The French Revolution was an internal struggle between France's people and its rulers. ... The French Revolution was one of the bloodiest revolutions in history; it was responsible for taking the lives of thousands of Frenchmen. ... Many French Troops (mainly the Bourgeoisie) came back encouraged by the revolution to introduce a revolution in France. ... After the Revolution, France went through great and terrible stages. ... Napoleon made the ideas of the Revolution permanent, established law and order in France, saved France from opposing forces, and established National unity. ...

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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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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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He also points out that, in 1789 at least, San Domingo was the pride of the French empire. ... That the Haitian revolution was violent should come as no surprise, considering it was inspired by the French one. ... It would be an unfortunate mistake to end any analysis of the Radicalism of Haitian revolution with the formal creation of the new Republic in 1804, for the true test of the new government, as always, lay afterward. ... Both of these have been the norm in Haiti since the end of the Revolution. ... Their struggle affected the end of slavery in Saint Domingue but not the end of the...

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Two important revolutions break out with the aim of being freed from the oppression of the monarchy's rule: The French Revolution and the American Revolution. One revolution lead the other as France followed in American's footsteps towards their own revolution. 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. ... French people felt that the revolution would change their lives but years passed by and it was harder than the previous ones. ... Th...

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Life would generally improve, but the industrial revolution also proved harmful. ... The industrial revolution was a time for change. ... By the end of the 1700's, laws were introduced in Parliament to limit working hours and forbid the employment of very young children. ... Belgium and France industrialized by 1848; Germany by 1914; Japan by 1920; Soviet Union by 1930 and India and China began after World War II. ... The second revolution involves the use of electricity in industry, transportation and communication; the third revolution was the invention of the internal-combustion...

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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. ... When the war ended, Americans had some trouble adjusting. ... When the French and Indian War came to a close, a new nationalistic feeling arose out of individual Americans and they came to see themselves as Americans, and not British. ... 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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During the American Revolution John Adams deliberated the reasons and worth of the fight. ... I can see that the end is worth all the means. ... At this time in the American Revolution only a few colonies with militias fighting against the British. ... Before the American Revolution, the American colonists and the British army fought together in the French and Indian War. ... The French now had the same resources and profitable goods that the colonies had, the Americans now had to compete for customers with France. ...

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They dramatically revised their miliary way of thinking after the revolution, which was later displayed in their future battles against neighboring France. ... As the American Revolution came to an end in the late 18th century, Holland spawned its own revolution against Britain that coincidently mirrored many of the same issues dealt with in the colonists revolt. ... The elements of suprise and camflauge were used both in the American Revolution and Pariots" revolt. ... In conclusion, the American Revolution affected various countries around the world in many different ways. ... The revolution...

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The British, with a massive supply system behind them, needed no foreign aid and desired to end the war quickly. ... Because of this capability to do so, and the dwindling of the ports they controlled in America, they sought to end the war quickly. ... This victory gave the independency cause legitimacy in the eyes of the French, foreign countries finally seeing the potency of the Revolution. ... Foreign intervention kept the American fight alive, the French keeping the budding American government together by lending it money that was paramount in keeping the Revolution alive. At Yorktown, the...

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Was The American Revolution Revolutionary? A revolution is a total or radical change. Did the American Revolution bring about change? ... "The class structure did not change there were more indentured servants than ever, and the Revolution did nothing to end and little to ameliorate white bondage.- (pg. 84 Zinn) The only real change that occurred in relation to class structure was that the rich men of the colonies were able to get richer as a result of the navigation laws and the economic system of mercantilism being void. ... "American shippers, using fraudulent papers,...

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We are taught to view the war as a Revolution, a fight for freedom, liberty and the right to own property, a fight that would, in the end, be beneficial to every American. ... Tories wanted to end resistance before violence spread, while Whigs believed they should flex their muscles and intimidate England. ... And at the end of the war, they would see their land and possessions confiscated as a penalty. ... In addition to the Americans fighting in the continental army, France and Spain sent troops to fight against the British. ... At the end of the war, those deemed loyalists faced a bleak,...

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We are taught to view the war as a Revolution, a fight for freedom, liberty and the right to own property, a fight that would, in the end, be beneficial to every American. ... Tories wanted to end resistance before violence spread, while Whigs believed they should flex their muscles and intimidate England. ... And at the end of the war, they would see their land and possessions confiscated as a penalty. ... In addition to the Americans fighting in the continental army, France and Spain sent troops to fight against the British. ... At the end of the war, those deemed loyalists faced a bleak,...

