's.
  • How did the Enlightenment thinkers influence the French Revolution?The Enlightenment thinkers influence the French Revolution because the people learned that they had the right to raise against the government.So then it was right for them to raise against Britain.In that way the Enlightenment thinkers influence the French Revolution.
  • What happened on July 14,1789?What happened on July 14,1789 was that the middle class and the peasants attacked the Bastille prison.They attacked the prison because it was a symbol of the power of the monarchy.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Scientific Revolution: Scientific Method

Scientific Method
In the old day's most of the people used the information of the Greek's and Roman's.The other people would go to the bible for answers.
Like the theory that all the other planet's and the sun revolved around the Earth and that the Earth was the center of the universe.
In the old day's Aristotle was one of the greats scientists in history but most of his theory's were wrong.Like the theory that heavy object's fell faster then lighter object's.Time passed and the people believe in his theory until an Italian man named Galileo proved him wrong by testing his theory.Galileo proved that heavy object's and lighter object's fall at the same speed and time.From there the new scientists used what we still us the Scientific Method.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Evolution vs Creation

Evolution
In Darwin's theory of evolution he said that all living thing's had descended from a common ancestor.