Throughout history there have been many revolutions‚ such as the French Revolution‚ that were caused by people rebelling against their governments. The French Revolution commenced after the Enlightenment became popular. The Enlightenment was a period in time where new ideas were spread and people started thinking differently about the world that they lived in. Enlightenment thinkers‚ like John Locke and Voltaire‚ begin inspiring the citizens of France to rebel against their government if they felt
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A. The king -1789 Loius XVI -Married to Marie Antoinette (Austria) -Lived in luxury at palace of Versailles -Believed in the "Divine right" of kings (g-d had put him on this earth as his representative on the throne) -Only G-d could remove him from the throne. The people could not remove him. In theory he ruled as absolute power (absolute Monarch) - monarchy in which kings power is unlimited. - Legislative - the Estate General (Parliament) had not met since 1614 - lit de justice - overule
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in the uncertainty of women’s rights during the French Revolution between the years of 1789 and 1804. Exploration of the unfolding struggles of France managed to turn my head in the direction of woman’s rights more than once in my discovery. Perhaps because of the persistence of the women during this time period and their straight forwardness in their mission‚ was I so determined to see a positive progression in the fulfillment of their needs. "Even during a revolutionary time like this‚ equal
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The French and American Revolutions Although the American and French Revolutions were similar in many ways‚ the American Revolution still managed to experience greater success. The American Revolution started in 1776 and was fought by the American colonies and the British. The British heavily taxed the colonies‚ which made the colonists upset. This resulted in a war between the two‚ which the colonists ultimately won. The French Revolution started in 1789 and was a series of riots consisting of
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1. Compare and contrast two Atlantic revolutions‚ and assess the global consequences. First of all‚ both of the French and American revolution have significantly contributed to the development of our modern world. And both revolutions were famous and acknowledged movements in history. However‚ besides being both immensely profound‚ the American and French Revolutions share some similarities and vast differences in terms of their origins‚ methods and outcomes when contrasted after close analysis
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The American and French revolutions had very different reason of fighting in the war‚ but also also they wanted the same thing out of it.When the reader reviews the background behind each revolution through my essay they will discover hardships of each revolution and which country excelled to their goal of fighting the war . Keywords: American‚French‚Hardships There were revolutionary wars that took place a long time ago that will forever be marked in history.We will learn about it today and
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Researchers think that The Scientific Revolution approached many of the modern sciences. It started in Europe at the end of the Renaissance in the late 18th century. It highly influenced the age of enlightenment. It began in 1543 as a movement distinguishing science from religion and philosophy. Scientific knowledge had a little change in experiment. The Catholic Church kept a stereotype system in teaching‚ it was the ancient Greeks and Romans which depends on religious doctrine. Francis Bacon was
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Burke toys with the idea presented by revolutionaries that the French population has declined and will continue to decline with a monarch in power. He quickly demolishes this claim by stating‚ “That talk of the failure of the king and the monarchy is exaggerated‚ as evidenced by the growth in the French population from 18 million in 1700 to about 25 million now” (9). In addition to fighting claims about the population due to a monarchist
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<b>THE FRENCH REVOLUTION</b><br>The French Revolution was effected and caused by many things and people. Some people that had to do with the French Revolution were‚ Louis XVI‚ and‚ Marie Antoinette. Marie played an active role in the Revolution but suffered for her royalist sympathies. King Louis XVI also played an important role in the Revolution‚ seeing as how he was the king and all. When Louis XVI came to be King‚ he inherited a France in debt‚ and he was left with no choice but to raise taxes
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It was 1802‚ and Charles Leclerc’s army was dwindling. The French general was losing as many as 2‚000 troops in a single day. A slave revolt on the island of St. Domingo prompted the French emperor Napoleon to send troops to the island to regain control. The slave revolt was much stronger and more organized than they had thought it would be. Battle after battle was fought‚ with the French defeated many times. As General Leclerc watched his army deteriorate‚ he realized that they were faced with more
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