#1 Identify the features of the 18th century Agricultural Revolution and analyze its social and economic consequences Thesis: The technological advances in the eighteenth century slowly allowed for the advancement of people’s lives economically‚ but social injustice remained. 1.Crop Rotation a.Eliminated fallow season by alternating grain with nitrogen-storing crops i.Peas‚ beans‚ turnips (Charles Townsend)‚ potatoes‚ clovers‚ and grasses b.New crops made ideal feed for animals i.Build their
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Empire 2. World trade became fundamental to the European economy a. Sugar became the most important commodity produced in the Atlandtic trade; tobacco‚ cotton and indigo b. Spain and Portugal revitalized their empires B. Commercial Revolution (A shift from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic) i. causes ii. The key development in the period was the growth in population. This significant population expansion was very important for economic productivity in an age in which manpower
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The 1960s were described as the decade of revolutions that never came. As the highest point of the post-war world II era‚ the 1968 and 70s changed countries society structure. During the 1960s‚ the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam war had a major impact on American society. At the same time riots spread across Europe‚ France‚ Italy and in the East. During the Spring of 1968 many important movement development violence on campuses from Japan to Italy to Mexico‚ The U.S. anti-War movement
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Under French rule‚ from 1625-1789‚ Haiti‚ or San Domingo during French reign‚ was one of the most prosperous islands and a huge benefit for France’s economy. Sugar cane was abundant on this island and France sent many African slaves to work on plantations established there. In 1791 a slave revolt broke out when the Haitians learned about the French revolution. This was the only successful slave revolt in history. From this success there was also an immense downfall‚ and what was once one of the
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It was extremely easy to be accused of being a witch in the fifteenth‚ sixteenth‚ and seventeenth century. During this time period‚ Europe was going through many changes such as the Protestant Reformation‚ the Catholic Reformation‚ the Scientific Revolution‚ and the consolidation of many national governments. Although all of these changes were taking place‚ many people were stuck in their ways and did not approve of these new changes. The people that did not follow the social and political norm of
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French Revolution Success or Failure AP European History: The French Revolution; Success or Failure Like many of the debacles and upheavals of France‚ and Western Europe‚ the French Revolution resulted in many examples of successes‚ as well as failures. Even the outcomes that were viewed positively‚ most came at a very high price. Amid a fiscal crisis‚ the peasants of France were increasingly angered by the incompetency of King Louis XVI and the continued indifference of the aristocracy
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Parliament and the French Estates of General. This all changed after the Hundred Years’ War and the Great Schism. The nobility and the clergy were in decline and became less and less able to avert the growth of national monarchies. Towns now began to ally with the king and the common citizen slowly began to fill his royal offices. Parliament and the French Estates General slowly became less powerful and began to meet with decreasing frequency. In fact‚ the only time that the French Estates General met
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brothers from the Alba Longa Curiatii family. Theme: sacrifice for the good of the country France financial meltdown‚ Economic crisis‚ initiated by the cost of intervening in the American Revolution‚ exacerbated by a regressive system of taxation “Portrait of Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier‚” 1788 French nobleman known as the “father of modern chemistry” Was accused by Marat of selling watered-down tobacco and other crimes and guillotined “Oath of the Tennis Court‚” 1792 Pledge signed
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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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took part in allowed them to unwind and take a break from work and stress. A 17th century French traveler‚ R. Lassels‚ describes that‚ “all this festival activity [has allowed Italians to] give a little vent to their spirits.” (Doc. 5) He is commenting on the happiness and joy that the Italian Carnival brought to the Italians as it was a break from the serious aspects of the rest of the year. As a French traveler‚ Lassels was probably writing more objectively being that he wasn’t attached to the
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