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    The French Revolution: Two of the Greatest Eras Working Together Without Knowing Molly Dauk Honors World History Mrs. Bartosik May 5, 2017 The Enlightenment and the French Revolution, two of the most enriched periods of history, probably never to be left out of the history books. The French Revolution was influenced greatly by the Age of Reason. The Enlightenment period took place over about three-hundred years, whereas the French Revolution took place for only ten years. The French Revolution

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    During the French Revolution, the people had had enough of the incompetent monarchy that was ignorant to the world around them. The Divine Right monarchs believed that, because God had placed them in their position, they did not have to care about the people around him. The bourgeoisie overthrew this mindset in the revolution for a more participatory government where people had rights and a voice in government, “The representatives of the French people, organized as a National

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    Many revolutions have taken place throughout human history. Conflict is almost inevitable, as human beings have had a tendency to thirst for power since the beginnings of civilization. With the rise of monarchies, the “divine right of kings”, and social caste systems, disgruntlement with the government from subjected citizens is probable. A mean for substantial and exponential changes to the “system” is by way of revolution. Revolutionaries often are victims of suffering and hardships, imposed upon

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    Studying the Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, French Revolutions, Revolutions of 1830/1848, and the Industrial Revolution has shown that these revolutions have similarities and differences. While some revolutions have been more successful than others, each revolution is unique in its own way. In addition, each revolution had various factors that caused the uprisings. The causes of the Scientific Revolution consist of many things. The Scientific Revolution occurred during the Renaissance period

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    problems, and weak and indecisive leadership all helped a desire for change. This change was called the French Revolution. The French Revolution was a period of social, economic, and political turmoil. The French Revolution is considered a major turning point in history. Its occurrence caused negative and positive in both France and other regions. To begin with, one cause of the French Revolution was social inequality. During this time period in France, the social hierarchy was called the Old Regime

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    The French Revolution By: Daijon Weaver About the French Revolution The French Revolution started in 1787 and ended in 1799. France was governed by privileged groups and peasants were the small landholders who paid the taxes. The French Revolution started because the feudal regime was getting pretty bad, the peasants was getting better education and wanted to destroy the feudal system. The country’s economic and intellectual development was not in line with the social and political change. The

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    Many attribute the evolution of the French revolution as the catalyst for redirection of the style of artwork from Baroque and Rococo to Neoclassical and Romanticism. Two leading masterpieces that support this aspect are respectively: Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, (c. 1784) and Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, (c. 1830). As commented in Essential Humanities (2016), the French revolution “in all its heroic glory and grisly destruction” (par. 10) is masterfully portrayed in Delacroix

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    The Czechoslovakia Revolution and the French Revolution had many similarities through their causes and the influence of democratic government. The Velvet revolution was caused by a debacle with their communist form of government. Many protests and strikes took place in order to abolish their form of government that didn’t allow them to have any freedom. Similarly, the French Revolution was a result from an unjust government as well. They had many issues that consisted of feudal oppression and a huge

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    Kiele Christopher R. Jackson Western Civ October 10 2017 The American revolution lasted from 1775-1783 and the French revolution from 1789-1799, making them the first two large scale revolutions. America’s revolution coming beforehand has the largest significance. It created a domino effect that would knock down old ways of thinking and pave the for new ones,opening the eyes of people all around the world later on . The origins of the two revolutions are fairly similar. Both were started by commoners

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    review, I have read and evaluated Sylvia Neely’s history book entitled A Concise History of the French Revolution published in 2007 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Neely’s purpose is to gives an overview of the French revolution with the most important events, the most prominent people and the essential terms. We can see that the author proved her thesis by explaining the background causes of the revolution such as the ancient regime with Louis XVI. Also she described all important events in chronological

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