Scientific Revolution‚ the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. What do they have in common? How did they affect each other? The seventeenth century marked the beginnings of the scientific revolution in which scientists began to question the existence of the world and humanity as it was explained by church from a religious standpoint. Scientific inquiry and experimentation resulted in the development of a new way of thinking and looking at the world which was based on truth derived from evidence
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In the late 1700’s‚ ideas of the Enlightenment began to come into affect. In North America‚ the American government started to form after two famous documents were finished‚ The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States. The Political and Social ideas of Rousseau and Baccaria from the Enlightenment are replicated in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. The Declaration was used to declare independence‚ and the Constitution was written to limit the
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The Enlightenment was a time period of demystification and the birth of many new ideas. Thinkers of the Enlightenment such as John Locke‚ Voltaire and Rousseau believed in governments that were based on the interests of the people‚ and not obtaining too 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
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The French Revolution was a very important time in European history. It changed the French society forever. The French Revolution took place in 1789 with many events that had led up to the revolt. France was going through financial debt‚ and taxes were being raised significantly. (Sargent and Velde 474). During this time period‚ the social classes were split up into three groups‚ also known as Estates. The First Estate was the Clergy‚ the Second Estate included the nobility of France‚ and the
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The Enlightenment period placed new ideas about religion and society that worked to shape the policies of the French Revolution. During the period of 1798-1799‚ the religious toleration and separation of church and the ideas of equal rights lead to the start of the French Revolution. Famous philosopher‚ John Locke‚ had a big role in the social impact of the Enlightenment. Locke wanted liberty and justice for all‚ even for those part of the third estate that had a restricted amount of
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By 1789‚ the strict social caste of the French Old Regime was disintegrating due to rising opposition. This was fueled by the persuasive‚ well-publicised criticism of the monarchy and Old Regime by French philosophes particularly during the era of Enlightenment‚ and by 1789 a fiscal crisis was well-developed and aggravated the lower classes. Eventually‚ these middle-class Enlightened thinkers and lower class impoverished peasants would united in their discontent of the Old Regime‚ and ultimately
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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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Joseph Marie Barnave‚ a French politician after the storming of the Bastille. He was referring to those who had died in the event. On July 14th‚ 1789‚ revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in Paris‚ France‚ springing the French Revolution into action‚ and finally ending in 1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte built an empire. The conflict lasted ten years; the compromise was long and difficult‚ with trials and errors. The revolution was important; it improved patriotism‚ changed the French government‚ and inspired
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Ambassador to Russia said‚ “In retrospect‚ all revolutions seem inevitable. Beforehand‚ all revolutions seem impossible.” The same was the case with the Haitian Revolution that started in 1791 and finally ended with the independence of Haiti in 1805. The slaves of Haiti could never have imagined rising up against the authorities let alone doing it and seeing it through till its end. Light a match and see the fire spread. The match was the French Revolution which not only left its permanent mark on history
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Between 1789 and 1799‚ France went through one of the most dramatic events of modern European History: the French Revolution. The French population went through economic chaos‚ a dictatorship‚ and a civil war as well as other dramatic changes. During these years‚ the French decided to speak up for themselves and they became enemies of the French revolution. Internal enemies included the King‚ Louis XVI‚ Monarchists and Royalists and the Churches that were run by refractory priests. External threats
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