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    The French Revolution was caused by the worsening condition of the French monarchy economic depression and new idea of the Enlightenment movement and the French Revolution resulted in the article social economic and political changes throughout France. France was ruled by Kings Kings to France our presidents to United States.there has been over hundreds of different rulers of France going back from 840 until the 2000. In France they didn’t have Presidents’ Day hide transitions dynasties

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    Implied in the insurgents’ cry for freedom was an ambition to escape the bottommost class from the higher classes‚ especially economically. Therefore‚ the Third Estate became an easy target for insurgents to arouse rebellions. Despite anticipated hopes‚ the French Revolution failed to mitigate the financial crisis‚ but perhaps aggravated the situation with bloodshed. The imagery throughout A Tale of Two Cities reveals the unconcealable tendency toward violence and despair amongst the commons. In

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    In today’s world‚ people often paint the Enlightenment as an era where reason finally triumphed over blind faith and antiquated viewpoints. However‚ not every view espoused by the Enlightenment thinkers furthered humanist ideals like universal equality and personal liberty. While the writers of the time did make massive strides toward theorizing a more just society‚ half of the population was entirely excluded: women. Not only did the Enlightenment thinkers fail to support increased rights of women

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    The French Revolution was necessary because it successfully solved France’s most pressing problem: the unfair treatment of peasants. The French Revolution was necessary because before the revolution‚ there was massive inequality between the peasants and the rest of the estates. In 18th century France‚ people were classified into a particular social class based on the family they were born into. Peasants were the lowest class‚ and were destined to work the land of the noble upon whose land they

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    The French Revolution was a time were the French people wanted to obtain their human rights‚ it took lots of dedication‚ motivation‚ and failure to establish a political system that would benefit citizens. People were learning and understanding the principles philosophes were advocating about. Philosophes explained the importance of natural human rights: reason‚ reform‚ and freedom. The French Revolution expressed the people’s need of change‚ by creating a preamble‚ brought monarchy to an end‚ attempt

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    Among the incivilities by which nations or individuals provoke and irritate each other‚ Mr. Burke’s pamphlet on the French Revolution is an extraordinary instance. Neither the People of France‚ nor the National Assembly‚ were troubling themselves about the affairs of England‚ or the English Parliament; and that Mr. Burke should commence an unprovoked attack upon them‚ both in Parliament and in public‚ is a conduct that cannot be pardoned on the score of manners‚ nor justified on that of policy. There

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    The Age of the Enlightenment‚ an intellectual movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth century‚ radically altered the political‚ philosophical‚ artistic‚ and academic standards of the Western world. Themes of rational thought‚ scientific reasoning‚ progress‚ liberty and equality infiltrated many domains of the public sphere. However‚ in retrospect‚ the movement is in many ways a paradox‚ for it primarily advocated and benefited traditional male-dominated spaces. Although a few “exceptional” women

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    The worldwide goal of freedom sparked by suppression of “the people” led to resistance and revolution. Most importantly the change of one country was able to inspire another to do the same. On July 4‚ 1776 America gained independence from Great Britain and soon followed the start of the French revolution. In 1789 France was under bankruptcy from excessive spending of their king‚ therefore the storming of the Bastille signaled their revolution. Furthermore‚ the influence of America on France can be

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    France’s 1789 revolution marked a turning point for the nation as it became both a symbol of the resistance against tyranny for France as well as social change for the better. The first revolution gave both left wing and right wing groups inspiration in how to make France better. After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 and the end of the first French Revolution‚ France went through several revolutions and rebellions all inspired by the first revolution‚ then having a national revolution from the fascist

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    The American and French Revolution caused many government‚ social‚ and economic structure issues that compared to one another. The first battles of the American Revolution were fought at Lexington and Concord marking the beginnings of armed conflict between Great Britain and America. The American Revolution lasted from 1775-1783. The French Revolution was an influential period of social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789-1799. Both revolutions lasted a long time which caused many

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