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Revolution, courage, problems, and leaders played the defining roles in how to be revolutionary. At that time in France, the country was divided into three estates along with the royal family: the clergy, the nobles, and the commoners. Many French citizens, who were commoners (the commoners were the vast majority), felt it was unfair that they were the only estate to get taxed. Plus, since the country needed money due to the American Revolution and the Seven Years’ War, it made sense to start taxing the other estates. All of this was the problem that started France’s revolution. Later on, a group of high ranking commoners called the bourgeoisie, had the courage to spread the forbidden ideas of enlightenment, which talked about justice for everyone, no matter what class. This courage, along with the financial problems that France was having, sparked a revolution. Finally, the leaders of this revolution included Maximillian Robespierre and Napoleon Bonaparte. Robespierre led the commoners (and bourgeoisie) to power, and he took control over the king and the other estates. Unfortunately, he became mad with power and suffered the same fate as the thousands that he killed. Later on, France had more problems, until Napoleon Bonaparte swooped in to take control of France. Napoleon was the second leader of the revolution, and he started the Napoleonic Era in France.
In the Haitian Revolution, courage, problems, and leaders were essential for the Revolution to occur. First of all, there were many problems that sparked the Haitian revolution. Slaves were being treated very poorly, and they were not happy when they learned that they had laws that protected them. Plus, free people of color, or mulattoes, were only being treated as semi-citizens, and they were merely given small amounts of freedom with very little rights. In addition, Haiti was not making enough money because they had to give most of their profits of coffee and sugar, Haiti’s two most profitable exports, to France due to tax laws. Eventually, as Haiti was mainly made of colored people and very few whites, the slaves and mulattoes gathered courage to revolt. Lastly, with the leadership of Toussaint Louverture, an escaped slaved trained to be a leader by the Spanish, Haitian citizens revolted against the French.
In the Industrial Revolution, if it weren’t for courage, problems, and leaders, the revolution could not have taken place.
The main problem that sparked the Industrial Revolution involved the Enclosure Movement. Before the Industrial Revolution, farmers shared their land with the community, and while everyone grew less food, everyone got a fair share. However, the Enclosure Movement gave farmers rights to their own land. This allowed people who owned land to grow more food, and have more for themselves and less for others. People who did not own land could either starve, or buy food from farmers. But to buy food, they needed money. This problem sparked a need for inventions in order to make money. For example, when Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, he had enough courage to take a risk by not having a stable food source. However, when he got the patent for the cotton gin, he had huge benefits. The leaders of the Industrial Revolution were all of the inventors including Eli Whitney, who also invented interchangeable parts as well as James Watt (steam engine), Samuel F. B. Morse (telegraph), Elias Howe (sewing machine), Thomas Ford (automobile), as well as many
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In short, for any revolution to happen, there has to be a problem, courage, and leaders to be revolutionary. In the French Revolution, France did not have money, so people with courage spread the idea of enlightenment to elect Max Robespierre, and then Napoleon. In the Haitian revolution, slave laws were not being enforced, so the slaves risked their lives, and with the help of Toussaint, they fought to make a truly free country. And lastly, in the Industrial Revolution, people could not make money without farming, so they had to create inventions to make a living. Overall, revolutions happen because of problems, courage, and leaders.