From Religious Reform to Global Conflict: How Martin Luther Caused World War II Martin Luther’s influence on history is common knowledge. However‚ the extent of his influence is not. One can simply look at the events following Luther’s actions to understand their real impact. Protestantism‚ initiated by Martin Luther‚ set off a chain reaction that eventually led to the American Revolution. That revolution‚ and its outcome‚ led the French to start a revolt against their own king. The French
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Name___________________________________ Per_____ Date_________________________ UNIT IV 1750-1914 Chapter 21 Study Guide- Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World‚ 1750-1850 Directions: Using complete sentences‚ answer the following questions. Use the question as the stem of your response. Page numbers are provided. 1. List four (4) 18th century European wars. p.542 2. Define‚ in short‚ John Locke’s political philosophy. p.542-3 3. What was Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s political argument? p.543
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lives‚ starving. Another season Louis was disliked was because he fired the finance worked because Louis thought he was paying too much attention to the commoners. For obvious reasons‚ this enraged the people! Maximillien Robespierre was a lawyer and politician. Robespierre was also in charge of the Public Safety Committee. The Public Safety Committee decided who was to be executed and who was not. When King Louis XVI came upon their discussion they did not know what to do. The people were unsure
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The Count of Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo‚ written by Alexander Dumas‚ is a classic novel about a young sailor named Edmond Dantes who is imprisoned for alleged conspiracy with Napoleon. Doomed to a life in jail‚ Dantes discovers that the series of disastrous events that led to his imprisonment were caused by his very own “friends”. Vowing to get his revenge‚ Dantes manages to escape captivity‚ and find those who made his life miserable. Dantes then identifies himself as the Count of
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The two articles “Hamilton’s Report on the Subject of Manufactures‚ 1791” and “An excerpt from The Report on the Subject of Manufactures” were especially helpful. I found it interesting that he promoted employing women and children in manufacturing jobs. When I learned about American History is the past it seemed like the Industrial Revolution was so seperate from the time of the founding fathers and Enlightenment‚ but Hamilton connects them. I enjoyed watching “Alexander the Great: Alexander Hamilton”
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Romanticism was founded as an ideological opposition to the growing support for the empirical and scientific mindset in the 18th century. Similarly‚ the key players in the French Revolution adopted this rebellious way of thinking‚ most evidently through the works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau was a passionate romantic thinker‚ conveying ideas of childhood innocence in Émile‚ ou De l’éducation (Emile‚ or On Education) and idealistic notions of the perfect human society in Discours sur l’origine
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The French Revolution broke out party because of the dire economic situation in France. The price of food had risen‚ but wages had not‚ and there was high unemployment‚ the price of bread was ats highest ever in July 1789. Also there was increasing demand by the Third Estate (the common people) for a say in the governemnt of the country. All power was in the hands of the King‚ the aristocracy and the church. There was a sort of parliament called the Estates‚ General‚ but it was only called very seldom
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France during the reign of King Louis XVI was suffering from immense debt due to the expensive wars and to maintain the lavish lifestyle of the monarchy. Whilst in contrast the commoners were gripped by starvation on a daily bases and were taxed heavily in order to compromise for these economic failures. Superficially it appears that this alone was enough to instigate the Revolution‚ which was a crucial factor. However The French Revolution of 1789 when the Storming of Bastille took place is one
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On the website Jacobin‚ A Guide to the French Revolution analyzes key questions pertaining to the French Revolution from 1789 to 1799. The article identifies the feudalistic system‚ a financial crisis‚ as well as a drought that decimated the food source as factors leading to the French Revolution. From there the guide describes two influential groups in the Revolution: The Sans-culottes and Jacobins. The Sans-culottes were the working poor who patrolled the streets while the Jacobins were the educated
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women had the drive and the courage to speak up like Olympe had done. The enlightenment thinkers used “reason” to get their way so Olympe thought she would have all the Enlightenment thinkers on her side. In reality not many were on her side‚ Robespierre thought the same way she did‚ not about how all women should own property but that they deserved education. Yet he still voted in favor for her
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