Both the French and Russian revolutions had similar causes but ended up with different results. Both of these countries had different internal factors‚ which cause the results. The Russians had Lenin and the French had the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. I would also like to point out 1 more similarity between these two revolutions and that is the fact that both Czar Nicholas II and King Louis XVI were executed soon after the revolutionaries took power. It’s just strange to see how
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The French Revolution was a movement led by the commoners‚ or Third Estate‚ that heavily impacted all France. Given a chance to see the current conditions of France‚ members of the Third Estate would not be satisfied with the overburdening taxes and unemployment or the lack of upward social mobility for peasants. Demands by members of the Third Estate‚ or common class‚ or France fueled the French Revolution. The Third Estate was composed of 23.5 million people‚ or 98% of the population‚ all in poverty
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The Enlightenment‚ which largely took place in Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ was an intellectual movement that focused on the development of reason and secularism‚ rather than spirituality. As a result‚ it directly influenced political and economic policy‚ especially within the British colonies. One very well-known philosopher was‚ John Locke; he argued the ideas of natural rights‚ social contract‚ and revolution. At their essence‚ these three concepts proved to be the philosophical
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A Tale of Two Cities is a story centered around the French Revolution. The French Revolution was centered around the slaughter of aristocrats by peasants‚ and at the center of this‚ at least according to Dickens‚ was a woman called Madame Defarge. At first seemingly just the wife of a wine shop owner‚ it quickly becomes apparent that she is in fact at the center of the Revolution‚ and the fervor that brought her there eventually leads to her downfall. In “Book the First‚” Dickens introduces Madame
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The French Revolution of 1789 was one of the most brutal and bloodiest moment in world history. The Revolution was the fall of monarchism and the rise of the republic. During that time‚ people in the society had an enormous economic inequality between the rich and the plebeian. Before the Revolution begin many events showed that things were getting of control. Also France had a big economic crisis. The poor people struggled a lot just to survive in the society. The French Revolution occurred because
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Philosophers generally give meaning to things‚ and give their take on society‚ sometimes even influencing people to follow their ways. In France‚ 1789‚ the French Revolution started‚ the people of France lived under a Monarchy‚ and were put into the social classes of estates. The 1st estate which was the Priests and religious people‚ the second state or nobility‚ and the working class which is the third estate. A major cause of the revolution was the tax distribution along with the wealth distribution
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Poverty‚ crime‚ and death were all apart of a terrible reality in the French Revolution. During the 1700s‚ France was known as modern. It was seen as the center of the Enlightenment‚ yet there were many economical problems going on at the time that led to the French Revolution. The three most important causes of the Revolution were the feudal dues‚ inequality of the estates‚ and the new emerging middle class. Feudal dues were harsh on the lower class‚ causing them to go in crisis. Poor people‚ such
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In France around the 1790’s there was a massive movement for the recognition of freedom for all people. The French Revolution was an incredibly important time for not only France‚ but also for Europe and European colonies. Incredibly important actions were being taken place in the direction towards the rights of citizens. Not only were the rights of the common man being discussed‚ but also the rights of the colonial slaves‚ religious minorities‚ and even women. The discussions of women’s rights
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British opinions on Napoleon were largely divisive and formulated by the radicals and the loyalists: the radicals believed in the same principles as revolutionary France and demanded change‚ whereas loyalists were devoted to king and country and entirely opposed to every aspect of ‘Napoleon’. In ‘British uses for Napoleon’ Stuart Semmel discusses the various criticisms and defences of Napoleon by British loyalists and radicals. He states that many radicals became disillusioned with Napoleon upon
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Throughout The Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens is continuously finding fault in the social structure of the society. Satire is used throughout the whole entire book in order to slash both social structures of England and France. In the second book‚ Jerry Cruncher yells at his wife for praying‚ yet does he know that she was praying for him to become a better person. Mrs.Cruncher yells “I was only saying my prayers!” and Jerry responds with “Saying your prayers! You’re a nice woman! What do you
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