The French and Russian Revolutions: Similar? Or Different? Owen Sokoloff Period 4 Ms. Repollet 1/18/11 The French Revolution and the Russian Revolution were the same in many ways‚ but were also different in just as many ways. A king who believed in absolutism‚ just as France was before the revolution‚ led Russia; the kings didn’t accurately represent their people‚ nor were they close to them; the middle class (bourgeoisie‚ in France‚ Duma‚ in Russia) wanted recognition; and in both cases‚
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Both the French and Russian revolutions occurred because of two main reasons. Both of these revolutions were the direct results of bad leadership and a bad economy. These two reasons along with other factors caused both of these revolutions. Although they were both similar‚ they also had differences. A difference between the two is that the Russians had an unsuccessful "pre-revolution" in 1905. Another difference between these two revolutions is the fact that the French turned towards a democracy
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French and Russian Revolutions The years 1789 and 1917 held similarity in the fact that they were the beginning of years of utter chaos in Europe. In 1789‚ France was at the beginning of what was to be known as the French Revolution. And coincidentally so was Russia in 1917. These revolutions changed Europe in many ways‚ especially politically; the aftershocks were felt for decades after. Resemblances were held in the initiation execution‚ and follow-up; some differences did exist as well in the
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October 4‚2010 History 109 Essay Two The American Revolution‚ French Revolution‚ and Russian Revolution are known as the three great revolutions in world civilization. There are many things that relate these three revolutions‚ as well as many things that make them very different than one another. \ The American Revolution had started because of a dispute between the British and the Colonists. Since Britain was the mother country‚ everything the colonists made went back to Britain. Parliament
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Compare/ Contrast Mexican & Russian Revolutions Parallels may be drawn between the revolutionary movements in Mexico in 1910 and in Russia in 1917. In both Mexico and Russia‚ democratic rule was experimented with during the revolution. In Mexico it resulted in a democratic government‚ but communism ultimately prevailed in Russia. In both cases foreign involvement played a role. Mexico was trying to escape economic dependency on foreign investors and limited military involvement by the United
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about literacy for the masses. Another differences was the characterization of the Russian revolution by World war 1 leading to the revolt against a ruling Tsar while China‚ was not affected by the war was more of a civil war between the nationalists and Mao’s peasants. Even so‚ both nations ended up with Communist revolutions‚ following the proletariat ruling belief. During the early 20th century‚ the Russian revolutionaries wanted all its people to be literate as to experience by reading the
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2012 The Russian and Chinese Revolutions The Russian and Chinese revolution both may perhaps have been no more different‚ each both with the establishment of two different concepts that lead to the shifting of their countries. These both experienced encounters with foreign influences and connections. The ways of the both were oddly different due to one wanting the end of interactions with the West and China who actually wanted to adopt more to their ways of the West. The Russian revolution was essentially
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and the French Revolutions POSSIBLE THESIS STATEMENT While the timing and reasons leading to the French and American Revolutions were different‚ the two were similar in many ways including breaking free from oppressive government systems‚ including stemming off of the Enlightenment ideals when recreating their governments and furthermore‚ inspiring other countries to start their own revolutions an get rid of monarchy and to create a republic government. COMPARE 1-Both the French revolution
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Kitamura March 15‚ 2014 World History A2 938 Compare and Contrast Causes After the scientific revolution‚ Enlightenment arose stressing reason‚ thought and power individuals had to solve problems. While Enlightenment philosophes such as Voltaire and Rousseau influenced the ideas developed during the French Revolution‚ Karl Marx and his book the Communist Manifesto spurred revolutionary ideas during the Russian Revolutions. Although both revolutions ended differently (France becoming a dictatorship
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1. Compare and contrast two Atlantic revolutions‚ and assess the global consequences. First of all‚ both of the French and American revolution have significantly contributed to the development of our modern world. And both revolutions were famous and acknowledged movements in history. However‚ besides being both immensely profound‚ the American and French Revolutions share some similarities and vast differences in terms of their origins‚ methods and outcomes when contrasted after close analysis
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