EUROPEAN AT THE EVE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION Before the outbreak of the French Revolution Europe had several states both major (large) and minor (small) states. The largest states included Britain‚ France‚ Austria Prussia and Russia. The small states included Spain‚ Holland‚ Poland‚ Sweden‚ Denmark‚ Norway and the declining Turkey in the Eastern Europe. Europe experienced fundamental changes after the 1789 French Revolution in political‚ social and economic spheres of life however in order to
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developed into a revolution. Throughout this time France was facing a collection of issues. At this time France was ruled by an inadequate and absolute monarch. Absolutism was becoming increasingly unpopular due to the enlightenment ideas. Although these are all remarkable motives‚ the most critical motives were that it was influenced significantly by the American Revolution‚ the poor privileges ingrained by the Old Regime‚ and France’s grave economic crisis. To begin with the French Revolution of 1789
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The 3 Revolutions There were many rises of ideas and different concepts of government all through history and there were three significant revolutions that had occurred in different parts of the world. These revolutions were the American‚ French‚ and Mexican revolutions. There were more revolutions such as the glorious that had happened before the American. The three main revolutions had a lot of similarities in the rise and conclusion‚ but also had many differences of how and who influenced
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Maslov 1 Tori Maslov Mrs. Stewart World History Honors 9 Due January 23rd‚ 2014 The Impact of the French Revolution From the fall of the Bastille to the Reign of Terror‚ the events that occurred during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars of France impacted Europe in outstanding ways‚ creating social and political changes that could not be reversed. The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars of France were a great impact on world history because it awakened nationalism‚ it brought forth stronger
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The French Revolution set the bar for every other revolution that followed. One of these being the Haitian Revolution that started in the late 1700’s. The Haitian Revolution was a slave revolt that led to their permanent independence from Europe. Similar to the French Revolution‚ through its formulation‚ process‚ and legacy‚ the Haitian Revolution made an impact in the global community socially‚ economically‚ and politically. Although the Haitian people were independent from France and the rest
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COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION The Commercial Revolution was a period of European economic expansion‚ colonialism‚ and mercantilism which lasted from approximately the sixteenth century until the early eighteenth century. Beginning with the Crusades‚ Europeans rediscovered spices‚ silks‚ and other commodities rare in Europe. This development created a new desire for trade‚ and trade expanded in the second half of the Middle Ages. European nations‚ through voyages of discovery‚ were looking for new trade
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Successes of the Revolutions of 1848 The 19th century was the beginning of new ideas and change in Europe. These is around the period where we look at Europe as being modern. Many things were changing including the way people think. By this time Europe had become very self sufficient with the agricultural revolution leading to the industrial revolution creating a food industry where people didn’t have to farm for their own food. This opened time in peoples schedules and some of them sat around thinking
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Sep/26/2013 The French revolution which started in 1789 had a long list of causes. The most important long range causes of this revolution‚ however‚ were the ideas of the enlightenment‚ the unfair taxes‚ the difference between the rich and poor‚ and the American Revolution and declaration of independence. The ideas of the enlightenment influenced the French revolution. The third estate‚ also known as the poorest social group‚ held very little rights socially
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The French Revolution was a major turning point in the France’s history. There were many factors that helped influence the French Revolution. There were many social‚ political and economic conditions that led up to revolution. Although‚ the success American Revolution combined with the ideas of the Enlightenment is what sparked the beginning of the French Revolution. By the year 1789‚ many people of the third estate were outraged with the current system of government. France was ruled by an absolute
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Bourgeois Revolution Abstract: The English Bourgeois Revolution broke out for reasons. I specially analyzed the cause and effect of the revolution. Four factors were listed: the rise of capitalist economy‚ the conflict between the bourgeoisie and the feudal class‚ religion‚ the kings. And what the Bourgeois Revolution left for us were priceless. Key words: capitalist economy; English bourgeoisie; monarchy; religion; tyrant The Bourgeois Revolution‚ also called The English Revolution‚ was
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