This presentation contains basic information about

2. Caste System in France

3. The French Revolution

6. A Christmas Carol

7. David Copperfield

8. Oliver Twist

9. Great ExpectationsHe wrote over 50 published pieces in his lifetime

10. Time For A Little History Lesson… http://www.neoclipart.com/history-clipart/10078-history-clipart.html

12. Taxation was very high on all items because France did not trade many goods, and that is how the government earned its money.

13. The people were also made to pay 1/10 of what they earned to the church.

16. Married Marie Antoinette Archduchess of Austria.

18. The French Revolution http://britishreactionstotherevolution.wordpress.com/about/

19. Main Events The storming of the Bastille and the Great Fear The March of Versailles Rifts in the Assembly The Reign of Terror The beheading of the Royal Family and Nobility A group known as theDirectory was formed

20. Important Locations Mentioned in the Novel The Bastille The Old Bailey Saint Antoine

22. Event: Storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution

23. Doctor Manette spent 18 years therehttp://www.solarnavigator.net/history/french_revolution.htm

24. Old Bailey Courthouse The courthouse located in Central London Dealt with the Major cases of England Located in Crown Court where Lucy Manette lived Where Charles Darnay is charged with Treason Where we are introduced to Sydney Carton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oldbaileylondon-900.jpg

26. Where the Defarge’s Wine House is locatedhttp://www.phonk.net/Images/Peille/index

27. Read Chapter 1 for tomorrow…we will have a discussion in class.