The French Revolution is the quintessence of a revolution's cyclical nature. ... This meeting would result in the beginning of the French Revolution. The cause of the French Revolution was the desperation of the French peasants to be heard. ... The French Revolution began and ended in bloodshed and hatred. ... The French revolution is a clear example of the repercussions of a revolution based out of fear and hatred....

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Railroads and Steamships The second Industrial Revolution was also a transportation revolution. ... The Revolution Spreads Up until 1850, Britain was the only country to have industrialized signifacntly. ... France France industrialized more slowly. ... France did, however, increase production of coal and iron between 1820 and 1870, and mechanize textile production. ... The Industrial Revolution changed the perception of middle class women. ...

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The French revolution is often credited to be the event that led to the rise of nationalism. France was a divided nation prior to this revolution. ... This instigated nationalism among the French. ... The French nationalism arose as a consequence of the French revolution and was civic in nature as it was based on common beliefs and ideas. ... For instance the French revolution was a civic nationalistic movement. ...

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The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution It has, been variously called the "Western Miracle" (Rosenberg and Birdzell 42) and the "European Miracle," (Jones) but it is commonly known as the Industrial Revolution. ... This research examines why the Industrial Revolution took place in Europe, and why it did not occur elsewhere, specifically Asia. ... It is estimated that at the start of the fourteenth century, the combined peoples of France, Germany and Britain supported 15 percent of the population through peasant work (meaning that 85 percent of the population were peasants)....

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Napoleon is single-handedly the reason that the French Revolution took the course that it did. ... In an article by Steven Kreis entitled "Europe and the Superior Being: Napoleon," Steven claims that the French Revolution is what caused Napoleon to be the man that he has been known as for the past few centuries. he also writes that he had a "passion for power" as well as a "genius for leadership." (http://library.thinkquest.org/17120/data/bios/users/napoleon2/page_1.html) His training in military school and experience in wars during the French Revolution gave him the potential to shape him to ...

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To the British, French, and Germans, the primary colonizing nations, the individual needs of their colonial subjects were not important. ... Some of the major colonizers known to date are France, Denmark, Spain, Italy, and the United Kingdom (LCN). ... A third and more breathtaking revolution occurred in the economic side was steam-powered equipment's that were perfected and applied to one producing process after another. Equally the fresh tools created a new form of production firm in economic revolution known as the factory. These revolutions had been an extraordinary surge in the gro...

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As Erica Benner (2013) mentions in Nationalism: Intellectual Origins, a German reaction to the revolutions in America and France, which "claimed to found new national forms of legitimacy on universal, republican principles" (Benner 2013, p. 45), which was when the confederation of German states in 1800, or the Holy Roman Empire, were collapsing due to the pressure of the revolutionary wars. ... Fichte did support the French revolution initially, by even promoting the belief of using force to intervene in other countries and expand an ideology, and it illustrates the significant ideas of the ra...

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The brink of the French Revolution saw the fall of Louis XVI, and with his kingship lost, the path was clear for the rise of a powerful and influential military commander; Napoleon Bonaparte. ... The drained and unnerved French armies were eventually driven out of Madrid and back to France by the combined allied armies of Great Britain, Portugal and Spain. ... The brink of the French Revolution saw the fall of Louis XVI. ... Napoleon Bonaparte rose as the emperor of France in the latter stages of the French Revolution. ... The drained and unnerved French armies were eventually driven out of...

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The conflicting religious ideologies of the 16th century nearly destroyed France and sparked murderous conflict in the Netherlands and Germany. ... The massacres of Catholic Henry III of France 1589, Protestant William the Silent of the Dutch Republic 1584, and Protestant turned Catholic Henry IV of France 1610 after 19 failed attempts, as well as countless massacres and wars provoked by religious differences, impelled a new approach to governing. ... One Prussian in 25 was in uniform (whereas in France ration was 1: 250) and the Prussian system of training and equipping soldiers ranked at t...

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The State System in this arena was affected by Industrial Revolution, representative governments, political changes, growth of international law, emergence of international organization, economic interdependence, revolution in the means of transport and communication. ... King Louis XIV of France ruled from 1661 to 1715. ... Year 1776 saw the American Declaration of Independence and in 1789 the Estates General meets in Paris beginning the French Revolution. ... CONGRESS OF VIENNA: (1814-1815) --> It ended the Napoleonic Wars and rightful, legitimate rulers deposed by the French Revolut...

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The balance of power of European states changed from 1848 to 1914 because of revolutions and certain unifications. ... Bismarck was eventually pressed by France as he knew that a patriotic war with France would drive the southern states into German owned land. But France declared war on Prussia to teach Germany a lesson. Germany and Austria were united and they destroyed the French army at Sedan and eventually France surrendered, and accepted Bismarck's harsh peace terms. ... France took parts of West and Central Africa. ...

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The restored large central rose window (circular stained-glass window) became standard in French-Gothic architecture. ... Proclaiming the majesty and power of Christ, these sculptures was destroyed from the western fazade during the French Revolution. During the reign of Napoleon III, the French Gothic structures were threatened with extermination by Imperial order. ... Gothic style was introduced through the French monastic orders into England. ... Many Italian Cathedrals resemble early Christian basilicas more than gothic cathedrals in France, England, or Germany. ...

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In the early part of the twentieth century, militarism was as prominent as ever, with the recent industrial revolution being the main factor. ... The other alliance: The Triple Entente, was made up of Great Britain, France and Russia. ... France joined Great Britain in 1904. ... The Russians refused Germany's demand and the Kaiser declared war on Russia and France. ... In the plan, German was to use two arms of their army in order to trap the French forces. ...

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Despite this, during the interwar period independence movements increasingly threatened the overstretched empires of the UK and France. ... For example, it is notable that many of the leaders of independence and liberation movements were Western educated Despite this, decolonization after 1945 was often characterized by revolution and periods of armed struggle. This can be seen in the case of China against Japan, Algeria against France, and Vietnam against the French and the USA. ...

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Within Europe, the industrial revolution had created social distress and unease on the population. ... Thirdly, the industrial revolution which had left a surplus population allowed for colonial states to send out people to the settlements in Africa. ...

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Soon the French economy, along with others on the European continent, weakened. ... The lands which Napoleon conquered were exploited for the benefit, not of the whole Empire, but for France. ... In Egypt, I was a Mohammedan; in France I am a Catholic,"9 Napoleon said. Napoleon used the church to help him establish himself as the leader of France. ... Roman Catholicism was recognized as the religion of most French citizens. ...

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These symphonies are standardized into two styles: The three movements of symphonies written in the French style feature tempos played slow-quick-slow. ... The period that followed the failure of the European Revolutions of 1848 - 1849 and the downfall of Hegelianism was generally characterized by Positivism and Realism. ... During an age of wars and revolution, romantic composers felt free to make music that was violent and macabre. ...

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(Steps Leading to the American Revolution 42). ... By doing so, the growing American economy was greatly damaged, especially after the French and Indian War during which thousands of new colonists came due to the abundance of jobs but when the war was over, there were thousands of people poor and hungry (Zinn 60). ...

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The European Union was originally established in 1950 to bring the six European nations of Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands closer together. ... The industrialisation of both China and Japan owe its revolution to America and Europe, therefore you can find European institutions within South-East Asia, which makes trading not such a foreign experience, or in other words, even our newly found friends have been influenced by Europe in some time in their history. ...

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