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 all the coffee produced around the world and 40% of the sugar for France and Britain‚ making it a profitable colony for France. Also during this time‚ the population of
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Napoleon Bonaparte was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and let other campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars and was a dictator. Napoleon was the Emperor of the French from 1804 till 1814/ For over a decade‚ he had dominion over the European and global affairs. As a dictator the people of France had gained more than they had sacrificed to Napoleon. They had gained equality before the law‚ better school systems and a strong sense of
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of the revolution would not have occurred without the influence of the political leaders of France that used enlightened ideas and writings to influence the masses. Through evocative speeches and calls for rebellion against the monarchy and estate system‚ people were made revolutionaries‚ pursuing reform. Furthermore‚ the revolutionaries who advocated the calls for reform and supported enlightened ideas and took steps towards initiating reforms through forceful means. Ultimately‚ the French revolution
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they wanted their king to step up and give the people the rights they deserve. The Storming of the Bastille is really what started the French Revolution. In the Storming of Bastille‚ Bastille was overtaken by the Paris mob. After the Assembly has to deal with the greatest fear and the Jacobin Club (which has one of the most intense leaders in the French Revolution) then they issue the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. ‘This document was created in order to remind everybody in France that
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Absolutism was the most significant cause of the French Revolution because it forced a weak leader such as Louis XVI to have the power to ruin a whole country. Absolutism is a form of government in which the king or queen has absolute control over the land and people. King Louis XIV‚ an absolute monarch and heir‚ inherited the French throne at his grandfather’s death in 1643. He was only 5 at the time he started to rule. Louis XIV has been perceived in history as someone who is lazy‚ shy and awkward
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power what so ever and where controlled basically by the first two estates. They were taxed the heaviest‚ they had a little more than half of the land and they made up almost the whole population. All of this angered the commoners thus sparking the Revolution. The life of a peasant in France could be summed up to a disparity of wealth. The nobility was taxed very little while the commoners where taxed heavily. Even though the commoners had almost no money they were still taxed so heavily that they
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official‚ journalist‚ scholar‚ judge and activist lawyer (1758-1794). Robespierre was one of the most influential architects of the French Revolution which was to lead to an era known in France as the Reign of Terror from 1793 to 1794. He lived at a dramatic time in the history of his country. Recognized for his deep knowledge of society and politics during the French Revolution‚ he played a decisive role during that time. He studied law through a scholarship and in 1789. At the age of six‚ his mother died
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Maximilien Robespierre was one of the most outstanding politicians of the French Revolution from 1789 until 1794. At the beginning of his career he was only a democratic‚ however‚ since he was the leader of the Jacobins‚ he managed to rise the power in France and establish a dictatorship of terror where he was implanting the power to all of his companions. Years later‚ the Convention had enough of him and send him to the guillotine‚ they did with Robespierre the same thing he did with those who risen
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The French Revolution (1788-1799) was known as the biggest event in world history because it changed the people’s perspective of France. The people in France wanted political and social rights that they felt were not being given. The news of Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke‚ Montesquieu‚ Jean-Jacques ‚ Rousseau‚ and Voltaire were spreading like wildfire‚ and the society of France were hearing about the Natural Rights of life‚liberty‚and property. People started to realize they didn’t
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The French and Indian War had a substantial effect on the coming of the American Revolution. This war left Britain in a vast state of weakness. The Parliament imposed taxes on the colonies to try and pay off the debt left from the French and Indian War. The colonies then proceeded to boycott and protest against the government and this set in motion the extensive fight between the Parliament and the colonies that eventually lead to the American Revolution. The British government was left in a great
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