“He was seen to be working with Marie Antoinette…” to arrange‚ “the massacre of all patriots”. This indicates that the King and his wife were working against the Revolution and did not support the constitutional monarchy. Source 2 implies how the King and Queen were seen as enemies to the Revolution and how they caused the public to gain the incentive to go against the monarchy. Historical evidence suggests that Marie Antoinette betrayed France in the soul aim to bring back absolute
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Causes of the French Revolution The French Revolution‚ which started in 1789‚ had a variety of different causes. The social structures of France along with the changing demographics are one of these causes. Lack of power to act by the king along with new “Enlightened” ideas were also causes of the French Revolution. Alone‚ these causes would not have led to revolution. The underlying cause of this revolution was the financial system and debts the French government held to. In the end the French
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Increased exports and the rise of industry helped to start the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution took off in the 1780s‚ benefitting greatly from the economic activity created by slavery. Modern machinery and factory techniques were central to the Industrial Revolution. Slavery expanded the market for iron‚ which was used to create new machinery and was a critical resource of the emerging industrialization. As Williams finds‚ between 1788 and 1830 in Britain‚ the production of pig iron
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For six of the eight causes of revolution‚ describe two events‚ actions or beliefs (evidence) during the years before the French Revolution that led to a developing revolutionary situation. Explain how each contributed to the revolutionary situation. Frances failed attempts at economic reform contributed heavily to the developing revolutionary situation. In August 1787‚ when the parlements refused to implement the Kings proposed changes to the financial system‚ it became clear that the Kings authority
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Third Industrial Revolution based on Offshoring and Education It’s no doubt that our economy is changing and so is the world we live in. The major changes in our society stared off with the First Industrial Revolution. Many jobs changed from farm to factory beginning in the late 18th century. This was the largest revolution because it shaped the way we live today. The second revolution was the shift from manufacturing jobs toward service jobs. It’s believed that we are still in this shift. Now
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There were many views of the issue of slavery during the Enlightenment and the French Revolution‚ and the resolution of slavery affected economics‚ politics‚ and social order. The slave trade triangle between Europe‚ west Africa‚ and the Indies has a great affect on European economics during this time. The only way for this elaborate trade triangle to work is if there were black Africans available for export to the Indies as slaves. If they were not available‚ then the landowners in the
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CAUSES OF THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION Impact of the French Revolution. The same intellectual base as the French Revolution‚ that is‚ the cry "libertie egalitie fraternitie" which means that all men had the right to be free and equal‚ did not exactly qualify which kind of person should be free‚ so all men (even slaves) were considered brothers. This thought pervaded the free coloureds and freed slave society and seemed to offer genuine equality and freedom for all on the island. The coloureds wanted
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DBQ 1 Question: To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eave of the Revolution? Prior to the eve of the American Revolution‚ the American colonists definitely did have a sense of identity and unity. This unity and identity by no means came quickly up until the eve of the revolution. After the numerous acts imposed by Britain‚ more Americans saw the light and realized their place in society as patriots and as Americans. The colonists
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The Leading Causes of the French Revolution Thesis: The inequality between estates‚ the rising prices in bread‚ and the creation of the Tennis Court Oath were all main causes of the French Revolution. One of the leading causes of the French Revolution was the inequality between estates. In 1789‚ King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates- General. There‚ the third estate expressed discontent with their current political and social standings in comparison to the other estates. They did
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The following is mirrored from its source at: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/98oct/industry.htm The NEXT Industrial Revolution by William McDonough and Michael Braungart October 1998 The Atlantic "Eco-efficiency‚" the current industrial buzzword‚ will neither save the environment nor foster ingenuity and productivity‚ the authors say. They propose a new approach that aims to solve rather than alleviate the problems that industry makes In the spring of 1912 one of the largest moving objects
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