This resulted in what was almost a backlash in the Enlightenment as men began to express the idea that men tend to be full of it. ... Even now though Romanticism is pulling it all together, and spitting it out in every way imaginable. ... Machiavelli called back to the kings of old, and spoke of how rulers should truly act. ... Works like Tartuffe' pointed out that not all men are good, and brought to light the corruption men are capable of. ... Romantics admit that man is capable of evil, but plead that all men are capable of good, and must be given every opportunity to do so. ...

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The absolute monarchy and divine right of the kings were gone forever. Despite the fact that there would be kings and emperors crowned once again in France, it would always remain to be ruled and governed by the will of the people, and not by their own whims. ... All were made equal politically, when all the citizens were given the right to vote. ... The declaration established equal rights of the citizen stating in the first clause, "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights-viii. which ensured employment to all citizens, without distinction of birth. ... Every country which Na...

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It is foolish to try to please all the people all the time with simple comforts. ... He thought we could never obtain a good state unless the "philosophers became kings in our states."" ... As such, they thought, "we are all God's children."" ... He said that the pre-industrial state of nature was a reasonable and moral place where men were "born free as we are born rational," with reason and morality. ... This creates "the bonds of society...by agreeing with other men."" ...

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In all parts of the world, celebration, mourning, and hostility occurred all because of religion. ... These men advocated the abolition of the monarchy and establishment of a republic. ... (American Enlightenment [1], 2) Other political ideas reached America, such as John Locke's publications on contractual government and the divine right of kings. ... Such men as these, along with many others, precipitated the evolution of thought into the time known as the Enlightenment. ... Enlightenment men were not, however, merely concerned with self-perfection, but rather perfecting humanity as a w...

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The financial crisis in France would soon be solved once all of France has committed to free market capitalism. ... The Convention try's to make France a republic, which would mean no more kings. ... Robespierre and the committee practically led every aspect of the economy during this stage, therefore giving them all the power. Ultimately Robespierre becomes greedy and the super power by killing all of his rivals and leads himself to his own death where he meets Louis XVI. ... The houses include Council of Elders that had about 200 men, Council of 500, and Directory, which had five lea...

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Thus begun the revolution of the bourgeoisie, a class struggle against the aristocracy which lasted until the creation of the National assembly in June 1789.7 The bourgeoisie aimed to form civil equality and establish a regime where all men obeyed the same laws. ...

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In response to the new thinking that was sparked by the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the Industrial Revolution and other changes in society, bloody and peaceful revolutions took place all over Europe. ... After the grand yet tragic rule of Louis XIV, the Bourbon kings watched as their power slipped out of their hands like a bar of soap. ... It did away with all special privileges in landed property, abolished feudalism, and vastly improved the conditions of the working class. ... The bourgeois (mainly the men of property) was well satisfied by their Directory as they called it, because it gra...

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