ended; and both had an impact on Great Britain. Before the French Revolution‚ France had a very rigid social structure. The 1st‚ 2nd‚ and 3rd Estates made up the classes. The 1st Estate was the clergy‚ or church. It was divided into the upper clergy - bishops‚ archbishops‚ and the like‚ and the lower clergy - priests and monks who actually taught God’s word out in the country. This class made up 1% of France’s population. The 2nd Estate was the nobility‚ the people of title. They made up 2% of France’s
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Causes of the French Revolution The French Revolution was a long lasting‚ ten-year period beginning in 1789 and eventually ending in 1799. It marked one of the most important events in history‚ leading to many transformations throughout France. At the time‚ France was the most powerful state in Europe but it still took part in the Revolution. During this era‚ France had been socially unstable. Although dividing the classes into three estates seemed as if it were a great idea‚ these estates were
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However‚ the new clergy were often poorly educated‚ and therefore the popular respect for the church was reduced dramatically; the church were always seen as guidance to the local villagers – they were the only ones capable of reading important letters‚ for example‚ yet for the uneducated clergy this proved near impossible‚ and so the local peasants came to doubt those they looked to for a source of comfort
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treatise of the government) Thomas Paine (Common Sense) Thomas Jefferson American and French Revolution THE SECULARIZATION MOVEMENT Father Pedro Pelaez (1862) Exposes the discrimination of Filipino clergys Racial and National conflict with the Friars curates in one side and Filipino clergy on the other side 1565 Religious orders took control of the parishes in the
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Goals of the French Revolution During Napoleon’s Reign The French Revolution was a period where thousands of French people fought for the abolishment of monarchy‚ religion and the establishment of equality and freedom. There were thousands of lives lost for these purposes and the country was separated into parts where revolutionaries were on one side and monarchs on the other. Napoleon Bonaparte arrived to France in the years of the revolution. He wasn’t a well-known
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Explain the impact brought about by the rise of Ilustrados and the Filipino Clergy in the Philippine Nationalist Movement and their influence to Rizal. The most prominent Ilustrados were Graciano López Jaena‚ Marcelo H. del Pilar‚ Mariano Ponce‚ Antonio Luna and José Rizal‚ the Philippine national hero. Rizal’s novels Noli Me Tangere ("Touch Me Not") and El filibusterismo ("The Subversive") “exposed to the world the injustices imposed on Filipinos under the Spanish colonial regime”.
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Brit Lit Final Bobby Yang Over the centuries‚ British writers and their respective literary works significantly impacted the Western Christian perspective. Beginning as early as the ninth century‚ you can find literary evidence of Christianity in vague monotheistic references in Beowulf that have led many scholars to believe it was of Christian authorship. These early writings show Christianity’s influence upon the culture‚ but as centuries went by‚ the tides began to turn‚ and the culture would
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Governments often implement policies in an attempt to change society. There are many reasons as to why a change may be brought about and the extent to which this change is achieved depends on a variety of factors. The westernization of Russia under Peter the Great and the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution under Robespierre are keen examples of this situation. In both instances‚ the government of each nation strived to change society by both implementing new policies and using force for
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Jackson Spielvogel said‚ “Yet for all of its obvious impact‚ the American Revolution proved in the long run to be far less important to Europe than the French Revolution. The French Revolution was more complex‚ more violent‚ and far more radical in its attempt to construct both a new political order and new social order.” The French Revolution was extremely influential to the rest of Europe because it proved that a country could benefit from a republic. It also showed just how brutal a monarch could
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release the subjects from any feudal obligations * In the ninth century Christian monks copied Classical Greek and Latin texts so that they would be made more widely available * The church did face problems * Such as within their own clergy *
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