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 * __Charles Dickens__**


 * Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English was born February 7th, 1812 in Landport, Hampshire.
 * He was born during the industrial age, which brought misery for the low-paid workers such as John Dickens, Charles dad.
 * In 1824, his father was sent to jail because of debt, and the rest of his family was forced to join him in jail.
 * However, 12-year-old Charles was an exception, and he was forced to end school in his early teens and work in a factory.
 * Once the family was released from jail, Charles’s mother insisted that he continue working at the factory. Charles was psychologically scarred by the experience already, and his mother was only making it worse.
 * John Dickens rescued Charles from that fate, and sent him to school in London in 1827.
 * His brief work at the factory haunted him for all of his life, which is why he wrote a lot about struggling families and things that had happened to him in his childhood.
 * Charles Dickens is a 19th century, author of short stories, plays, novellas, novels, and fiction.
 * Mr. Dickens became a parliamentary reporter for the “Morning Chronicle” at age seventeen
 * One of his famous novels is “A tale of two cities”. This novel focuses on hope, guilt, social injustice, shame, resurrection, salvation and loyalty.
 * Charles dickens would write mostly cliff hangers, leaving the audience in suspense.
 * Another famous novel he wrote was Oliver Twist, is based on a young boy who revolts against the workhouse to get out of poverty, relates to Charles Dickens own cruel and lonely childhood.
 * Charles Dickens focused most of his writing on poverty and real life situations.

__Causes of the French Revolution__ o King Louis XVI came to the throne while France was in a financial crisis, the worst time for an unprepared and incapable man to come to the throne. o The population was growing, and there was not enough food to feed everyone. o There were 3 estates in France at the time: § First Estate consisted of the clergy from the Roman Catholic Church. This made up less than 1% of the population. This estate had the most power, wealth, and privileges, such as not playing taxes. These people were lazy and ignored their spiritual duties. § Second Estate was made up on the nobles. It was less than 2% of the population. This estate had privileges, but not like the first estate. They paid low taxes, and collected dues from the peasants. These people were thoughtless and lived extravagant lives. § Third Estate, which made up more than 97% of the population, were people with professional jobs, laborers, and peasants. Many of them were educated, but they didn’t earn the money that they deserved. They were forced to pay taxes to the upper estates. o The unfair estates caused many social and economic problems in France. o The Enlightenment took place, so educated men were making sense out of everything and trying to create a Democracy.
 * __French Revolution__**

__Actions and Outcomes of the French Revolution__ o The third estate realized that life was not fair and took action. o The Tennis Court Oath was written. § A parliamentary body to enact the people’s will o The Storming of the Bastille took place. § The people took down the Bastille (a building where weapons and ammunition for the government was stored) in order to show their anger with King Louis XVI. o The Declaration of the Rights of Man was written. § A document that got rid of the social classes and stated that every man was equal. o The National Assembly became the new government. o Freedom of Press was introduced. King Louis XVI and his wife, Mary Antoinette, were killed in a guillotine.

^^ Tennis Court Oath ^^ Guillotine ^^ Storming of the Bastille

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