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Debunking the myths of the French Revolution
While the motto of the French revolution was “liberty ... This rebellion took place 43 years after the storming of the Bastille!
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The French Revolution
On June 17, 1789, after Louis denied its petition for a ... one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants ...
French Revolution: How France became an NBA powerhouse
Before the Pacers and Spurs tip off in Paris, here's how French players have become such an important part of the NBA's ...
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On This Day in 1793, Revolutionaries Executed the King of France by Guillotine, a Deadly Machine They Saw as a Symbol of Equality
Supporters of the French Revolution killed Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, with the same apparatus used to execute common criminals ...
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As skulls crumble, the famous Paris catacombs are showing their age
The massive underground gravesite houses up to 7 million bodies transferred there after centuries of cemetery ... remains of martyrs from the French Revolution. The massive underground gravesite ...
PBS4y
The Haitian Revolution
The French Revolution of 1789 not only propelled all of Europe into a war, but also touched off slave uprisings in the Caribbean. On Saint Domingue, the free people of color began the chain of ...