These evils range from things such as kings to corruption to civil war. ... Paine believed that because of all these reasons it is important that America declares independence. ... Paine says that a common distinction that lacks any natural or religious basis is the division between kings and their subjects. ... Paine argues that, since all men are born equal, no man could have the right to establish his family as forever ruling over others. ... All of these flaws that Paine makes on monarchy and hereditary succession are all logical and backed up with good information. ...

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In all regions of the colonies, merchants attempted to promote economic growth in their region but were stifled by British policies of mercantilism (MultiEducator, 2000). ... It stated, "That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. " The Patriots fought against the British to gain their independence and was assisted by the great nation of France. ... Under the Kings Louis XV and Louis XVI, France had been supporting the American Revolution and been part of the Seven Years...

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Loyalists were known as tories", royalists" and kings men. ... But it's important to see the loyalist perspective. - that originally, all colonists were founded by the British, so were British citizens. ... After all, his dad had taught him to be a good citizen, love the king, and respect authority. ... They were men and women who were "loyal" to their country of origin. ...

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Declaration of Independence and Martin Luther Kings speech These two famous pieces of American history both show America's relentless desire to be free. ... Both authors believed strongly in the saying, "All men are created equal." ... In King's speech, King desired that all races and creeds be treated equally. He wanted all of America to unite, and judge no color or creed. He wanted all African Americans to be included in the white-free America, all receiving all the rights and benefits promised in the emancipation proclamation. ...

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Moreover, he also strongly opposed the divine rights of kings or an absolute power. Once again we notice that Jefferson relies on these beliefs when he states, "To secure these rights, governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed". ... The Declaration is based on certain truths, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness". ... Notice that this states equal ri...

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One of the major political causes of The French revolution was the despotic rule of the Bourbon Kings: "For nearly 200 years government in France had been largely a one-man institution. ... "He maintained that originally all men had lived in a state of nature in which absolute freedom and equality prevailed, and there was no government of any kind. ... Habitants, fences, domesticated animals, men, women, and children and the soil that bore them all won out." ... Although the American Revolution validated the idea that all men were created equal, slavery was legal in all the thirteen colonie...

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Fortunately man had reason at his disposal and long ago reasoned that it would be far better to renounce the state of nature, including his natural right to all things, in favor of establishing a peaceable, safe commonwealth where power would be held by an omnipotent sovereign. ... To Locke the state of nature was "men living together according to reason without a common superior on earth, with authority to judge between them- (Chapter 19, Two Treatises). ... In the state of nature, since all men were equal as kings, no man's property was at all private nor was it safe as every man ha...

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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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Throughout history, there have been various revolutions taking place all around the world. ... Of all the revolutions studied in global history, the French Revolution and the Philippine Revolution has had the greatest social, economical and political impact. ... France was in debt from previous kings, supplying money for the American Revolution and extravagant spending by Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette. ... All of this unfair treatment combined made the Filipinos revolt against their harsh ruling system. ... Although these two men argued with each other at one point of ...

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The French had suffered big defeats and therefore had lost men and supplies. ... These ideas included that it is right to take up arms against tyranny, there should be no taxation without representation, all men should have liberal freedoms, and a Republic is superior to a monarchy. ... They decided to declare themselves the representative body of France (the National Assembly) and to disregard the Kings opinion. ... All judges were to be elected 5. ... The franchise was to be given to all who paid taxes equivalent to 3 days wages or more. ...

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This all changed abruptly in 1763. ... In October 1780 a crowd of frontiersmen defeated a British force at Kings Mt and this set the stage for the Yorktown Campaign. The combination of the French recognition of the United States (1778) and its allegiance with the same which bought much need supplies and money to the colonists, and in a small way Spain's declaration of War against the British in 1779, and the continued persistence of the colonists, all attributed to the British Surrender on October 19th 1781. ... That they felt that as all men are equal under their creator, that they ha...

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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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