Answer:
They tried to settle conflicts over lands newly discovered or explored by Christopher Columbus.
Explanation:
If there's an economic downturn in a country where the taxes are very high, and those taxes are used for the funding of the numerous social programs, than the country can very quickly face high rates of poverty and maybe even an internal conflict.
If the economy suddenly starts to crumble, the people that work would not be able to support themselves with the paying of very high taxes, thus they will rebel against that in order for the taxes to be lowered down.
On the other hand, that will result in little to no funding for the social programs. That will bring in revolt in the people that are very poor and need those programs, but also the people that do not work by their will but have relied on those money.
These two sides of the picture can easily bring in a lot of violence, tensions, even a revolution.
It's around 483 years
The Roman Republic was established in 509 - 511 BC and overthrown in 27 BC when it was replaced with roman empire.
The roman republic had to undergo drastic change from government controlled by representative to the government that controlled by emperor with centralized power
Here are the matches for your French Revolution items:
G. The Directory
- 1. A five-man body that came to power after Robespierre was removed from power. They faced many political enemies and even foreign enemies of France
A. Estates General
- 2. Delegates of the three estates that come together in a representative body.
F. First Estate
- 3. Made up of the clergy (people ordained for religious duties)- about 130,000 people
D. "The Terror"
- 4. A period of the French Revolution that went from about March 1793 to July 1794 during which many people deemed enemies of the revolution were ruthlessly executed by the ruling faction. Up to 40,000 people were executed as accused enemies.
C. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
- 5. Like the US Declaration of Independence, it drew on the ideas of “natural law” from a divine creator. It stated that “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights”. They also said that that the rights included liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
B. Third Estate
- 6. The rest of the people of France, known as the “commoners”. Ranging from merchants and tradesmen to poor rural peasants. About 26 million people
E. Second Estate
- 7. Made up of 400,000 nobles or aristocrats.