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. Fighting against the British monarchy, the American colonists desired independence and formed their own country, mapping out America's future for generations to come. ... The Americans had ideas of equality and freedoms. ... The American Revolution benefited America today because there aren't any more unfair taxes; there isn't any more "quartering of soldiers," and many other freedo...

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The American Revolution was not a true revolution as it is revealed to be, but more of a gradual change in American life. ... Before, throughout and after the American Revolution, there was a noticeable evolution in the political standpoint in the colonies. ... Lastly, the American Revolution demonstrated the height of its evolutionary changes in the social scale. ... The colonist's want, and need of independence formed the basis for the American Revolution. ... The American Revolution was a result of evolutionary changes in American life. ...

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Finally, we turn to the ultimate impact of the English Revolution on English history. ... The sources of conflict To begin, it is worth noting that the English Revolution has also been called the Puritan Revolution. ... As such, the Revolution helped to entrench religious problems that preceded the war. ... This is to say that in the ideologies of the French as well as the American revolutions, Christianity was irrelevant, or at the very least, was significantly less relevant. ... This was not in line with the French or American revolutions, which precipitated massive industrial shifts,...

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The Revolution then began at Lexington and Concord and the Second Continental Congress was established. ... The Revolution officially ended all relation between England and the colonies and provided the basis of the future identity of America. ... In his Letters from an American Farmer, Hector St. ... Although American unity was never 100% because some Americans supported the Revolution and others remained loyal to Britain like Peter Oliver states, American unity was high enough to the point where the colonists were victorious in achieving independence (F). ... They established their title as...

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The first of which was a study of Pre-Revolution politics in the American colonies. ... This was coupled with a separate undertaking in the study of the "ideological origins of the Revolution". ... (ix) Thus Bailyn's study involves extensively the sentiments of the peoples of England and their politics before the settlement of the American colonies up through the settlement and eventual Revolution of those colonies. ... It was this uncompromising English policy that eventually led to the American Revolution. But the political background and context of the revolution encompassed so much mo...

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The Industrial Revolution was a period of social, economic, and technologic growth and expansion that originated in England in the late 1700s. ... The spread of the Industrial Revolution was fast and brought wealth to England and Europe with the "World Trade System" and later to the rest of the world. ... India exported cotton clothe to Africa and Africa exported slaves to America to produce sugar, tobacco, coffee, raw cotton, and wood to export it back to England. The Triangular Trade was an exchange of slaves, cash crops and manufactured goods between West Africa, the Caribbean...

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The development of railroads was one of the most important factors of the industrial revolution. ... These factors affected the entire Industrial Revolution. ... This process was led by the United States of America, which became a major economic power in this period. ... This third Industrial Revolution or Techno-Scientific Revolution enabled the development of activities in the industry that apply cutting edge technologies in all production stages. ... The world with all this technological development, have passed three industrial revolutions, which is now walking towards the Fourth Revolutio...

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Because of the fact that many Americans were moving into the cities for their jobs, the Industrial Revolution helped people get around easier. ... This contributed to help the normal working American get where they needed to go and also be able to get there faster and cheaper. ... This is why the outcomes of Industrial Revolution contribute to a easier and more progressed world. ... Like every enterprise that has ever been undertaken, the Industrial Revolution has indisputably helped shape and grow the world so that we can live a less complicated, more simple lifestyle....

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First settled upon in 1492, America has been around for just over six hundred years. ... Slavery indeed would help even further boost America's new found economy until the American Revolution. ... Previously, American traders did most of their importing and exporting with England. However, now England felt that if America wanted its complete freedom, they must not need them to export tobacco too; and therefore cut off all importing and exporting with America. ... Unlike how the American Revolution affected America's economy, America's economy throughout the Union in the N...

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Ten years prior to the revolution, it was well known in the British Parliament that there was a chance that the colonies would eventually break away from England. ... It describes a French farmer in America who has forgotten his European identity and has taken on a new one, an American one. ... There were some people in the colonies known as loyalists, and they had not developed an American identity and did not support independence by the eve of the revolution. ... It was very common for loyalist to be wealthy and anything that would threaten their wealth they would be opposed to, for example,...

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Mercantilism, the theory and system of political economy prevailing in Europe after the decline of feudalism, based on national policies of accumulating bullion, establishing colonies and a merchant marine, and developing industry and mining to attain a favorable balance of trade, as defined by The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, was supposed to be a way for Britain to make itself more powerful and prevalent, but instead benefited the colonies more than it did the Royal Crown. ... This crop was grown with great success in America, and was the "cash-crop- of the sou...

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So, Paine uses an imaginary scenario similar to that of Otis, however, Otis is merely trying to suggest changes to be done to the British system whereas Paine wants it to be removed from American and not to be involved America's "Legislative" and "Executive" decisions. ... He also suggests few solutions with studied numbers and calculations to build America's security against external threats. His solutions explain that America needs to be internationally acknowledged and that America can ask for help from different countries whom will help them gain independenc...

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Representation is a very important part of democracy because without it, rebellion could happen as it happened in the American Revolution because Britain was taxing the colonists but the colonists had no representation in Parliament. ... From Solon to the time of the American Revolution, many things have influenced the development of Western Political thought. ...

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A single, American society was thus to develop, set apart from the problems and tribulations in England. By 1775, there were over 32 English colonies in North America. ... By the outbreak of the Revolution, the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies forged into a single, independent American society through shared origins, ways of life, and tenets of religious/social tolerance, economic development and self-rule. First, the common origins of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies shaped a unified American society. ... Life in American greatly differed from the life in England, a...

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These include Norway, United Kingdom, Australia, United States of America, France, Germany etc. ... Also, they invested in the education of their country which led to scientific discoveries and resulted in the industrial revolution as they used their natural resources (e.g. coal reserves). ...

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It is mentioned in Irish History that St. Patrick banished all the snakes from Ireland. This seems an impressive feat and we seem to be able to confirm it as fact as Ireland is indeed a country without snakes. However, the more realistic, and more mundane reason why there are no snakes in Ireland is because the country is an island surrounded by the sea. It was separated from the land mass of Europe around 6700 BC before snakes and other varieties of plant life were common in the country. ...

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