Antoinette for the French Revolution‚ because she was spent the countries money on parties‚ clothes‚ champagne and cake instead of helping the poor people of the country‚ but I don’t think she was why the revolutionist stood up for themselves‚ because there were much bigger issues going on at that time than an Austrian princess. Although she might have been one of the reasons why some joined the Revolution‚ I don’t think she was the one who got everyone to form the Revolution. I think that the main
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The Enlightenment is a lengthy period of history lasting from the end of the 17th century until the end of the 18th century. All across Europe‚ philosophers‚ intellectuals‚ and scientists were arguing for belief based on scientific discoveries and human reason. They were moving away from a life revolving around serving sovereign and church‚ to a belief that the individual had rights and could control their own life. The church and monarch had been found to be corrupt. This led to the questioning
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King Louis XVI (16th) did not listen to the people and take good care of them; he cared about the other three percent‚ the nobility. Thus‚ the poor rebelled and created a turning point in world history. King Louis had a very large role in the French Revolution. King Louis XVI came into power when he was very young. He was ill-prepared to be king and lacked the ability to make good decisions for his country and the determination to pull through with all of the policies. King Louis truly did want to
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The Enlightenment is a difficult phenomenon to teach or explain because it seems wispy‚ airy‚ it doesn’t have clear boundaries‚ and it is hard to catch. Essentially‚ the Englightenment was an intellectual movement where everyone started to think about everything differently than they did before. It was quite revolutionary‚ as manifested in the American Revolution. The Enlightenment‚ taking place within the eighteenth century‚ brought with it the “modern” world. In order to understand the Enlightenment
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Sean Vasquez DBQ The period 1750 to 1776 is often referred to as the “Road to Revolution” due to the in increased tension between the colonists and England. The English parliament passed numerous acts that increased colonial taxes‚ angering the colonists. Between 1750 and 1776‚ in response to the tax laws‚ the colonies united and formed the ultimate identity of the United States of America. As early as 1754‚ the colonial unity was beginning to be discussed by several colonies and individuals
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Twain). The Enlightenment was a period of time during the 18th century where thinkers applied the principles of reason and scientific method that helped influence society today. A wide variety of books‚ essays‚ inventions‚ scientific discoveries‚ laws‚ wars‚ and revolutions were inspired and created by the Enlightenment (history.com).There were hundreds of different philosophers who helped spread the new ideas but only two really helped ignite the American Democracy and French Revolution. The American
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In 1787‚ the framework of the French Revolution was established through delegates assembling in Philadelphia during the American Revolution‚ which marked the end of the economic depression in America and increased central government authority. This made the American power increase from Montesquieu’s ideas of checks and balances and interest around the world. The American Revolution influenced the French through the numerous pamphlets and articles written about classical liberalism that Americans
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DBQ Assignment Agree or disagree with the following statement: Despite the violence and terror‚ the French Revolution was based on the ideas of the Enlightenment. I agree with the statement that the violent and terror filled French revolution was in fact based on the ideas of the Enlightenment. John Locke is one of the most well known philosophers during the Enlightenment. John Locke states that " if a long train of abuses‚ prevarications‚ and artifices‚ all tending the same way‚ make the
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French Revaluation French Revaluation was one of the oldest revaluation in the world’s history of modernization in 18th century. The French revaluation has many factors of the West at the end of the 18th main causes may explain why it was most violent in the worlds history and important about this revaluation. In 1789 French had conflicts in Political‚ Social and Economic situations in French that contributed to the depression felt by thousands of French people especially those people who lived in
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understand and improve their society. This time period was known as the Enlightenment or The Age Of Reason which took place during the 17 and 18 century. What were the philosophers or the thinkers of the Enlightenment main idea? Thinkers‚ known as Philosophers in the 17 and 18 century shared many of the same thoughts these Philosophers were John Locke‚ Voltaire‚ Adam Smith and Mary Wollstonecraft. John Locke’s main idea during the Enlightenment was having natural rights for human equality but especially men
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