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    French Revolution

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    1/18/13 The first stage of the French Revolution (1789-1792) * Previously talking about the estates general – 1789 Louis XVI trying to solve economic problems divided into clergy‚ nobility‚ commoners because the French society was legally divided in the same way (all had different obligations and different rights) * Middle class included: bankers‚ merchants‚ doctors‚ entrepreneurs‚ lawyers‚ shopkeepers‚ artisans…comfortable life * Working class: lower class‚ those working for a wage/salary

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    476). Louis XVI opposed the constitutional monarchy and in June of 1791‚ he and his family attempted to escape France. Many suspected that he was an enemy of the Revolution. Radical groups emerged such as: the Jacobin’s‚ whose leader was Maximilien Robespierre. Later‚ the Girondists also emerged as part of the radical Jacobin

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    Before the French Revolution‚ France was ruled and governed by the king‚ his Grand Council of ministers‚ and 13 courts called parliaments. King Louis XVI ruled by “divine right‚” believing that he had been put on the throne by the grace of God. France then was one of the most powerful and wealthiest countries‚ and had a strong army‚ and even stronger cultural influence. (Plain‚ 5) Louis XVI and his wife Marie-Antoinette were shielded from the daily lives of the ordinary people in France. When Louis

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    In all respects‚ revolution and any radical changes in a political system will result from an authorities’ heavy enforcing of ideologies on a common population. The Haitian Revolution was an accomplished movement resulting in the self liberation of slaves against French colonial rule in Saint Domingue. The French Revolution was an insurrection against the monarchy‚ that would lead to France becoming a republic. The French Revolution was inherent in a series of revolts against corrupt French

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    Enlightenment

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    In the later years of the Enlightenment‚ absolute monarchs in several European countries adopted some of the ideas of Enlightenment political philosophers. However‚ although some changes and reforms were implemented‚ most of these rulers did not essentially alter absolutist rule. In Russia‚ Empress Catherine the Great‚ a subscriber to the ideas of Beccaria and de Gouges‚ denounced torture while greatly improving education‚ health care‚ and women’s rights‚ as well as clarifying the rights of the

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    Both the French Revolution‚ the American Revolution‚ and the Iranian Revolution were times of Jurassic social‚ economic‚ and political changes. The French Revolution (1789-1799) was a period of social and political upheaval in France where the French government was radically changed by the new republic form of government. The American Revolution (1765-1783) was a period of political upheaval in which the thirteen American colonies broke away from the authority of Great Britain‚ and established the

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    Jackson Spielvogel said‚ “Yet for all of its obvious impact‚ the American Revolution proved in the long run to be far less important to Europe than the French Revolution. The French Revolution was more complex‚ more violent‚ and far more radical in its attempt to construct both a new political order and new social order.” The French Revolution was extremely influential to the rest of Europe because it proved that a country could benefit from a republic. It also showed just how brutal a monarch could

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    The Reign of Terror

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    The Reign of Terror History is said to be written by the winners‚ but is it possible to rewrite history? In a way‚ the French‚ like many who have preceded them‚ and many who will proceed them have done the impossible‚ rewriting history. From trivial folklore‚ such as George Washington chopping down a cherry tree‚ to the incredibly wrong‚ the African slave trade; people’s views of history can be shaped and molded. The French have done a superb job of instilling all of us with the concept that

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    Jewish Emancipation

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    Jacob Molho 12/9/16 Jewish Emancipation: The Migration of People‚ Ideas‚ and Mindsets Unique for its time‚ in September of 1480‚ Spain created special religious tribunals to address cases of “heretical depravity”. These tribunals‚ collectively referred to as the Spanish Inquisition‚ sought to eliminate deviation from Catholicism. Jews bore the brunt of these tribunals. They were rarely acquitted of charges levied through the Spanish Inquisition‚ and relative to other “heretics‚” Jews were executed

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    French Monarch‚ Louis XVI‚ autocracy and his corruption. The leaders of the revolution demanded that the principles of liberalism be supported and practiced in France. The frustrations of the mob eventually lead to the Reign of Terror‚ under Maximilien Robespierre. Although it was a brutal time in history that cost thousands of people their lives‚ it influenced the establishment of “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen”‚ created by

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