The American and French Revolutions were both fundamentally based on the Enlightenment ideas. The main ideas that they followed were by John Locke. His ideas inspired the Americans and the French to have a revolution. In these revolutions‚ the Americans had success and the French failed. The success that the Americans experienced wad due to the protection of rights they had. These rights are "Life‚ Liberty and Property." In America a constitution was put together that provided for a stable
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called The Revolutionary War known as the American Revolution. The American Revolution occurred in 1775 thru 1783. The American Revolution emerged from growing conflict between the 13 colonies of Great Britain and the colonial government. What prompted the American Revolution was that the British government needed to raise revenue by taxing the settlements which made the Stamp Act of 1765‚ the Townshend Tariffs of 1767‚ and Tea Act of 1773. This chosen Revolution went though economic struggles as well
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The Revolution era was both exciting and disturbing; some saw it as a great victory and progress for the country while others felt disturbed and uneasy with the changes it brought. Despite the disturbing parts of the war‚ it ended a myriad of years of British rule for the colonies and created what is now the United States of America. There remain to be a good amount of debates on whether or not the Revolution was inevitable‚ such as John Adams’ letter to Thomas Jefferson in 1818‚ which I will talk
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The American and French Revolutions have had major impacts in today’s modern world. Inspired by ideas from “The Age of Reason” the American and French Revolutions began. The people of France and the Thirteen Colonies had enough and wanted change. Although the French and American Revolutions had similar causes and impacts‚ the two revolutions had very different outcomes. The American and French Revolutions had several causes. The causes that led to both revolutions were very similar. Before the
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history there have been many important revolutions that have help to shape society as it is today. There are different causes‚ from political to religious‚ economic to social. Any revolution affects those in society‚ and creates changes for the people in the society. There are three important revolutions that took place in the late 18th century that changed the world for the better. The French Revolution‚ the American Revolution‚ and the Industrial Revolution all took place in the late 1700s. Although
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many turns and directions to get one destination. In the same way there were many different factors that lead to the road of the American Revolution. The road to revolution was started by a desire to separate from England. Democratic ideas from the Enlightenment‚ unfair taxes and laws‚ and revolutionary writings all contributed to the start of a the American Revolution. There are three Enlightenment thinkers that contributed ideas that encouraged the colonist to separate from Britain; John Locke
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There were many things that led to the Industrial Revolution in the US. Among these were the Embargo Act of 1807 and the War of 1812. The industrialization also led to the Transportation Revolution. The Industrial Revolution influenced the growth of cities‚ the working-class family life‚ conditions at work and home‚ women’s roles‚ economic growth‚ and the new middling class. The Embargo Act was passed in 1807 and made a ban on all trade between the warring nations in Europe and the US. Jefferson
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1. 1760 October 26‚ George III becomes king. 2. 1764 April 5‚ Parliament passes the Sugar Act‚ which raises taxes on items shipped to the colonies on sugar‚ wine‚ coffee‚ dyes and cloth. 3. 1764 April 19‚ Parliament passes the Currency Act‚ prohibiting the colonies from issuing paper money. Because silver and gold can not be imported into the colonies‚ it becomes difficult to conduct business. 1765 March 22‚ the Stamp Act imposes tax on paper goods‚ playing cards‚ newspapers‚ books‚ pamphlets
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As the great American Gordon Wood once said‚ “ The revolution resembled the breaking of a dam‚ releasing thousands upon thousands of pent up pressures. There had been seepage and flows before the war‚ but suddenly it was as if the whole traditional structure‚ enfeebled and brittle to begin with‚ broke apart‚ and people and their enemies were set loose in an unprecedented outburst”. The American colonies had been experiencing signs of revolt ever since their creation. Hundreds of evolutionary ideas
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The American Revolution was a political upheaval that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy‚ enforced their refusal to fall under the authority of Great Britain‚ and founded the new‚ independent United States of America. After the revolution‚ America face three challenges: the country hand no real government‚ no financial system‚ and no foreign friend. The first task was to develop a real government
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