The Enlightenment and the political leaders led France to financial problems, causing the French Revolution. ... One cause of the French Revolution was the formation of the National Assembly, which was the representation of the French people. ... Another cause of the French Revolution was the storming of the Bastille. ... All in all, the Puritan and French Revolutions are related to one another. ... The French Revolution gave France their first written constitution, ended feudalism, and abolished monarchy. ...

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The French Revolution was a period of significant social and political changes in French history which had major impact on the political, social and cultural developments not only in France and Western Europe. Many historians studied the French Revolution and while they often disagreed over the relative significance of specific changes or developments, they agreed that the French Revolution is a very important event in modern history, and more radical than either the English or American Revolutions. ... End of Monarchy, Serfdom and Slavery - Establishment of a Republic Subsequent National Co...

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Success is measured in failure, and during the French Revolution, France experienced many failures. ... Therefore, the revolution was indeed successful, the people set out to change France, and that's exactly what they did. By the end of the revolution, France had transformed completely, a lot of people benefited from the new swing of direction and the newly found freedom. When the revolution began France was originally a monarchy ruled by Louis XVI, which many people had qualms about. ... To end, the French revolution was a success. ...

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This paper will analyze the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution in Europe. ... The French Revolution was in process at the turn of the nineteenth century. ... In this final phase the French revolution ends with a coup d"etat by Napoleon Bonaparte; France returns to dictatorial rule. ... Initially tied to middle class liberals, nationalism appealed to the masses by the end of the nineteenth century. ... While both the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution had significant impact European society by 1871, I feel that the French Revolution had the most impact. ...

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What were the goals of the French Revolution produced by the Enlightenment? ... The French sought to end their own political injustices, although freedom within the monarchy would have to be established in France because there was no place other than France they wished to go. As soon as the French movement to end political injustices spiraled into a revolution in 1789, a hero of the American Revolution, Marquis de Lafayette, proposed a Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. ... "The slogan of the French Revolution was Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity" (174). This slogan enta...

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Causes of French Revolution Although the beginning of the French Revolution cannot be pin pointed to one specific event that took place, there were many problems that provoked the people of France to fight for their independence. ... From the start of the American Revolution France had been supplying arms and money to the rebels oversea. ... Because the Third Estate had so many representatives they wanted to vote my head so that they could end up changing France in their own way. ... "Before the Revolution, French society was grounded in the idea of privilege or an inequality of ri...

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During the late 1700's, two great revolutions occurred, the American Revolution and the French Revolution. ... When French Revolution occurred, it turned into a very violent and bloody event, while the American Revolution was almost nonviolent, aside from the war. ... However, the real French Revolution began not at Versailles but on the streets of Paris. ... The French Revolution had begun. ... The only thing that ended the carnage, inside France, at least, was a man on horseback, Napoleon Bonaparte. ...

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In 1779, the National Assembly announced the end of feudalism and serfdom, and then, in 1789, issued the Declaration of Rights of Man. ... There were many different causes of the Revolution each influencing the people of France towards a revolution. ... Along with the Enlightenment the American Revolution influenced the French Revolution. ... The division among French society at that time was another major cause of the French Revolution. ... France's financial crisis also played an important role in the French Revolution. ...

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The French endured a long and bloody series of one single revolution also, and the world would never be the same. ... This regicide marked the second stage of the French Revolution and the first appearance of the National Convention which was headed by the radical Jacobin Society. This society gained a great deal of power as moderates drew back from their participation, and a period of distrust and conflict ensued as the nations surrounding France became more and more alarmed at the revolution. ... The final stage of the French Revolution occurred when the bourgeois failed at government and th...

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The French revolution was three phases rolled into one revolution. ... The Directory was the last phase of French revolution. ... During the reaction the final constitution of the French revolution rose up called the Constitution of the Year III. ... The French revolution came about because the ideas of the philosophers from the enlightenment were shown through the changes from the old regime to how France ended up being ruled. ... The French Revolution would soon allow a small ambitious major to become a major world power....

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Although the French Revolution was not beneficial to everyone, it had a huge impact on industries and commerce at that point and it paved the way for the beginning of the industrial revolution. ... The French Revolution was a period of radical change, specifically in the areas of government, the church, the economy and individual rights. ... One of the most important changes in the French Revolution was the shift in government from absolutism to a constitutional Monarchy. ... Those who benefit most from the French Revolution are the Bourgeoisie and the liberal Aristocrats. ... Another group of...

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FRENCH REVOLUTION The French Revolution began in 1789 during an immensely awkward period of the French History. ... Absolute Monarchy was by far the main political catalyst of the French Revolution. ... As the days of Louis fame slowly halted to an end the "Age of Reason" began to mould. It was a cause waiting to erupt and cause the French Revolution. ... The process of these certain three estates were definitely one of if not, the main cause of the French Revolution. ...

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The French Revolution is the quintessence of a revolution's cyclical nature. The Revolution began with the injustice of ignorant rulers and ended with the maniacal tyranny of a paranoid revolutionary. ... He missed and ended up only wounding his jaw. ... The French Revolution began and ended in bloodshed and hatred. ... The French revolution is a clear example of the repercussions of a revolution based out of fear and hatred....

