government) and win? The American and French revolutions did just that in their own ways. Both the American Revolution and the French Revolution were borne of dire economic conditions. While they were each set on receiving fair treatment from their governments the ended with vastly different results. Their actions improved and have likewise effected the world over. Financial difficulties unquestionably added to the reason for both the American and French Revolutions. Be that as it may‚ every country’s
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equality among men when you own slaves? This was a question that many in Haitians asked themselves in 1793. This would be a big contributing factor in what was to come in Haiti. An unprecedented slave uprising that would go on to become the only slave revolt which led to the founding of an independent state. Here we have two documents which give us insight on to the events going on in both France and in Haiti in 1793. The first of these documents was written in France on August 29th 1793. This document
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The French Revolution started in 1789 and concluded in 1799; the war lasted ten years for numerous reasons caused by the hierarchy. There were social‚ political and economical causes that Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI made irrational and poor decisions that lead to the French Revolution. Majority of the reason all associate with having power. Power is the ability to direct or influence others; however‚ the person behind the power is who determines if it will affect the situation negatively or
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economic problems within their governments. France was the first to act and soon the rest of Europe followed. Metternich once said that “When France sneezes the rest of Europe catches cold”. Austria was another country that was not pleased with their government and status of social classes. The driving force behind the revolutions in Europe was the ideologies of nationalism and liberalism. Nationalism is the pride in one’s own national group based on culture language and history‚ and often led to
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Enlightenment throughout the world As a student of Professor Pangloss’ Academy of Interesting Observations in Westphalia‚ I had the opportunity to study and understand the enlightenment in the prospect of a traveler. I had the opportunity to travel through France‚ the islands of the Caribbean and England and with the information’s collected in that trip‚ I will share with you some of the success and failures of the Enlightenment. In the eighteenth century in Europe‚ in response to Absolutism
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to the third. The Roman Catholic Church was the first estate which help poor people with education and relief services. The second estate were the rich nobles they own a 20 percent of land and paid almost no taxes. The third estate was the lowest and was three groups divided‚ first group were the bourgeoisie (middle class) that were the professionals workers‚ the second group was the worker of France the ones the do the domestic work and then the third was the peasants. In conclusion France in the
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The French and American Revolutions Although the American and French Revolutions were similar in many ways‚ the American Revolution still managed to experience greater success. The American Revolution started in 1776 and was fought by the American colonies and the British. The British heavily taxed the colonies‚ which made the colonists upset. This resulted in a war between the two‚ which the colonists ultimately won. The French Revolution started in 1789 and was a series of riots consisting of
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I believe that the French Revolution was not revolutionary to the rights of Women. Either Socially or Politically. The French Revolution is often seen as an uprising of the Lower Class of French peasants against the Aristocratic Bourgeois ruling class of 18th Century France. And while this uprising allowed for more rights of Women‚ the rights were only in effect during the time of The Revolution and went away with the establishment of the Napoleonic Law code of 1804. Although it can be argued that
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Long ago in france lived a monarch named King louis xvi. He was having trouble with finances for his kingdom. He sought help and called the estates general. The estate general was the meeting of representatives from each social class. One from the first estate‚ the church; the second estate‚ the nobles; the third estate‚ the commoners. The meeting didn’t do any good. The third estate was very angry that their vote didn’t do any good. They decided to write a constitution. So they locked themselves
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With the American and French Revolutions set the tone for the last half of the 1800’s‚ it was a time of massive amounts of change and upheaval. American and French revolutionaries fought patriotically‚ not as loyalists to the crown‚ but rather for the augmentation of unalienable rights of fellow citizens‚ furthering the fight for democracy. The experiences of absolute monarchies burdened the American and French‚ yet was a driving factor behind the desire to limit the power the government has over
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