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    The Successes and Failures of the French and Industrial Revolutions Christian Matson University of North Carolina Greensboro The Successes and Failures of the French and Industrial Revolutions The French and Industrial revolutions were two amazingly profound and impactful historical events, each of them with their own far reaching effects. Of course, As with all societal changes, these caused a mixture of both intended and unintended consequences. That which is managed to be achieved through

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    Revolutions are caused by people wanting to have a change. If a group or a certain leader of the country doesn’t meet the needs of their citizens, the people would rise to take over to reach their necessities. The causes of the Russian revolution (1917) and the French revolution were grinding poverty, and ineffective government. In the search of equality, these two revolutions used different ideals of equality. The Russians using ideas from Socialism and French using the ideals of Enlightenment.

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    What were the most important causes of the French Revolution (discuss 3 reasons)? ​ The French revolution was the darkest time period in France’s history. Around 40,000 people died in an attempt to reform the French society. Many factors contributed to the start of the French revolution – factors such as social, economic and political. ​The French revolution was caused by many political reasons. The main political reason was that the members of the third estate occupied 97% of Frances population

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    The Russian Revolution of 1917 and the French Revolution of 1789 do possess corresponding elements of each other’s movement as well as do posses dissimilar features of each other’s movement. Through comparing France and Russia’s economic, political and social issues leading up to and during the respective revolutions, significant parallels are drawn. Although the outcomes of these movements are different to each other, as the French Revolution is more about democracy and the Russian more about communism

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    Some may ask what did the French Revolution result in. Well, the French Revolution ousted the monarchy, set up a republic, experienced brutal times of political turmoil, and lastly finished in an autocracy under Napoleon that quickly conveyed a number of standards to Western Europe and past. Furthermore, the question of what caused the French revolution is important as well. A lot of factors have caused the Revolution, including financial crisis and social inequalities; moreover, the effects of these

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    The French Revolution of 1789-1799 The French Revolution was a violent and a transitional period in French history that shook both the continent of Europe and France itself. The French Revolution stemmed from a vast set of motives. The influences of the French Revolution were both internal due to the government of France, political divides, and an impoverished economy from wars and also externally from Enlightenment philosophy and the outcome of the American Revolution (Schwartz, “The French Revolution:

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    The American and French revolutions had many similarities and differences. A similarity is both nations didn’t have a stable government. Both revolutions wanted to change that. A contrast between the revolutions was that the French wanted to change everything, their government, their social structure and as well as their economy and religion, but America wanted a change in their government but their social system remained intact. A primary cause for each revolution was their government, and as well

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    and the French Revolution The French Revolution and the Enlightenment are events in European History that changed the way people thought, and what they did, during the 18th and 19th centuries. From the Enlightenment some of the events that later followed during French Revolution could be related to the thinking and writing of Enlightenment, but some of the events during the French Revolution do not follow the thinking of the enlightenment at all. To understand how the French Revolution used ideas

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    The French Revolution started July 14, 1789, due to financial issues the king of France; Luis XVI, was having. "The era of French Revolution was a decisive period in the shaping of the modern west. By destroying aristocratic privileges and opening careers to talent, it advanced the cause of equality under the law" (Perry P. 94). Even though France was going through some hardships and encountered a lot of challenges, the Revolution lead to a positive change in equality. The French Revolution had a

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    Introduction: Women in the French Revolution did not have a significant role in society until the made a stand for themselves. Women did not have equal rights of men, including voting rights, inheritance rights and weren’t looked at as equals in jobs. Thesis statement: Women may not have been completely successful in their venture of gaining equality during the French Revolution, but yet they did make great progress in their efforts. Women like Etta Palm d'Aelders and Olympe de Gouges were great

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