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    The Industrial Revolution

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    The Industrial Revolution‚ 1760-1850 The Industrial Revolution transformed human life by changing methods of manufacturing‚ the way people made a living‚ and the products available to them. The Nature of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution took place in England in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It was made up of four sets of changes: first‚ the introduction of new technology; second‚ the use of new mineral sources of energy; third‚ a concentration of workers in factories;

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    French Revolution

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    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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    political career when he became the leader of the October Revolution of 1917. He was later appointed the commissar of foreign affairs under Vladimir Ilich Lenin. His writings display his deep philosophical beliefs as a theorist for fundamental communism‚ but later he leaned towards social democratization. * 1928- Trotsky was exiled again and eventually ended up in Mexico‚ where he was assassinated according to Stalin’s plans. The Russian Revolution + Trotsky and Lenin * Ruthless‚ pragmatic‚ paranoid

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    Iranian Revolution

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    There were many factors that lead to the Iranian revolution of the 1970s‚ and it had a lasting impact on the Middle East as we know it today. The revolution showed the world what could happen when a nation is fed up with a leader who’s been‚ from the people’s perspective‚ ‘bought’ by the western world. Revolutions have happed all throughout history‚ but the revolution in Iran was unique‚ because it was the first one where a leader who was backed by the West had been defeated. Key sources for this

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    French Revolution

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    The political‚ economic‚ and social causes of the French Revolution affected the people of France.The French Revolution also had an impact on the world outside of France. Throughout the years of 1789-1814‚ the French Revolution occurred which left a huge mark in world history. During this time period‚ Napoleon’s reign also also occurred. These 25 years of rebellion‚ violence‚ and misunderstanding caused huge changes‚ not only in France‚ but in other regions and nations throughout the world.

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    The Scientific Revolution

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    Women of the 18 century and Today Rodney Pittman Grantham University Women of the 18 century and Today The Scientific Revolution which occurred in the years 1550 to 1700‚ introduced the idea that the universe and everything in it worked accordingly to the laws of nature which were discovered by means of reason. The reasoning was straying away from previous thinking which entailed that God was the creator of the universe and had complete control over individual lives. Women have always

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    edsa revolution

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    "People Power" redirects here. For current and former political parties‚ see People Power Party (disambiguation). "EDSA Revolution" redirects here. For other uses‚ see EDSA Revolution (disambiguation). People Power Revolution EDSA Revolution pic1.jpg Hundreds of thousands of people filling up Epifanio delos Santos Avenue. The view is looking northbound towards the Boni Serrano Avenue-EDSA intersection. Date February 22–25‚ 1986 Location Metro Manila‚ Philippines Result Fall of Marcos regime

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    The French Revolution

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    The French Revolution Enlightenment ideals reflected in the French Revolution by creating Enlightenment canon of basic text‚ by selecting certain authors and identifying them with the Enlightenment in order to legitimize their republican political agenda. Enlightenment ideals were also reflected by Edmund Burke in which was one of the first to suggest that the philosopher of the French Enlightenment were somehow responsible for the French Revolution‚ and his argument was taken up‚ and elaborated

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    Russian Revolution

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    around is that there were two "revolutions" in 1917. One in March (called the February Revolution) and one in November (called the October Revolution). However‚ they are collectively known as "the Russian Revolution". The February Revolution started with people rioting over food prices in the capital Petrograd. When the soldiers wouldn’t fire on the demonstrators‚ things got out of hand and it turned into a spontaneous mass uprising. The result of the February Revolution was that Tsar Nicholas II

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    Industrial Revolution

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    The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing process that occurred in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840. Men‚ women and children suffered in harsh conditions. There was long working hours in factories that had machines that were unsafe. Sometimes a worker could lose their arm if they weren’t careful. The worker also became sick because of the unsanitary conditions and the dust down in coal mines. Women were hired more than men because they could be

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