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The French Revolution was more of a failure than a success due to Napoleon actually killing innocent people while trying to rebuild France. ... The American Revolution also helped Britain because America ended up helping Britain in World Wars I & II when they needed it. The French Revolution was a success because it eventually led to the ending of the monarchy in France, but at first the war directly ended and there was a new monarchy. Napoleon ended up being a dictator type leader and was exiled from France due to his faults as a leader. He also killed innocent French people while trying to...

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Revolutions are and will always be a turning point in history, whether it was the French Revolution, a political overthrow, or the Industrial Revolution, a new way of living. ... Factories were a main effect of the Industrial Revolution and were extremely important to the Revolution. ... Many people such as French social theorist in a public lecture, called out the government exclaiming, " [that] 'everything balances out in the end' But until this balancing process has run its course, what do we do with the thousands who are starving" (Saint-Amand Bazard). ... Socialism is ...

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The English, French, and American Revolutions prove this to be correct because the lower classes were rebelling against their reigning monarch and wanted new freedoms, changing history forever. ... The revolution brought Napolean Bonaparte, who brought huge changes to France, and by making later mistakes, make even more enormous changes. The French Revolution fits the definition because the 3rd estate went against King Louis XVI and soon changed the country for the good of it's people. ... The end result was the English Bill of Rights, which gave the people Parliament elections a...

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Contrary to common belief, women were important contributors to the popular movement during the French Revolution. ... The women of 18th century France pioneered through uncharted ideological, political, and social grounds, but their work was fruitless in establishing women's rights in the constitution written after the French Revolution. ... An aristocratic women's duty was to live simply and modestly, abjuring luxury, and wearing only French-made clothing. ... In towns and cities, in particular Paris, women were the prime movers behind disturbances at the marketplace, some of...

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I would begin with the Industrial Revolution, then the American Revolution, and finally with the French Revolution. If end up surviving and making it in one piece after all this, I would get more in touch with my artsy side. ... Moving along in my time traveling adventures, it is time to go back over seas and experience another crucial historical revolution in this era, the French Revolution. ... I did not get too much information about the French Revolution studying history in the United States, so going back in time will enable me to learn most of it. ... The French Revolution will allow m...

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The American Revolution A History In this concisely drawn book that covers the colonial period from 1763 to 1790, the author attempts to explain the bases of the American Revolution. ... The author makes it really clear that enormous cultural, social, and economic changes were occurring in the colonies dating from the French and Indian War. ... By this phrase, the author means that any person, regardless of social status, wealth or education had the right to pursue his or her own ends, to find value, and to seek his or her own self-defined interests and economic success. The Revolution b...

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The French Revolution was an influential period of social and political upheaval in France. ... The French Revolution was inspired by radical and liberal ideas, and it was time for change for the citizens of France. ... The French Revolution was necessary in order to bring down those in power who did not reflect the general will of the people in France. ... The movement campaigned for an end to Apartheid in South Africa. ... The French Revolution was caused by angry 3rd estate citizens who found the hierarchy system unfair and wanted to abolish it. ...

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France was trying to reconfigure French society, and women were trying to gain civil rights. A revolution that played a large role in Simon Bolivar's revolution was the American Revolution. ... Although rules were trying to be set up for France, as precedence, the revolution took a turn for the worse, and there was revolutionary chaos. ... There were many other revolutions and revolts during the time period of Simon Bolivar, many in which started and ended with failure. ... Revolts such as the Women's Right's revolution, slave revolts, and the re-imaging of France were other re...

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Blake lived during a period of intense social changes, the industrial revolution, the French revolution and the American revolution all happened during his lifetime. ... Blake describes the woes that the Industrial revolution and the breaking of the common mans ties to the land results in. ... Blake uses much imagery of darkened things to stress how bleak and gloomy life is, with no light at the end of the tunnel. ...

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The highest hopes for political systems were held by some 18th century French Enlightenment philosophers, specifically Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, the Marquis de Condorcet. ... The Enlightenment utopia once dreamed of by the French and similar thinkers seems to have never succeeded. ... Thus, his teleological (ends-based) philosophy is called a science of ends. ... The manifold views of the Romans, and especially the multi-tiered government, were a major role model for French humanists and the societies they influenced. ... These British thinkers were roundly discussed in the 18t...

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It was this more exalted, more inclusive vision of Liberty which would be invoked so many centuries later by a bold group of men willing to justify revolution by an appeal to the self-evident truth that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable right to Liberty. ... To embrace relativism is to bring about the end of liberty generally and of free society particularly. ... Mankind's true end is to "live virtuously- so that he may approach God. ... Such views were challenged by those who denied that liberty was a means by which men served ends that were ...

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During the Glorious Revolution, tensions drew in America over the crowning of King James II. ... Rene Descartes, a French philosopher and scientist, believed that reason and rationality defined all sciences and philosophies. ... Since the end of the 1800s, however, rationalism has played chiefly an antireligious role in theology. ...

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