Significance:The result was that by the end of the 16 century England was starting her rise towards becoming the dominant power in the world. ... The Massachusetts Bay Colony--Was also intended to to be a holy commune but this colony became a staging area for expansion into the rest of New England. Religious quarrels that were inherent to the factions which came to the new World cause various splits to occur and these people went out and started anew elsewhere in New England....

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The theory of self-government and religious tolerance made the French public start questioning the actual authority of the French monarchy. ... The King started placed heavy taxes on the third estate leaving the poverty stricken peasants even further into debt and poverty. ... After they took power in the Hotel de Ville they formed a new city government called the Commune De Paris. ...

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