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    European explorer‚ Christopher Colombus was on the Island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea. While he was there‚ he met what he called the Native Americans “Indians”. As the Europeans started arriving‚ a rapid disease started spreading. This affected claimed lives and survivors. As the next two centuries went by the European Nations explored America and established colonies. The colonies sometimes took land from Native Americans. Spain had a voyage from the Caribbean in Central and South America

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    their own revolution. Their was a big change in power between 1789-1799‚ and and also caused an advancement away from the absolutist government of France. During the late 1700’s France was one of the strongest estate’s in the world. The effects of the country’s revolution spread from France to Europe. The French Revolution was caused because the Third Estate’s desire to have liberty and also be equal. The way France’s social class was made it was just a matter of time before the revolution would start

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    Congress of Vienna attempted to set Europe straight following the disruption caused by French Revolution and the subsequent Napoleonic imperialism within Europe itself. All European powers of any considerable size were invited to participate‚ including "defeated" France. Mercurial French statesman Talleyrand‚ priest‚ revolutionary‚ official under Napoleon‚ and in all regards a powerful representative of the French nation‚ was given a serious role at the Congress. Austrian minister Prince Clemens von

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    Wold History 10th Grade The French revolution’s influence Who would’ve thought that such a small man like napoleon Bonaparte would bring such a big change on the political and economic structure of France? By the 1780s France once prosperous economy was seriously in decline. People were very desperate those times and their government was very unstable. By then‚ people weren’t concerned about their rights and equality anymore‚ they were desperate for someone to come in and establish order in

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    The French and Indian war was the significant event that aggravated the American Revolution. The French and Indian war or Seven years war‚ lead to certain realizations that caused Americans to realize that their English liberties were being threatened. The crown of France had just issued the Edict of Nantes in 1598 which had granted limited toleration to French Protestants. Prior to the Edict of Nantes‚ the tension between the Roman Catholics and the Protestant Huguenots‚ as a result over 10‚000

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    “To what extent was the American Revolution a revolution?” Every 4th of July‚ Americans are told the story of the American Revolution. We remember the oppressed colonists fighting against the tyrannical King George III and the formidable red coats. Patriotic heroes are remembered‚ evil kings are cursed‚ and the liberties and freedoms won from the war are celebrated. Though America often likes to look back to the revolution‚ the question of just how much a revolution was the American Revolution

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    The Enlightenment and Todays Impact The word enlightenment refers to the uncompleted course of education‚ in the use of reason‚ which in return should be available to all. Immanuel Kant thought of enlightenment‚ as a series of interlocking and at times it appeared to feel like enlightenment consisted of battling problems

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    Christopher Tejeda 19 October 2010 History 4‚ 20316‚ T-Th 9:45-11:10 Women in the French Revolution: The Ultimate Failure of Women’s Acquisition of Equal Rights The French Revolution has often been touted as the revolution that liberated individuals and gave triumph to traditionally oppressed groups. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen‚ which was France’s declaration of rights drafted during the revolution‚ garnered basic human rights to all man‚ leaving all women as a subservient

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    was challenged. The time of scientific discovery was known as the scientific revolution. During this time‚ there were many improvements in science and experimentation. Old theories were being rejected by new laws that proved them wrong. As science improved‚ so did the world of philosophy. With science and philosophy discoveries‚ the arts began growing better then ever before. This period of time was known as the Enlightenment era. As explorers began discovering new things in unfamiliar places‚ some

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    Run When analyzing the French Revolution‚ the idea of political transformation and citizen involvement play a huge role in actually understanding how the revolution altered from enlightened conversations in salons to its completion‚ resulting from the French “voice” uniting to halt The Terror that Paris had become. Reflecting back on this event‚ historians still debate on the specific moment this aristocratic revolution of 1789 turned into the blood-bath radical revolution due to the momentum and

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