structure‚ the Ancient Regime. The division into three estates with different rights and duties‚ produced a clear situation of injustice with poverty for the greater part of the people and the extreme wealth for just a few. 1 To what extent were poverty and prosperity causes of the 1789 French Revolution? To a great extent because the prosperity of the bourgeois encouraged the poverty‚ peasants‚ to make justice for themselves by making a revolution against the authorities. The first and second estates had
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The Opium Wars of 1839 to 1842 and 1856 to 1860 marked a new stage in China’s relationship with the West. The conflict erupted out of pre-existing tensions between the two global superpowers‚ China and Britain‚ as they grew increasingly important to each others’ economies through trade over the past century. Their interactions bred a serious imbalance and one-sided dependence; the British demand for Chinese goods‚ particularly tea‚ porcelain and silk‚ far outweighed the corresponding Chinese demand
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The Antebellum Period occurred from 1820-1860. It was a period in history where abolition was using and separation between abolitionists and supporters of slavery became apparent. While the abolitionist movement is one of the well known social reforms to have occurred‚ there was also the Horace Mann and the Public School Movement which fought for the equality in education. There was also the Temperance Movement which called for the prohibition of alcohol. The Abolitionist Movement was formed during
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American Antislavery 1820-1860 The antebellum American antislavery movement began in the 1820s and was sustained over 4 decades by organizations‚ publications‚ and small acts of resistance that challenged the legally protected and powerful institution of slavery and the more insidious enemy of black equality‚ racism. Abolitionists were always a radical minority even in the free states of the North‚ and the movement was never comprised of a single group of people with unified motivations‚ goals
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Between 1840 and 1860‚ many technological improvements increased industrial productivity. Before this‚ earlier in the 1800s‚ there was an industrial revolution where steam-run textile mills were put to use in northern America. The North’s economy‚ focused around manufacturing and wheat‚ was recovering from the Panic of 1837. Investors had stopped putting all their money into agriculture and began to invest in factories‚ railroads‚ and development of new machines. Industries of America became
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Slavery in America and its consequences (1789-1849) The Atlantic triangular slave trade is for many a dark spot in American history and it has left the country‚ and others‚ with some deep wounds that are till this day still healing. The massive import of slaves from Africa to America increased greatly during the late 1700s and is one of the reasons why the current state of Africa’s countries are far worse compared to European‚ American and Asian counterparts. Slavery was especially devastating
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The French Revolution of 1789 consisted of many aspects which led to the movement. Both long-term and immediate causes bequeathed to its triumph. The Enlightenment bestowed a new concept of government and society. America also influenced the nation’s controversial revolt. Many actions contributed to the French Revolution of 1789; according to an excerpt from Travels in France by Arthur Young. (Document 1) Observations made by this traveler from the years 1787 to 1789 encompass the immense taxing
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After America gained independence from Britain‚ an urge for change swept over the new nation; most notably through industrialization‚ sectionalism‚ and urbanization. In Charles Peale’s The Exhumation of the Mastodon‚ industrialization is represented in the discovery of this new animal. This painting pictures a storm in the background‚ which represents the industrial revolution coming. The painting also shows how people were exploring nature and trying to solve the mystery behind it. Finally‚ the
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Yolo now characterize it as a duplicitous and hysterical over-reaction which deliberately made capital out of a private tragedy in the royal family. Other historians have argued that given political tensions in France at that time‚ the deputies ’ fears‚ even if wrong‚ were reasonable and that the importance of the oath goes above and beyond its context.[3] The deputies pledged to continue to meet until the constitution had been written‚ despite the royal prohibition. The oath was both a revolutionary
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Chapter 18- The Industrial Society‚ 1860-1900 Industrial Development The Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia‚ P.A. symbolized America’s quick transition into an industrial nation‚ showcasing items such as the Corliss engine. The flourishing economy and determination of investors and entrepreneurs catapulted the United States into the global market‚ even ahead of the leading European competitors of Great Britain‚ France‚ and Germany. Expanding markets and labor conditions grew the industry and
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