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    THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (1789-1799) The French Revolution was a watershed event that changed Europe irrevocably and ended a century of slowly increasing opposition to absolutism and the supremacy of a decadent aristocracy. The causes of the French Revolution are difficult to pin down. Therefore‚ we will divide them into long-term and immediate causes. Within long-term causes‚ we will also define intellectual‚ political and economic causes. Long-Term Intellectual Causes Before a movement can reach

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    For six of the eight causes of revolution‚ describe two events‚ actions or beliefs (evidence) during the years before the French Revolution that led to a developing revolutionary situation. Explain how each contributed to the revolutionary situation. Frances failed attempts at economic reform contributed heavily to the developing revolutionary situation. In August 1787‚ when the parlements refused to implement the Kings proposed changes to the financial system‚ it became clear that the Kings authority

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    From the beginning of the people’s revolt‚ the French Revolution became one of the most important events to occur in the history of France‚ and around the world. From the day it began‚ the question as to what influenced this political uprising has been pondered by many people. Now before the revolution‚ people were starting to question religion‚ and were leaning more towards science and rationality to explain things. These people pointed out the absurdities of religion‚ and the need for the better

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    Lola Ogunlade 09/12/14 Period 7 The Shoemaker and the Revolution Article Analysis Alfred F. Young’s The Shoemaker and the Revolution is simply a triumph story. Where a man is just not a man but symbolizes a “revolution” in itself. Through the eyes of George Robert Twelves Hewes‚ the shoemaker; we take a closer look into what events lead to the Revolution and what the people affected by it truly felt. Young’s argues that the three main regards to the defiance of Britain were the Tea Party‚ Boston

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    Question: ‘The American War of Independence was the most significant long-term cause of French Revolution.’ How far do you agree? The French revolution is till now considered as one of the most violent revolutions in world history. It caused numbers of people to be sacrificed by the famed guillotine‚ and it brought utter chaos to French society. There are varying reasons that contributed to this event‚ and there are opinions suggesting that American war of Independence was the most significant

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    a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution? A single colony cannot depart from its mother country and lead a revolution; only a whole united nation‚ such as that of the American colonies‚ could successfully detach themselves from Mother England. One must take into consideration that up until the eve of revolution‚ much had happened in the time era of 1607-1776‚ where the British were still very involved in the American lifestyle and there was no unity within

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    Before the American Revolution‚ a sense of unity was evident among the colonies. The colonists began to realize that they are not separate colonies with separate goals‚ but that they needed to become a single and unified nation in order to survive. The colonists also began to realize that they were not "British‚" but that they were their own people. "He is either an European‚ or the descendant of an European‚ hence that strange mixture of blood which you will find in no other country." (Document

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    In Alfred Young’s The Shoemaker and the Revolution‚ the American Revolution is experienced by a regular citizen of the colonies‚ George Robert Twelves Hewes. This gives a new‚ different perspective on the events leading up to the revolution. Robert Hewes had encounters with British Soldiers and did not like them. This is what fueled his drive to help lead the revolutionary movement. Alfred Young wrote this piece using the writings of James Hawkes and Benjamin Thatcher from their face to face interviews

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    During the period 1789-1806‚ one of the unusual manifestations of the French Revolution was the adoption of a completely new calendar; ’The Calendar of Reason’. It was divided into twelve months of thirty days each which symbolized their separation from the old style. One of the reasons for the calendar consisted on the rejection of numerous holidays‚ religious and politic oppressiveness and some reactions included people honoring to the new adoption while other arguing over the cruelty they were

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    Larson Signature Neutral Nation‚ Radical Revolution Kit Larson History 101 M/W Class 11:10a.m. Word Count: 1‚692 1 What does it take to start a revolution? It has been said that “every revolution was first a thought in one man ’s mind; and when the same thought occurs to another man‚ it is the key to that era.” The eighteenth century marked a new era for Americans‚ an era of change. In a time where communication was slow‚ the American Revolution demanded a series of moderate actions in order

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