1830 in France‚ Charles X delivered a set of laws known as the July Ordinances. These new laws forced control on the press and disbanded the legislature. These changes led to the people 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
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Maximilien Robespierre was one of the most outstanding politicians of the French Revolution from 1789 until 1794. At the beginning of his career he was only a democratic‚ however‚ since he was the leader of the Jacobins‚ he managed to rise the power in France and establish a dictatorship of terror where he was implanting the power to all of his companions. Years later‚ the Convention had enough of him and send him to the guillotine‚ they did with Robespierre the same thing he did with those who risen
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European history in the eighteenth century was the French Revolution. From its outbreak in 1789‚ the Revolution touched and transformed social values and political systems in France‚ in Europe‚ and eventually throughout the world. France’s revolutionary regime conquered much of Western Europe with its arms and with its ideology. But not without considerable opposition at home and abroad. Its ideals defined the essential aspirations of modern liberal society‚ while its bloody conflicts posed the brutal
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who controlled the world. (Lectures‚ Enlightenment) (Textbook‚ Chapters 16 & 17) A direct result of the Enlightenment was its destabilization of the French populace’s trust and loyalty in their long-standing absolute monarchy‚ which‚ combined with many other problems the country was facing‚ would inspire them to take control in the French Revolution during the late 18th century. For most of France’s history‚ its populace was split into three estates: the clergy‚ the nobility‚ and all others‚ with
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There were many positive aspects of Napoleon’s reign. Napoleon had supported the changes brought about by the Revolution. He accepted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and did not restore feudalism. He improved the French system of laws by installing the Napoleonic Code‚ which made the laws more equal. Napoleon also increased the French education by establishing public high schools‚ universities‚ and trade schools. He also used his incredible gift of persuasion in order to assuage the Roman Catholic
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loyalty and devotion to the nation-state surpass other individual or group interests.. Despite the belief that nationalism can unite people groups as seen through the formation of the euro‚ or that other issues lead to conflict‚ as seen in the French Revolution‚ the truth is that nationalism inevitably leads to disaster as seen through history in every circumstance imaginable: the Crusades‚ Jihadists‚
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The American and French Revolution caused many government‚ social‚ and economic structure issues that compared to one another. The first battles of the American Revolution were fought at Lexington and Concord marking the beginnings of armed conflict between Great Britain and America. The American Revolution lasted from 1775-1783. The French Revolution was an influential period of social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789-1799. Both revolutions lasted a long time which caused many
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Revolution in the 18th Century: Who Did It Better? Justin Merkel October 24‚ 2011 The French Revolution is said to be one of the greatest revolutions in Western history. Indeed it was one of the first instances in History where the middle class protested against their government and actually won. Not only did they win‚ but they completely overthrew a monarchy and reformed their entire government. However‚ a similar revolution was taking place around the same time; this
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had already claimed that land by La Salle in 1682. The French had established a fur trade with the Indians around that area developing friendly relations‚ economic alliances‚ and military alliances. Instead of controlling the Indians like the English‚ the French became friends and business partners‚ therefore the Indians became allies with France a lot easier than England. The Huron and the Algonquian Indian tribes were allied with the French‚ while the Iroquois Indians were allied with the English
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French Revolution and Latin American Revolution Comparisons The French Revolution‚ from 1789 to 1815‚ occurred in three distinct stages: a goal for a constitutional monarchy‚ Radical Republicans seeking to entirely transform French society‚ soon leading to the Reign of Terror‚ and lastly‚ Napoleon Bonaparte‚ who restored order. The Latin American Wars of Independence‚ from 1800 to 1824‚ involving the creoles‚ American-born Spaniards and people of African‚ Amerindian‚ or mixed descent focused on the
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