IMPACT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ON EUROPEAN SOCIETY IN TERMS OF ITS SOCIAL THINKING NAME : NORHAFIZA BINTI OTHMAN MATRIC NUMBER : 900704145544001 NRIC : 900704145544 MOBILE : 013 6292463 E-MAIL : fieza040790@yahoo.com TUTOR’S NAME : WAN AMINUDDIN BIN WAN AB. HAMID LEARNING CENTER : PETALING JAYA SEPTEMBER 2012 CONTENTS Content Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION 3 2.0 FRENCH REVOLUTION 5 2.1 The Impact of French Revolution 5 2.2 Effect
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Under French rule‚ from 1625-1789‚ Haiti‚ or San Domingo during French reign‚ was one of the most prosperous islands and a huge benefit for France’s economy. Sugar cane was abundant on this island and France sent many African slaves to work on plantations established there. In 1791 a slave revolt broke out when the Haitians learned about the French revolution. This was the only successful slave revolt in history. From this success there was also an immense downfall‚ and what was once one of the
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Comparative Essay: American and French Revolutions The Atlantic revolutions had a big impact on the development of world history. Starting with the American Revolution‚ where Americans fought for their independence from Great Britain‚ each subsequent revolution took ideas and courage from the previous one. A similarity of the first two Revolutions‚ the French and the American‚ was that they were both erected from an economic crisis. Some differences were that the French‚ right after their monarchy
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Circle How do we classify the French Revolution? The French Revolution inspired many different events in European history and became a turning point. There were many flaws within the French Revolution‚ although there were ideas that left a huge impact in the lives of many‚ especially the way they saw and thought of their country. In the end‚ the French Revolution ended up in destroying a country and taking many unnecessary lives. The French revolution was not revolutionary because the French people
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of the French Revolution There were many causes for the French Revolution‚ which started in 1789. However there were three main causes that affected the decision to have a revolution the most which were the weak economy‚ a bad harvest‚ and King Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette. These were the main reasons that lead to the French Revolution because these events were the ones that affected France the most during 1789. The weak economy was one of the causes of the French Revolution because
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One of the biggest differences between the two revolutions is why they started (causes). Unlike most revolutions that were caused by financial crisis‚ peasant rebellion‚ disgruntled military‚ or defeat at war. The Iranian revolution had another cause. The Iranian revolution was a cultural‚ religious revolution‚ while the French revolution was a liberal bourgeois revolution. The Iranian revolution started because people discontent with the monarchy under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi‚ and the social
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Collision of two cultures The Bourbon and Pombaline reforms marked the beginning of a new era for the Spanish and Portuguese monarchies. The Monarchies lost a lot of their political and economic power and were eventually faced with separation from their colonies. After the death of Charles II‚ the war of succession affected the stability of the Spanish Monarchy. The Peace of Utrecht brought many changes with it. After the Peace of Utrecht‚ Philip V took the Spanish throne. “The Peace of Utrecht
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Name____________________________________ Period ____ FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON WEBQUEST Directions: Use the given websites to answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper. The Palace of Versailles http://www.stockholm360.net/list.php?id=versailles 1. Take a quick tour of the palace. How do you think the French people felt about the lifestyle of the king and French nobility based on their view of Versailles? The Social Contract and Jean-Jacques Rousseau http://www
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The revolution developed rapidly in the months May to October 1789‚ sparked by the King’s refusal to put forward a programme of reform in order to satisfy the Third Estate during the meeting of the Estates General on the 5th May 1789. Consequently‚ the Third Estate assembled in order to take the Tennis Court Oath agreeing not to disperse until France had a Constitution. Fearing his position was being threatened by the radical Third Estate‚ Louis contemplated using military force and ordered the stationing
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knowledge‚ science‚ and religion (Dynes).” These ideas would later become known as The Enlightenment. The ideology that fueled The Enlightenment was to “flee from dominant Christian thinking and move towards new ways of knowing (Dynes).” The immense destruction from the earthquake gave philosophers such as Voltaire and Rousseau reason to quarrel in belief. “Voltaire was a prominent figure during such time due to his opposing ideas of the church and government (Dynes).” Voltaire did not agree that we all
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