CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION DBQ This task is based on the accompanying documents. Some of these documents have been edited for the purpose of this task. This task is designed to test your ability to work with historic documents. As you analyze the documents‚ take into account both the source of the document and the author’s point of view Historical Context The French Revolution of 1789 had many long-range causes. Political‚ social‚ and economic conditions in France contributed to the
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The French revolution was the result of many problems concerning the unfair treatment of the middle class and peasants (the 3rd Estate). The 3rd Estate made up 97% of the total population of France‚ and yet they only counted as one third of the total votes. The lower class was forced to pay heavy tailles‚ while the upper class paid minimal. The price of bread had also risen above the peoples’ ability to pay. These three problems led to a huge revolution that would change the shape of France forever
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DBQ 3: Causes of the American Revolution When the colonization of the New World began‚ people were proud of their mother country‚ proud to be from Britain and loyal to their king. But‚ the reason behind their leaving was always freedom‚ freedom from taxes‚ from government‚ and from persecution. When these freedoms began to be taken away again‚ these colonists‚ soon to be known as Americans‚ were not going to lose them without a fight. Though the reasons behind the abrupt transition of England
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Between the years 1860 and 1877 a revolution was brought on in the United States due to constitutional and social developments. Significant constitutional developments such as secession in 1860 and the Civil Rights Act of 1866 play an important role in the road to revolution. Social developments play a smaller role in this revolution. Freed slaves are the root of social developments such as the Black Codes‚ the Freedman’s Bureau‚ and the Ku Klux Klan. Politics and states’ rights‚ black suffrage‚
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change is necessary. Three main things contributed to this desire for change‚ and those include taxes too intolerable to pay and survive‚ ideas encouraging change that were inspired by the Enlightenment‚ and the success of the American Revolution. Before the Revolution‚ France was divided socially in a structure known as the Old Regime. It consisted of three estates. The First Estate was the clergy‚ who owned ten percent of the land but comprised of only one percent of the population. The Second Estate
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The American revolution happened 200+ years ago‚and still reflects on modern day sentiments; to a certain extent. After breaking away from a Britain‚ America rethought how they wanted to govern themselves‚ at first choosing a “weak” central government with strong state governments‚ and then moved into a strong centralized government with lesser powerful state governments. Women‚ slaves‚ and those loyal to Great Britain (Loyalists) experienced a lovely amount of change in the society at that time
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APUSH DBQ The American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire‚ combining to become the United States of America. After the American Revolution‚ Americans‚ who were free of British control‚ started to reevaluate politics‚ the economy and society. After breaking away Americans changed how they wanted to govern their society. The uneducated group of people didn’t
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John Lochhead Tobey 5 10/11/10 American Revolution The phrase “no taxation without representation” was used in Boston but no one is sure who first used it. Boston politician James Otis was famously associated with the phrase “taxation without representation is tyranny.” The British Parliament had
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The American Revolution impacted the change of the new country. People who came to the Newfoundland knew nothing better but to follow the British control. At first the colonists believed that the British were helping them‚ and they were pretty content with their lives. But soon after the British started raising taxes to help pay of their debts and the Americans realized that they don’t like how the British are controlling them. The fight for independence changed the lives of Americans. Women
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During the 18th Century‚ precisely from the years 1754 to 1776‚ the colonists progressively became dissatisfied with the poor treatment that they were exposed to from Britain. When the colonies finally wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776 as a reason for rebellion‚ they put the accusations for all they had complications with on King George III. However‚ the constant injuries and confiscations were sometimes the fault of Parliament‚ not King George III. The colonists’ assertions that blamed
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