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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B. A. – 2nd Semester – Summer Drive 2012 B.A. (English) Subject Name: Political Thinkers. Subject code: BAE 202 4 credits (60 marks) (BKID: B1443) Set 2 1. Explain Rousseau’s relation with the French Revolution. According to this testimony‚ it would seem that Rousseau’s influence extended through much of the popular and intellectual sphere. However‚ it also reached as high as the royal court. In a discourse before the Assemblée Nationale‚ Louis XVI goes as far as to attribute much
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Joseph Marie Barnave‚ a French politician after the storming of the Bastille. He was referring to those who had died in the event. On July 14th‚ 1789‚ revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in Paris‚ France‚ springing the French Revolution into action‚ and finally ending in 1799 when Napoleon Bonaparte built an empire. The conflict lasted ten years; the compromise was long and difficult‚ with trials and errors. The revolution was important; it improved patriotism‚ changed the French government‚ and inspired
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During the French Revolution‚ did ideas and events influenced women to break from the conformities of their society and fight for their civil rights? Equality for women was a gripping concept that was fought for throughout the French Revolution. Women were active during the French Revolution‚ contributing great deal to change and reform whether it was by staging demonstrations and food riots‚ petitioning for political participation‚ or bringing the royal family back to the capital. The women
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Before the French Revolution was sparked‚ poverty plagued the streets of France. Families starved while Louis XVI and his flighty wife Marie Antoinette spent lavishly. The ineffective rulers gambled and partied frequently and freely‚ and by 1789 France was out of money and faced a serious financial crisis. France’s unequal social hierarchy made of three classes-the First‚ Second‚ and Third Estate- was extremely unfair to the Third Estate which was ninety seven percent of the population and included
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Study Guide for French Revolution * Brinton’s model of a revolution: * Symptomatic Phase- all social classes are unhappy (peasants are scared of change‚ bourgeoisie want change) * Moderate Phase- revolution begins in hopes of control (radicals feel like there isn’t ENOUGH change) * Radical Phase- a strong men from a radical group gains and assumes power * Convalescence Phase- revolution has a setback; moderate groups regain power * Estates: * First Estate:
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French feudalism started in the 9th century and formally abolished on the night of 4 August 1789 during the French Revolution. In France most noblemen believed Feudalism was the best way to own or manage land. An aristocrat would give vassals land and in exchange the vassal promised military service to the lord. Although Feudalism was a very self-sufficient system of governing‚ it did have its negative side. For example most vassals could not travel outside of their region unless it was to defend
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Revolutions of the Atlantic World The French revolution had many similarities to other revolutions of its time like the American and the Hattian revolution. All of these revolutions were really pushed by the ideas of enlightenment thinkers. Also‚ Napoleon Bonaparte was a good leader who lead the country of France to end terror and wars. This can be compared to Thomas Jefferson in the American revolution and the declaration of independence. Napoleon Bonaparte can also be compared to Haitian revolution
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Nicolas Fiol Mr. Wilock Western Civ 5/14/13 Effect on the three Social Classes The French Revolution signifies the end of an era - absolutism - and a consequential shift of balance of power as known during feudalism (S10) . As a consequence the old regime -clergy and nobility - comes to an end‚ the bourgeoisie rises among other reasons because to the money it had accumulated through commerce and industry and the peasants‚ that initially joined the bourgeoisie to propose liberty‚ equality and
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and country had to default on obligations and debt. Improvements happened after Napoleon’s reforms and by widespread confiscation of wealth from Europe (for example by asking Austria to pay for a war reparations). Anarchy and mob violence‚ counter-revolution‚ and civil war caused death to hundreds of thousands citizens. Entire regions were depopulated by burn land tactics‚ and cities like Lyon destroyed. It was the biggest outbreak of violence in Europe between 30Y War and WWI. The extreme measures
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