Notes! I. Causes of the French Revolution 1. International: struggle for hegemony and Empire outstrips the fiscal resources of the state 2. Political conflict: conflict between the Monarchy and the nobility over the “reform” of the tax system led to paralysis and bankruptcy. 3. The Enlightenment: impulse for reform intensifies political conflicts; reinforces traditional aristocratic constitutionalism‚ one variant of which was laid out in Montequieu’s Spirit of the Laws; introduces new notions
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The French Revolution was an amazing event in history along with the Glorious Revolution. These Revolutions have had various amounts of bloodshed and the aftermath being very horrible for women and children. The events have caused social injustice and prejudice among others. The people were affected by the government demanding more but us as people were producing less. In this time people had to be rich in order to have any chance of a fair life. Poor people were accused of anything if they were
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The French and Indian war officially began in the year 1754‚ and ended 9 years later in 1763 after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Even though the war ensured that the Great Britain gained territorial control in North America‚ the costs led to the colonies paying for the war expenses through the frontier policy. This had great effects on the colonies businesses and livelihood and thus ultimately led to great discontentment between the British and the colonies eventually leading to the American
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Women during the French Revolution had various roles. The two main roles woman played during the french revolution was joining the crusade for freedom and fighting for equality. Women during the french revolution joined the crusade for freedom. Woman during the revolution would buy food and would manage their families slender resources‚ but this role for woman changed after the economy worsened because of Bastille falling. The economic crises lead to women not being able to manage their household
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contributing to the origins of the French Revolution due to his inability to cope with the momentous events which continued to unfold around him. However‚ the financial crisis was a primary short-term cause of the French Revolution due to the increasing amount of deficit the government was building which had a knock on effect on the French public. Furthermore‚ the financial crisis is only another factor which contributed to the revolution was the French customs from predecessors and their inherited
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when in the late 17th and 18th century‚ there was this thing called‚ The Enlightenment‚ and people say it was explicitly important for why we live life the way we live it today. Now whether you believe that or not (I suggest believing it because it’s true) it doesn’t part from the the people who were a major key in this whole enlightenment thing. I will talk about four different philosophers in this essay that all spoke about individual freedom and natural rights. These thinkers were all majorly influenced
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study is how society was during the French Revolution from 1789 to 1799. French Revolution during this time went through significant changes from the beginning when society was run by the wealthy class and being undemocratic and changed to being a democratic state. From 1789 to 1799‚ the French Revolution was a "cataclysmic political and 1 social upheaval." French society
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To what extent had Napoleon betrayed the French Revolution in his domestic policy by 1804? The main objectives of the French revolution were to abolish Feudalism‚ to ensure the people of France have freedom of religion‚ and to uphold the Rights of Man. Napoleon did achieve most of these objectives to a certain degree‚ for instance he introduced the Prefect system to keep royalist revolts to a minimum‚ and he did make sure that the monarchy was not restored in France. He introduced lyceé’s‚ which
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The American Revolution fundamentally changed the American society by declaring independence from Britain‚ the new democracy set up‚ slavery‚ and in the rights of women. This period of time in America saw many changes socially‚ economically‚ and politically. The revolution brought about many changes in the American society. America made many changes in its government after the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation‚ which eventually led to a ratifying of the Constitution
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naval victories‚ by 1760‚ the British were staggering unDelaware r a departure as the national debt. The war minister‚ William Pitt‚ was driven out of office in 1761 by the new king‚ George III‚ and peace negotiations began. The first minister of the French administration‚ the Duc de Choiseul‚ was determined to regain the valuable sugar Colony of Martinique and Guadeloupe‚ and to retain a Qaeda for the Grand Banks fisheries. He also wanted Cape Breton but had to settle for the tiny islands of St-Pierre
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