way to convince that change is necessary. Three main things contributed to this desire for change‚ and those include taxes too intolerable to pay and survive‚ ideas encouraging change that were inspired by the Enlightenment‚ and the success of the American Revolution. Before the Revolution‚ France was divided socially in a structure known as the Old Regime. It consisted of three estates. The First Estate was the clergy‚ who owned ten percent of the land but comprised of only one percent of the population
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Locke- an English philosopher in the 17-18th century. The significance was that John Locke was the advocate for the idea of popular sovereignty during the Enlightenment era which led to the American‚ French‚ Haitian‚ and Latin revolutions. Sepoys- Indian troops under British command in the 18th century. The significance is the sepoys were the cause of the Indian rebellion in 1857 that made formally transformed India into a British colony. Berlin Conference- a conference during (1884-1885) that included
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protesting and fighting causing a new French revolution known as the July Revolution (Spielvogel 638). King Charles X escaped to Great Britain and his cousin Louis-Philippe became the king of France. Louis-Philippe favored the upper middle class of France and made modifications to the voting‚ assuring they were the only ones who can vote. The lower class weren’t allowed to vote and were left out of the political development (Spielvogel 638). Great Britain realizing what was happening in France
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everything all over the world. The Industrial Revolution began in the late 18th and 19th centuries and was a period of significant economic development marked by the introduction of power-driven machinery. The steam engine was use to run machinery. Before this time‚ a few machines were use to harness nature such as the wind and watermills‚ humans‚ and animals were depended upon as a source of power. Much like the Agricultural Revolution‚ the Industrial Revolution began to take shape in Britain and then
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One day‚ soon after man received fire‚ there was a large forest fire in Crete that the gods were not pleased with‚ they went to Hephaestus‚ god of fire‚ for an explanation. Hephaestus claimed he didn’t know who started it‚ as it wasn’t his doing. He then blamed the humans and their ignorance to this newly found tool. Zeus didn’t care‚ he said that if there were another disruption in the world due to fire he would be severely punished. Hephaestus was mad‚ he had already been thrown off Olympus for
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was extremely strict on their teachings and influence in society. But in the early 19th century in the United States of America‚ a religious revival was founded by Protestants – the Second Great Awakening‚ although it began around 1790‚ the Second Great Awakening gained power by 1800. The Second Great Awakening is a revival movement that encourages people to find salvation and improve society. The church leaders preaching touched the hearts and minds of many people‚ including the people who do not
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The American Revolution occurred in the years of 1775-1783. This revolution was what made America it’s own country‚ no longer under British rule. It began when the colonists were outraged when British authorities decided to increase the colony’s taxes‚ therefore‚ increasing British revenue. Such attempts are known as the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend Tariffs of 1767. Because of this‚ the colonists began to engage in protests that soon turned violent when they felt that they were not being
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January 2013 Causes of the Great Depression Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution early in the nineteenth century the United States has experienced numerous recessions or panics. None of them were as severe or lasted as long as the Great Depression. There has been much debate over what were the causes of the Great Depression. Occurring in the 1930’s‚ the depression remains the most important economic event in United States history. There were many factors that caused the Great Depression;
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The “Great War” but most known as the World War I it was the bloodiest war in history and it was worldwide. I will be talking about how the war started‚ how the U.S got involved in it‚ when it ended and how it ended‚ and what happened when it was over the treaty they made. The United States stayed neutral for three years because it was selling supplies to the countries that were at war. President Wilson also did not want to get involved in the war because he thought it was best for the United States
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figures like Count de Vergennes advocated joining the colonists in fighting Great Britain in hopes of simultaneously reestablishing France as Great Britain’s peer; however‚ out of fear of raising tensions with Great Britain‚ advocates of the revolution failed to gain the necessary support to enter the war during the first years of the revolution. As such‚ for the first three years of the revolution it looked as if Great Britain would defeat the colonists‚ but to no avail‚ in 1778‚ France formally
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