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Simultaneously, Edmond Charles Genet was sent to the United States as a special representative from France to implore support in the French Revolution. ... Genet had copiously essayed to obtain American support in the French Revolution, and in accordance with America's foreign policy, Washington vehemently resisted any involvement in war. ... Talleyrand, the French foreign minister, sent an agent, later called X, to demand that the Americans pay tributes to France. ... The Americans refused and the talks eventually ended. ... The risks taken by both presidents, and the end resul...

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In the aftermath of the French and Indian War, the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies had been severed. With an immense influx of war spending in order to fight off the French in the New World, the British were forced to place some of that burden on the colonists who, in their mind, initiated the war in the first place. ... Although the colonists were unhappy with the governing of the British crown, the time was not yet ripe for revolution. ... While these new laws infuriated many of the colonists, the independence movement still remained peaceful through the end of the 1770&...

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The Revolution and the Civil War In 1775, American colonists took arms against British rule, thus leading to the American Revolution and the end of British control over the thirteen colonies. ... The American colonists and the British had just defeated the French in the middle of the 1700s in the French and Indian war. ... Although the colonist participation was held to a minimum, they had learned a powerful lesson from the French and Indian War. ... In the case of the Civil War, violence was justified to end a cruel institution. ...

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From England came the masterful work of Edward Gibbon, combining erudition with the philosophical concerns of the 18th cent. on the rise and decline of civilization. 10 The end of the century also brought the budding of archaeology out of antiquarianism and of philology out of classical scholarship. ... In France, modern academic history began with Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges. ... Macaulay in England, and Jules Michelet in France. ...

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The French and Indian war took place in America. ... Slowly they took control over the war and forced the French out of their colonies up to Quebec were they cornered French soldiers up a rocky embankment. ... The Declaration ends with the thirteen colonies declaring "that these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown" which will be replaced by their own new Government. ... It did just that, the movement gained supporters and allies, including France. ... Not only that, this new way ...

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In A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, one of the key characters Madame Defarge embodies the fury and wrath of the French Revolution. ... All people of France at this time were watchful of others. ... She seems to have it all under control just knitting and controlling the citizens of France, but she loses all control just as the revolution does. ... Madame Defarge in a sense of speaking is the common citizens of France and the revolution. ... Once he found his sister, he evoked the Marquis to draw his sword which ended his own life. ...

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Britain and Its Colonies When the French and Indian war ended, with the Treaty of Paris, France had to surrender its land in North America to Britain. ... Considering that the French and Indian war was very expensive, Britain's struggle for more revenue caused the first major conflict between England and the colonies over Parliament's right to tax. ... This measure encouraged the grievances of the colonists, and their determined action in response paved the way for the American Revolution. ... It is more than likely that if England (Parliament) had simply given the colonies fair ...

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It was discovered once the gathering of wild grains became at the end of the last ice age, in a region known as the Fertile Crescent. ... Timeline: Spirits in the Colonial Period 1300 (France)- Arnald of Villanova, a professor at the French medical school of Montpellier, who made the instructions for wine distillation. 1386 (France)- Charles II was struck with fever and paralysis, so they used distillation of wine as a medicine. 1405 (Ireland)- Richard MacRagh died after drinking the water of life to excess. 1478 (Germany)- First printed book about distillation was written by Micheal Puff...

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There were a few American victories at sea early on, but in the end, the U.S. ... " Great Britain and France had been intermittently at war since 1793. ... British did this by blockading the French coast and in 1807 it passed the Orders in Council, which required neutral countries to obtain a license before trading with France. ... American ships caught in these blockades were taken for use by both the British and French navy's and by 1812 Britain had taken a 1000 American ships and the French had taken 500. ... Madison agreed with Congress and believed that it was either; go to war...

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It was a period not long after the American Revolution, in a war which the Americans won their independence and then together formed a new nation. ... The army was called to put down the rebellion, though in the end no organized resistance was encountered. ... A year before the Whiskey rebellion, war broke out in Europe between France and England. ... However, neither the French nor the British respected the American neutrality, and both started to seize American ships trading with the other side, and in addition, the British impressed American sailors into their navy services. ... And later d...

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That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. ...

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Like the conquistadors of Spain and the Courer Du Bois of France, and the British when American colonists showed signs of revolts. Roosevelt, a strong imperialistic republican took the canal as politically safe as he could, going to Britain, then France, followed with the Hay-Banau Varilla treaty. But when he started to come upon dead ends, he looked toward the old fashioned Europeon ways. Roosevelts actions by helping with the Panama Revolution was imperialistic, but every major country would have done the same. 8 Woodrow Wilson was a terrific president economically and politica...

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