September 24‚ 2012 DBQ: To what extent did the American Revolution fundamentally change American society? In your answer‚ be sure to address the political‚ social and economic effects of the Revolution in the period from 1775 to 1800. After the American Revolution‚ Americans‚ who were free of British control‚ started to reevaluate politics‚ the economy and society. After breaking away from what they thought was a corrupt and evil government‚ Americans changed how they wanted to govern their society
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New ideas emerged from the Enlightenment that would heavily influence the Age of Revolution‚ including natural rights and a social contract. Because of these new thoughts‚ people revolted in response to suppressive governments and established new or altered political systems‚ such as in the Haitian and French Revolution. In his address to the Estates General‚ King Louis XVI shows no sympathy for the Third Estate’s rebellious actions. Angry because they have a disproportionately low representation
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During the American Revolution‚ colonists had many utopian ideals of freedom‚ representation‚ and independence. They fought for them through the Revolutionary War and Thomas Paine emphasised them in his book Common Sense. The british colonists kept those principles at heart when writing the Declaration of Independence and continued pursue them even until the mid 1800s with the rise of cotton in the Mississippi Valley. When the soil in the southern states proved fertile‚ King Cotton became the new
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French Revolution absolute monarchies dominated western Europe. In general‚ conservatism is associated with royalties and established religious organization including the Catholic Church‚ the Orthodox Church‚ and the Anglican Protestant Church in England. One of the lasting effects of the age of Napoleon is the spread of nationalism and liberalism. In the early 1800’s‚ liberals embraced enlightenment ideas spread by the French Revolution. Liberalism and Conservatism‚ after the French Revolution were
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The German invasion of Stalingrad started on 22 June 1941 which was the start of summer in Russia. The Germans assumed it would be a quick victory. (Yoder‚ 2003) However‚ the battle dragged on into the severe Russian winter‚ weather that the Germans were not prepared for. The German 6th Army was only given summer uniforms due to the battle starting towards in the summer. This lack of preparation for the Russian winter proved disastrous to the Germans as the summer uniforms could do little to prevent
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The French Revolution is very important to how France is run today. The French Revolution had many struggles as new Enlightenment ideas surged through the country‚ and bloodshed took its toll. There were many factors that caused the French Revolution‚ many effects of the French Revolution‚ and it was a turning point in not only European History‚ but World History. There were many factors that caused the French Revolution. Political problems such as King Louis XIV believing that he ruled by Divine
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The Mexican Revolution was an armed struggle that began in 1910. Although there were many factors to the start of the Revolution‚ it was mainly caused by tensions over land reform‚ wage disparities‚ and political oppression. The revolution was in part caused by unfair land reform policies. One policy that caused outrage among the indigenous peoples was the Ley de Terrenos Baldios‚ which caused 50 million hectares of land to be taken from indigenous farmers. One reaction to this was revolutionary
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Throughout history there have been many revolutions‚ such as the French Revolution‚ that were caused by people rebelling against their governments. The French Revolution commenced after the Enlightenment became popular. The Enlightenment was a period in time where new ideas were spread and people started thinking differently about the world that they lived in. Enlightenment thinkers‚ like John Locke and Voltaire‚ begin inspiring the citizens of France to rebel against their government if they felt
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Before the Industrial Revolution‚ most families made their clothes themselves. Clothes had a special meaning to these people as told in Passage 2‚ "part of this practice took on a religious significance and was conducted in sacred spaces. Fabric itself could be very meaningful." The fabric was difficult to make‚ and as a result‚ was very expensive. Since the fabric was expensive‚ most cultures had a robe that was common among people‚ since robes wasted less fabric. There was no such thing as a zipper
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The French and Indian war was the significant event that aggravated the American Revolution. The French and Indian war or Seven years war‚ lead to certain realizations that caused Americans to realize that their English liberties were being threatened. The crown of France had just issued the Edict of Nantes in 1598 which had granted limited toleration to French Protestants. Prior to the Edict of Nantes‚ the tension between the Roman Catholics and the Protestant Huguenots‚ as a result over 10‚000
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