One cause of the Revolution was the ideas of the enlightenment and the ease of distribution of the written word. The Enlightenment was an intellectual revolution that rewarded the ideas of ambitiousness and cosmopolitanism. ... In France, more and more people were reading the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers and philosophes and agreed with the ideas. ... Along with the Enlightenment the American Revolution influenced the French Revolution. Using ideas of the Enlightenment the American Revolution set up a government based on equality. ...

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Absolutism seemed, to political philosophers like Hobbes and Bodin, the only workable solution to the religious divisions that exposed people to such anarchy as to render everyday human life impossible. ... Enlightened despots/enlightened absolutists: rulers who claimed to use their power to improve the lives of their subjects by employing the ideas of Enlightenment thinkers. ... Although she often spoke in terms of the French philosophers who saw the enserfment of fellow humans as a blot on civilization, Catherine took no effective action to end serfdom or soften its rigors. ...

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Many philosophers over the years, like Marx, have studied this event, and tried to conclude why it was so violent. ... With the development of the Enlightenment in Europe, many people started to reject the ideas of an Absolute Monarchy. ... France continued to be reformed even after the revolution and was a subject of great debate for many philosophers. ... After the French Revolution, philosophers started creating Historiographies of the revolution and tried to determine why the Revolution occurred. ...

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Causes of French Revolution Although the beginning of the French Revolution cannot be pin pointed to one specific event that took place, there were many problems that provoked the people of France to fight for their independence. To list all of the causes would be utter chaos so I decided ...

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