chapter 21 wiesners.apure

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William ChristouPeriod 1

Chapter 21 Wiesners

1A). The Palais Royal- Henri MonnierB) This portrait seems to be an illustration of higher-class individuals at asocial gathering of some sort. They seem to be of some importance sincethere are soldiers nearby.C) Henri Monnier was obviously an artist who was probably employed bypeople in high standings; he probably was a bourgeoisie, since artistswere paid handsomely by their patrons back in the day.D) The servant was paid by the high-standing citizens, so he wouldprobably want them to look better in the picture.E) The high-standing citizens should enjoy their social gatherings whilethey last, because they will be put to an end through revolution.

1) A) Rue du Fer-a-Moulin, 1870B) The document shows a barren road, worn down through use.B) This author was proletariat, or maybe was a sympathetic bourgeoisie,or NoblE) Regardless, the author was trying to demonstrate the hardtimes.D) The author may have been biased towards the cause of the proletariat,using this painting as a sort of propaganda.E) Its ironic, because the roads and highways were improved under theabsolutist government of France, which the people had rebelled against in1790.

2) A) Average Price of a Hectoliter of Wheat in France, 1725-1790B) This document shows the prices of wheat before the FrenchRevolution. The trend is an increase in price.C) The author is unknown, probably just some court official.D) This data may have even been improved, as the nobility may havereported their production above what it really was, therefore having lowerprices of wheat.E) This re-affirms the notion that the French Revolution was in part,caused by frustration over a lack of food, and rising bread prices.

3) A) Bread and the Wage Earners Budget B) This document shows the average wages compared to the price ofbread in that time period.C) The author is unknown, it could have been collected as historical dataafter the time period to prove a point, or just current day information.D) If it was written in the period of the French Revolution, it easily couldhave been used as propaganda by the Committee of Public Safety, or therising Third Estate.


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E) This just illustrates how high the prices of bread really were, and justifies the expectations of Fair Price .

4) A) Trades of the Bastille Insurgents, 1789B) This document shows the occupations of the people who marched on

the Bastille.C) The author of this document was probably a revolutionary, seeking toshow how men of all trades could come together to defeat a commonenemy.D) The author could of possibly added many non-existent protesters to thelist, as it seems hard to gather this data in the fervor of battle.E) The jobs seem to all only make a meager living for the Third Estate,which makes lots of sense considering who they were.

5) A) Arthur Youngs Report from France B) This article says that the Third Estate are blood thirsty and savage, and

that blood thirst was directed towards the other two estates.C) This document was almost certainly written by a member of the firstEstate, due to his lack of compassion for the revolutionaries cause.D) He is biased towards his own Estate, he views the revolutionariesintention as unjust and unneeded, as liberalism was a shocking ideal in itshey-day.E) This probably reflects the general feeling that was around of theRevolution in France before the Third Estate started to gain traction.

6) A) The Bookseller Hardy on the Background of the Bastille AttackB) This document says that some members of the Kings administrationsaw this political and financial crisis coming.C) The author was post-revolution, so he must have been supportive ofthe Revolution.D) His bias makes him blame the nobility and kings decisions for the Revolution in France.E) Its ironic that some of the nobility knew what was coming, because onewould think if they knew what unspeakable violence was about to happen,they would leave.Group A) Illustrations.Documents 1, and 2.

Group C) RevolutionariesDocuments 5, 6 and 7.

Group B)Economic charts:Documents 3 and 4

1) A) The German Peasant Revolt of 1525: The Bundschuh Banner


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