all faith in his reformation. His weak leadership combined with Marie Antoinette’s wasteful and detached manner‚ caused the country to suffer which led to the famous rebellion. The live of a commoner was different than what was originally perceived by the royals. Taxes‚ debt‚ food prices‚ disease‚ and drought all affected the condition that the commoners faced every day. “Not only were the royal coffers depleted‚ but two decades of poor cereal harvests‚ drought‚ cattle disease and skyrocketing
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source as it was generated solely for the use of the king‚ although the petition was published shortly afterwards‚ and therefore became a public source. The source was written in the period of the ancient regime‚ a month before the French revolution occurred in 1789 and is a strong source of information concerning the collapse of the ancient regime‚ it contains the worries and concerns people had over the opposition to the ancient regime and the third estate. The source cannot be
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Step 1: Economic+Social Injustice One of the components responsible for the creation of this distasteful revolution was the social and economic injustice created by the manager of the French kitchen(1754 to 1793)‚ Louis XVI. Before the revolution was created‚ the chefs of the French kitchen were divided into three Estates. The chefs of the First Estate were clergies(0.5% of the chefs)‚ those of the second were nobles(1.5% of the chefs)‚ while those of the third were commoners (98% of the chefs).
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Douglas Tong Essay corrections Between 1750 and 1870‚ countries such as France and Haiti experienced dramatic economic‚ political‚ and social changes through Revolutions. A revolution occurs when change is desired by people who were mistreated and for this reason‚ the French and Haitian revolution occurred‚ leading to many different governmental changes such as the first republic of France and the rule of Napoleon‚ and the free republic and independent nation established by Haiti. They also led
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As James shows us that the French revolution had one of the biggest impacts on the Hattian revolution. While the freed slaves fought the masters in San Domingo‚ across the Atlantic ocean‚ France was going through a political upheaval. In France‚ the bourgeoisie overthrew the king who had been ruling the country leaving the common people poorer than ever. Even while the country was being ripped in too the French parliament still sent troops to San Domingo‚ “Six thousand Men 4‚000 National Guards
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The are many differences and similarities in the Argentine‚Haiti‚French Revolutions . Most of the similarities are freedom & independence. All of these places were just looking for equality. Argentinian creole people had wealth & education but could not be apart of the government only because they were born in south america‚they wanted to be equal.The Argentinian people got inspired by the American & French Revolutions. Argentinian creole San Martin led the independence movement in southern South
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result of Napoleon’s many successes into eliminating negative components of the French Revolution have convinced many citizens of the French nation that Napoleon is the hero of The French Revolution; however‚ due to his despotic intentions‚ inevitable failures‚ as well as other figures of the French Revolution also being considered to be heroic‚ prove otherwise. The French government in the beginning of our French Revolution was in need of a man with military success‚ they were in need of a man like
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Topic: What are the causes of revolution? Introduction This essay deals with one of the most fascinating subjects in social and political sciences – revolutions – and focuses specifically on the causes of these dramatic episodes in human society. John Dunn (1989) believes that the questions of what causes revolutions to occur and what revolutions mean cannot be separated from one another. Hence‚ before addressing their causes‚ it is necessary to first clarify the meaning of revolutions. In this
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The French and the Russian revolutions are very similar and there are too many differences in the American Revolution to group them all together. The following information will prove that the French and the Russian revolutions are similar. Both of these revolutions occurred mainly due to two main reasons. Both of these revolutions were the direct results of bad leadership and a bad economy. These two reasons along with other factors caused the revolutions. The French and the Russian revolutions
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The time period of 1787-1815 was a period of overlap of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Up until 1792‚ Louis XVI was reigning in France. He was experiencing an economic downfall‚ and had to call the Estates General as a result of disagreement over taxation to deal with the issues. The Third Estate joined forces with some of the nobles and clergy‚ and became the National Assembly or the National Convention as they would later be called. Together‚ they developed a constitution with
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