Revolution in the 18th Century: Who Did It Better? Justin Merkel October 24‚ 2011 The French Revolution is said to be one of the greatest revolutions in Western history. Indeed it was one of the first instances in History where the middle class protested against their government and actually won. Not only did they win‚ but they completely overthrew a monarchy and reformed their entire government. However‚ a similar revolution was taking place around the same time; this
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The American and French Revolution caused many government‚ social‚ and economic structure issues that compared to one another. The first battles of the American Revolution were fought at Lexington and Concord marking the beginnings of armed conflict between Great Britain and America. The American Revolution lasted from 1775-1783. The French Revolution was an influential period of social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789-1799. Both revolutions lasted a long time which caused many
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The French Revolution was a series of complex events from 1789 to 1799. The Revolution consisted of 3 stages and a 4th following the revolution. The first stage known as The First French Revolution was a constitutional struggle that was for the most part passive. During these periods very little violence erupted however‚ it still had its fair share of problems. A group of brave‚ influential men expressed criticism towards the King and his policies. Reminiscent of the American Revolution the
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and the French Revolutions POSSIBLE THESIS STATEMENT While the timing and reasons leading to the French and American Revolutions were different‚ the two were similar in many ways including breaking free from oppressive government systems‚ including stemming off of the Enlightenment ideals when recreating their governments and furthermore‚ inspiring other countries to start their own revolutions an get rid of monarchy and to create a republic government. COMPARE 1-Both the French revolution
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much power. Global politics in the 17th and 18th century‚ including France‚ Venezuela and Mexico were impacted greatly by the ideas of the enlightenment. The French Revolution was born from the ideas of the enlightenment‚ including John Locke’s ideas of Natural Rights and Montesquieu’s ideas of separation of power. Before the French Revolution‚ France was ruled by a Monarchy. The king of the time was Louis XIV. Louis XIV was a terrible and weak leader who did nothing to help the suffering people of
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Old Regime- Polittical and social system of France before the French Revolution. Under the regime‚ everyone was a subject of the king of France as well as a member of an estate and province- a principal administrative division of certain countries or empires. First Estate- the clergy‚ who were people‚ including priests‚ the Catholic church and some aspects of the country. In addition to keeping registers of births‚ deaths and marriages‚ the clergy also had the power to levy a 10% tax known as
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29-Crash Course World History Video Notes The French Revolution 1. France in the 18th century was a rich and populous country‚ but it had a systemic problem collecting ___________ because of the way its society was structured. They had a system with kings and nobles we now call the __________ regime; where the people with the money—the nobles and the clergy—never paid taxes. 2. By 1789‚ France was deeply in debt thanks to their funding the __________ Revolution and the extravagant lifestyle of Louis XVI
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French Revolution Participants | French society | Location | France | Date | 1789–1799 | Result | * A cycle of royal power being limited by uneasy constitutional monarchy.—then abolition and replacement of the French king‚ aristocracy and church with a radical‚ secular‚ democratic republic—in turn becoming more authoritarian‚ militaristic and property-based. * Radical social change to forms based on Enlightenment principles of citizenship and inalienable rights‚ as well as nationalism and
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American and French Revolutions Essay The American and French Revolutions are both very similar and are both very different. They both had many events that led them to seek independence and they both reflected the enlightenment. They also had different things that happened such as social and economic trouble was a main cause in the French Revolution and that in the American Revolution the people wanted to start a new country. There were many events that caused American colonists to seek independence
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The American and French Revolution The American and French Revolutions are two of the greatest revolutions that occurred in the mid 1700’s through the late 1700’s. The American Revolution was a huge turning point in American history‚ and the French Revolution was one of the most important events in the history of the world. The American Revolution started in 1775 and ended in 1783. The French revolution started 1789 and ended 1799. The American Revolution and the French Revolution were both caused
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