Haitian Revolution Every country has a story on how it became its own independent nation‚ some were founded off of colonists moving‚ looking for a new life in a new territory‚ some revolt against their current corruption of a government‚ and that is exactly what the Haitians did. The Haitian revolution from 1791-1804 was the most successful slave revolt in history. With every revolution comes questions such as; why did they revolt? What lead to the revolt? Were they successful? What was the end
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What is a revolution? According to the online dictionary‚ a revolution is “an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.” Knowing this we can ask ourselves what were the colonist goals whenever they started the rebellions and protests? Did they start out wanting to completely overthrow their government? Not knowing every colonist’s thoughts makes it hard to have a set yes or no if the latter was what was planned.
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Justified Violence Violence has become accepted as a common means to achieve an end. Whether it is for power‚ subduing another country during interstate conflict‚ or an attempt to gain legitimacy‚ violence has become a distinctive force in contemporary society. The more important question that needs to be addressed is when this use of violence is justified‚ if ever. The purpose of the government‚ according to Locke‚ is the preservation of natural rights. When these freedoms are not protected in
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The French Revolution was a major transformation of the society and political system of France‚ lasting from 1789 to 1799. During the course of the Revolution‚ France was changed from an absolute monarchy‚ to a republic of supposedly equal and free citizens. The effects of the French Revolution were widespread‚ both inside and outside of France‚ and impacted all of Europe. At times the outcome of revolt led to social change and at times it just led to unnecessary bloodshed. Was this revolution inevitable
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In my opinion The French Revolution was a success. The middle class was influence By the theories of Enlightenment and was familiar with the recent American Revolution. They fought for freedom and equality. In 1789 financial times were hard in France. The peasants were upset that the nobles were living lavish collecting taxes‚ while they suffered. The France social system was out of date and consisted of three Estates. The first Estates were the clergy‚ paid no taxes and lived a good easy life
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The American Revolution was one of the bloodiest wars that we had in America and a lot of American soldiers and citizens died in the war.The American Revolution was not justified because the colonists started tarring and feathering the tax man‚ the British started taxing the colonists in not the right process‚ and the British say Parliament can do anything they want with the colonists. This explains that the colonists did non-professional things and the British did to because feathering the tax man
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On the other hand‚ the French people weren’t the only ones to start violence. The government instigated violence too. For example‚ the Champ the Mars on the 17th of July 1791‚ was a peaceful signing of a republican petition‚ by the poorer section of the Parisian people. The Commune declared martial law under pressure of the Assembly and ordered Lafayette and the National Guard fire on the unarmed and peaceful crowd. Around 50 people were killed. As a consequence National Assembly got support from
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Was the american revolution justified? What events caused to lead up to the revolution? Yes the american revolution was justified.When any form of government becomes destructive of the unalienable rights it’s the people’s right to alter or abolish it. These eventually came into mention due to taxes the british government put on colonists and their reactions to it‚ Which the government had to add acts but that didn’t stop the colonists. Taxes‚ Money that paid for it’s war debts in the 1760’s‚ the
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For decades people have asked are revolutions really worth all the trouble it cause sand there have been many arguments from both sides of it. On one side revolutions have brought about great new countries into the world that would have never existed if no one had spoken up. However on the other the situations that were dealt with during these revolts make a person question was it really worth all of that hardship. These revolutions can take a toll on the populations of countries with thousands
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Is violence justified in politics? Politics can be defined as acquiring the position of government which includes controlling the human community‚ making laws and developing the country. Politics has been criticized as dirty game by many professionals but a country would not be able to run without politics. If a person has chosen to become a politician‚ yes‚ people will criticize him/her‚ people will praise him/her but it is his/her responsibility to maintain the laws‚ and operate the country in
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