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    The industrial revolution/evolution was a major change to nineteenth century Britain. It revolutionised the effectiveness of agriculture so farming could be done all year round. Machines were created such as the steam engine and the water frame were made to make difficult tasks easier as mining and weaving. New methods of transportation were developed from the steam powered train to canals that made resource and human transport efferent and cheap. But what makes it a revolution or an evolution. A

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    deaths was blamed on Czar Nicholas‚ the Czar of Russia. The wrath of his people later led to the the Russian Revolution and the end of the Romanov dynasty. Czar Nicholas II was an autocratic and inefficient ruler‚ which caused political opposition‚ neglect‚ and internal rebellions. Czar Nicholas was famous for his autocratic ideas‚ meaning that he theoretically had total power. His autocratic belief led to an ineffective rule. Nicholas II was the leader of the Russian Empire; however‚ he was not prepared

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    The American Revolution occurred when the American colonists wanted to be free from Britain. After the war‚ the colonies had won and became their own country‚ but was the American Revolution revolutionary? The Revolution was revolutionary because it was the beginning of ending slavery‚ made people think about women’s rights‚ and America was free from Britain. To start off‚ slavery had begun to die off after the American Revolution. According to Document 5‚ slavery got abolished almost immediately

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    declared independence from the country of Great Britain. This revolution was a revolutionary idea. This type of revolution had never been attempted before and was a new thought for the world. The revolution influenced many nations around the world especially the French revolution which happened only a few years after. The American revolution was revolutionary because it changed world views politically and socially. The American revolution changed political views of having a single monarch that ruled

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    The Scientific Revolution was a big change throughout Europe; it changed the medieval views of the world. It started with medieval views as the framework‚ The Renaissance stimulating science‚ navigational problems needing new instruments‚ and scientific methodology. This seemed to be a big impact on the world. Religiously‚ this challenged some views from the Bible. In Philosophy‚ It started a new way of thinking‚ thus shows both were impacted by the Scientific Revolution. Religious: .Nicolaus

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    Dominique Mazzulla 9-15-14 Period 1 How Revolutionary was the American Revolution DBQ The American Revolution had been revolutionary. More political changes were made rather than social and economic changes. For example after the American Revolution women gained the same rights as men including the right to vote. The American Revolution was not a great social revolution. A true social revolution destroys the institutional foundations of the old order and transfers power from ruling

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    small city-state in 753 B.C.E. and slowly turned into the center of a mighty empire that expanded into parts of Europe‚ North Africa‚ and western Asia. Rome was transformed into a successful empire by its army‚ the power of its leaders‚ and its great wealth. One reason why Rome was successful was that it could build a strong army. Rome was a small city-state and did not have many people‚ but it built an army using the people it conquered. These people were persuaded to join the army with promises

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    Chretien‚ Successful or Not? Jean Chretien did make Canada a better place because he solved many economical problems in Canada and boosted the economy by introducing different programs‚ he solved environmental problems all throughout Canada and Chretien helped keep Canada together during the Quebec Referendum. Jean Chretien was introduced into politics from a very young age and was a very successful politician. Prior to becoming Prime Minister Chretien was minister of Indian Affairs and Northern

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    period‚ America was going through reconstruction to make our nation better which benefited our economy in the long run. The Industrial Revolution was taking place in the late 1700s which began in Britain. It was a time period where manufacturing mainly occurred in peoples home’s‚ using basic machines or hand tools. Systems of transportation‚ communication‚ and banking improved due to the roles played by iron and textile industries. Some of the inventions created during this revolution and their inventors

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    There are different schools of thoughts to explain why the revolution started‚ but out of all the schools I agree the most with the Imperial School. The Imperial School is the result of the clash of two empires‚ the British and the Americans‚ with different viewpoints. The British wanted to have control over the Americans while the Americans wanted to be independent from the British‚ a free nation. This clash in viewpoints resulted in revolution which later results in America’s independence and transformation

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