<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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originally wealthy but wasted fortunes and were supported by the state - came from taxes of the 3rd estate. Highest Position in army and navy but incompetent and not qualified for these positions. iii)Nobles of the Robe -Created in 17th Century -Role was to be loyal to the King -Nobles could purchase their positions E.g. Judges
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Essay #4: Many historians argue that without French aid‚ the colonies could never have won their independence. Do you agree? Why? Historians argue that the American colonies could not have succeeded in defeating the British empire without French aid. I fully agree with this statement. The colonists were not soldiers; they had no military training. The colonies had no government to pay for supplies and weapons. The colonists had no chance of success without foreign aid. Before France would ally
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Lior Haskel World Civ 2 Ms. Giddings Dec. 3rd 2012 How Did the Rulers Decisions in the French and Mexican Rev. Trigger the Social Classes to Revolt? A revolution (from the Latin revolutio‚ "a turn around") is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time (Wikipedia). A Revolution in context specific to the Mexican and French Revolution‚ is when the government or ruling party of the land‚ can not provide the citizen ’s needs;
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At the beginning of the French Revolution‚ France had been the center of much unrest. With the king’s failure to satisfy the majority of the French population‚ the unrest led to the revolt against French monarchy. The systems that failed to treat the members of the third estate as equals to the members of the first two led to the French Revolution‚ which was ultimately successful in what it set out to achieve. The systems in place prior to the French Revolution led to much of the unrest in France
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Period: 4 Haiti‚ known as Saint-Domingue before the revolution‚ it was the richest colony in the Americas in 1789. Almost half a million slaves toiled on its sugar‚ coffee‚ indigo‚ and cotton plantations. More than thirty thousand new African slaves arrived each year‚ both to replace the many that died of overwork or disease and also to fuel the rapid economic expansion that the colony experienced in the 1780s. Before the French revolution‚ the masters were‚ first of all‚ the King; after him‚ the
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A revolution is a change where something past becomes modified or completely outlawed for a better future. An incalculable number of revolutions happen every minute of every day‚ some on a global wide scale‚ but most minor and insignificant. However‚ not everyone advocates these changes‚ Although the American‚ Haitian‚ and French Revolutions were revolts driven by the lack of social and political equality that their native government provided them‚ revolutionary leaders also underwent a social struggle
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The French Revolution began as a movement against the oppression of monarchal government and separatist powers within French citizens; an idea‚ manifested in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen‚ where men are born with natural freedoms. The Declaration ratified that “men are born and remain free and equal in rights‚” and it was the responsibility of the French government to uphold those rights. After ten years of revolution‚ the French government finally settled into an uncomfortable
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of monarchy‚ which eventually led to the beginning of the French Revolution‚ began with the overthrow of the English monarchy by the Parliament of England in 1649. The American Revolution of 1776 soon followed‚ and finally‚ France started their own Revolution; the French Revolution of 1789. Of course‚ there are many political‚ economic‚ and social causes leading to this sudden political advancement in France. For example‚ King Louis XVI was unprepared for his role as king‚ and with the growing population
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French Revolution: The Influences When the Enlightenment occurred‚ it established some modern-day ideals such as religious toleration‚ separation of powers‚ and natural rights. These Enlightened principles eventually spread throughout France‚ causing the people to question the current state of their society‚ and ultimately causing the French Revolution. Montesquieu and Voltaire were two very major Enlightenment figures whose beliefs had a huge impact on the French Revolution. The ever-growing
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