American & French Revolutions It appears that the American & French Revolutions had lots in common. After all‚ both took place around the same time. Both defended the desire for the republican government & principles of liberty. And lots of Americans promoted the French Revolution‚ & the Americas were indebted to the French‚ who advanced their revolution‚ both‚ providing revolutions money & material to the cause. It’s common in academia to treat the revolutions as being more alike than different
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interest and repayments that the treasury had to dispurse. Indeed since 1777‚ Calonne claimed that ariubd 1‚250 million livres had been borrowed. A lot of this borrowing was due to financing the various wars that French kings of the eighteenth century were prone to fighting. The last one‚ French involvement in the American Civil War between 1778-83‚ had a crippling effect on the economy and was substantial in rendering it down to the situation that Calonne had announced to
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a bibliography‚ or other formalities—The Coming of the French Revolution still holds a persuasive power over the reader. Georges Lefebvre wrote The Coming of the French Revolution in 1939‚ carefully dividing the story into six parts. The first four are organized around four acts‚ each associated with the four major groups in France—the “Aristocratic Revolution‚” the “Bourgeois Revolution‚” the “Popular Revolution‚” and the “Peasant Revolution.” Part V examines the acts of the National Assembly to
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The Age of Enlightenment & French/American Revolutions Enlightenment: * A philosophical movement in the 18th century characterized by the belief in the power of human reason and in the critical use of the intellect to reform society in accordance with rational principles. (Reason over tradition) William Blake * William Blake was a poet of the Romanticism movement concerned with the state of society. He challenged society and the prevailing modes of thought with his own unique and
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What was revolutionary about the French Revolution? Since the beginning of history itself‚ several and numerous people‚ inventions‚ ideologies or behaviours were immediately attached to a particular and self-explanatory concept such as revolutionary. As the time goes by its outreaching characteristics and meaning remains the same. A revolutionary is an individual who either actively participates in or advocates revolution. When used as an adjective‚ the term revolutionary refers to something
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Every major historical event has a precursor. For example‚ the Russian Revolution began with the mutiny on the cruiser Aurora. Likewise‚ it is believed that the famous Boston Tea Party was the symbolic event that sparkled the American War of Independence. The conflict between the thirteen American Colonies and the Great Britain Government began long before the events in Boston. The Colonists believed that it was not fair that they did not have official representatives in the British Parliament while
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Economical causes of the French Revolution were in fact very important and influential. Without this type of cause it is very likely that the revolution in France ever would have happened. Even so there are three other important factors to the revolution‚ Political‚ Social‚ and Cultural. All four of these causes together are what really caused the French Revolution. Before the French Revolution France was in a major economic crisis. There was a royal debt; the French government kept
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The French and Russian Revolutions The French and the Russian revolution both occurred mainly due to two main reasons. Both of these revolutions were the direct results of bad leadership and a bad economy. These two reasons along with other factors caused both of these revolutions. Although they were both similar‚ they also had differences. A difference between the two is that the Russians had an unsuccessful "pre-revolution" in 1905. Another difference between these two revolutions is the
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The French Revolution was one of the most important events that occurred in the history of France. The revolution crumpled the Old Regime and completely transformed the social and political system of France. The people of France sought to establish a more egalitarian society through their newly created Republic. When Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Baron de Montesquieu introduced individual liberty‚ natural rights and equality the ideas of revolution emerged
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1700-1800s Haiti‚ France‚ and the U.S. went through revolutions which sought the same goals‚ freedom and liberty‚ but how each of them got there was due to their individual social causes. The French revolution came about due to a number of social causes which created the perfect time for the people to rebel. These social causes consisted of the enlightenment‚ inequality between rich and poor‚ and taxing. These three main points appear in the other revolutions. In France at the time 98% of the population
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