The French Revolution was a time were the French people wanted to obtain their human rights‚ it took lots of dedication‚ motivation‚ and failure to establish a political system that would benefit citizens. People were learning and understanding the principles philosophes were advocating about. Philosophes explained the importance of natural human rights: reason‚ reform‚ and freedom. The French Revolution expressed the people’s need of change‚ by creating a preamble‚ brought monarchy to an end‚ attempt
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Discuss the significance of the French Revolution and the ensuing Napoleonic State on the formation of nation states in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The French revolution was an event of epic proportions. At the outset‚ alike the English Civil Wars‚ an autocratic monarch (Louis XVI) summoned Parliament‚ in France Estates General‚ in order to demand funds and prerogatives. The outcome became very similar to the English Civil Wars; the Third Estate rebelled (in England it was Parliament
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Some say that the Revolution was doomed to happen ever since people stepped foot on this continent‚ others argue that it would not have happened if it weren’t for a set of issues that finally drove the colonists to revolt. These issues‚ in order of descending importance‚ were Parliamentary taxation‚ the restriction of civil liberties‚ the measures of the British military‚ and the legacy of colonial religious and political ideas. The most important issue prompting Americans to rebel in 1776 is clearly
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loaf‚ two of which were required daily to feed a family of four‚ cost eight sous. Due in large part to poor weather and low crop yields‚ by February 1789 the price had nearly doubled to fifteen sous. In his book Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution‚ Simon Schama notes: "The average [daily] wage of a manual laborer was between twenty and thirty sous‚ of a journeyman mason at most forty. The doubling of bread prices--and of firewood--spelled destitution." Urban workers‚ especially those in
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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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Nationalism can be defined as devotion to the interests or culture of one ’s nation. Nationalism is shown everywhere‚ sometimes examples as small as Independence Day in the United States‚ or some as big as the French Revolution. Nationalism comes in both negative‚ and positive forms. The French Revolution‚ though many people were killed‚ helped France get to the way it is today‚ so can be considered a more positive form. A more negative example of nationalism is ultra nationalism. Ultra nationalism
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American Revolution is different from the French Revolution in many ways. The American Revolution was different and had different ways of doing things then the French Revolution. “On July 4 ‚ 1776‚ the Second Continental Congress approved a Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson”(321). What the quote is saying is that the American Revolution was about fighting for independence and how a lot of places wanted independence from somewhere or peace treaties. The French Revolution was very
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the American and French Revolutions Sometimes a revolution can take place within a country against its own current state of government‚ other times a revolution can take place externally to rid a country of another country’s influence. There are many components that are involved in a revolution taking place. One must consider the causes or reasons of the situation‚ the events that occur during the revolution and the effects or aftermath that had been created by that revolution. There were major
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The factors that led to the American Revolution In 1763 the British defeated the French in the French and Indian War which shifted the power to Great Britain in North America. The British‚ however‚ were attacked by Indian tribes in fear that they would allow colonist to invade their tribal lands. The British reacted with the passing of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 which limited colonial expansion to appease the Native Americans but this angered the colonists who thought that
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The women marched to Versailles. Versailles was the kings palace. When they got there they kidnapped the king and his family. After overthrowing the king a man named max Robespierre decided to destroy anyone who opposed the revolution. He killed enemies of the revolution with the guillotine. He killed over 40‚000 people. This was called the reign of terror. The reign of terror ended when Robespierre was killed on the guillotine. Napoleon Bonaparte came to power after Robespierre. Napoleon was
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