American Revolution: The Result of the French and Indian War During the early months of 1763‚ the Treaty of Paris had been signed and the French and Indian War came to a close in colonial America‚ temporarily ending foreign conflicts within North America‚ although peace between the European powers of Great Britain and France had been established‚ this war evoked tension between England and its American colonies. The French and Indian War caused the American Revolution because its outcomes such
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Socio-Economic Causes for The American Revolution The American revolution was a literal revolution of 360 degrees‚ in which it ended mostly where it had began‚ with a group of elite‚ rich men in charge. As the American colonies developed a stronger economic trade due to the Salutary Neglect that Britain had imposed on them‚ they began to flourish during the 1600’s and 1700’s in cash crops like tobacco‚ fur‚ sugar‚ etc. Until‚ Britain realized that their power towards the colonies had began to weaken
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The French and American revolutions are both very significant in the world’s history. The American Revolution happened first‚ around the last half of the 18th century where the Thirteen Colonies became the United States of America‚ and gained independence from the British Empire. The French revolution on the other hand‚ was from 1789 until the turn of the century 1799. For the French people this was a period of political and social turmoil. The idea of Enlightenment stuck a large population of the
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The French had good reasons for wanting equality. Before 1789 inequality was typical of the old government. The nobles and clergy were the privileged orders. They were exempt from such direct taxes as the taille‚ or land tax. Most taxes were paid by the Third Estate--a class that included peasants‚ artisans‚ merchants‚ and professional men. Even among these groups taxes were not equal. Some provinces were exempt from certain assessments‚ such as the gabelle‚ or salt tax. In addition‚ the collection
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the population struggling to feed their families‚ the France we know today was shaped by the work and death of thousands of French citizens fighting for equality and liberty. The corrupt Catholic Church and government system at the time was completely broken down. The revolution reshaped France as an egalitarian society with the shift of power. Before the French revolution in 1789 France was ruled by the social and political system known as the Ancien Regime‚ this divided France into layers of estates
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The American and French Revolutions were both fundamentally based on the Enlightenment ideas. The main ideas that they followed were by John Locke. His ideas inspired the Americans and the French to have a revolution. In these revolutions‚ the Americans had success and the French failed. The success that the Americans experienced wad due to the protection of rights they had. These rights are "Life‚ Liberty and Property." In America a constitution was put together that provided for a stable
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and independent nation. Because of Haiti’s rough economic start as a free nation and foreign and internal factors‚ Haiti was not properly set up to industrialize and be able to join a competitive free market without damage being done to the local industries that support Haiti. Before Haiti became a free‚ independent nation‚ it was sugar and coffee producing powerhouse owned by the French that relied on slave labor. By period of the French Revolution‚ plantations in Haiti produced more than half of
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Economic factor affected in Tajikistan: Tajikistan has grown a lot since 1997. The ongoing privatising of small and large businesses and factories still provides for an enormous growth. More and more people return to their homeland‚ since there is peace and the threat connected to war has gone. In the second part of 1997‚ the macroeconomics came to balance. Trade was extended‚ and the prices were no longer controlled by the state. The budget holes were reduced to a minimum‚ and the regular
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Even before and during the French Revolution‚ there were three estates representing their social classes - the Clergy‚ the Nobility‚ and the city workers and peasants. The third estate was treated very badly - they did the majority of agricultural work and paid all the taxes while the First
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of the French Revolution. During the period of 1798-1799‚ the religious toleration and separation of church and the ideas of equal rights lead to the start of the French Revolution. Famous philosopher‚ John Locke‚ had a big role in the social impact of the Enlightenment. Locke wanted liberty and justice for all‚ even for those part of the third estate that had a restricted amount of rights. This was a key factor to the cause of the French Revolution. Another demand by the French people
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