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    The French Revolution was not just a period of bloodshed and violence; it was a socio-political war. Outram writes in his “Le Langage Male De La Vertu: Women and the Discourse of the French Revolution” that it is just as important to understand the revolution by studying class struggles‚ war and terror that led to and occurred during the revolution‚ as it is to understand the political discourse that resulted from it (Outram‚ Le Langage Male De La Vertu: Women and the Discourse of the French Revolution

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    C. Why was it revolutionary? The Industrial revolution was revolutionary since it established and renovated the US Economy. Although at first workers were given hazardous jobs for low wages‚ with the consistent flow of new inventions‚ workers were provided with more freedom and an increase in pay. New manufacturing processes were less hazardous‚ such as the automation and factories‚ which reduced child labor and consequently led to lower birth rates since children weren’t used to provide money

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    While the revolutions in colonial America and Haiti had many parallels‚ they were also unique in their own ways. In both revolutions‚ the rebels revolted against a foreign superpower that was in a weakened economic state in order to gain economic and social freedom. However‚ the Haiti revolution stressed freedom for everybody (including slaves)‚ whereas the American Revolution focused more on the needs of the Bourgeois‚ or middle class. The revolutions in both of these countries would have been

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    Why was There an American Revolution? There where a lot of reasons on why there was an American Revolution. In fact‚ there are so many reasons why there was that we can’t list them all‚ only a few of the key and most important ones. During my writing‚ I will be talking about a couple of the different acts and groups and what they imposed and intended to do‚ and what effects they had on the colonist and how they all lead up to a revolution. Stamp Act: The Stamp Tax was a tax that aimed for

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    Why was there a revolution in Russia in 1905? The 1905 revolution happened for many reasons and so a combination of factors will best explain this question. However the most important reason was the tsar and his ignorant beliefs and attitudes towards Russia. The Russo-Japanese war was a major factor in starting the revolution in 1905‚ the whole purpose of the war was to try and stop the thoughts of rebellion by getting the Russian people to rally for their country‚ however when Russia lost the

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    Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the 3d president of the United States of America. He was one of the most important presidents. BEing one of the first presidents‚ he build this country by purchasing the Louisiana Territory. Jefferson was also fundamental in the creation of this country. He should be remembered as important to the United States‚ but why? Thomas Jefferson’s early years weer not as interesting as the rest of his life. He was born on April 13‚ 1743 in what is modern day Albernale

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    The American Revolution was one of the bloodiest wars that we had in America and a lot of American soldiers and citizens died in the war.The American Revolution was not justified because the colonists started tarring and feathering the tax man‚ the British started taxing the colonists in not the right process‚ and the British say Parliament can do anything they want with the colonists. This explains that the colonists did non-professional things and the British did to because feathering the tax man

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    The failed revolution of 1905 was perhaps the most obvious example to demonstrate that the revolution of 1917 was not caused by WWI‚ because the desire to rebel was fully entrenched in society by 1905. The disturbance was cause by real problems and concerns such as hunger and human rights violation‚ exacerbated by revolutionaries‚ and was unsuccessful because the real problems of the agrarian and industrial sectors did not peak at the same time. Postcards commemorating the event‚ particularly Bloody

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    George Washington was a very important person in history... Some of the important things he did effected the outcome of Present Day United States. President Washington was born on February 22‚ 1732 in Westmoreland. He served as a Commander in the colonies during the American Revolution. Most people didn’t know but in George Washington’s time he was a spy. He found ways to use secrets codes‚ use invisible ink and find ways to decode them. How they used invisible ink‚ or known as lemon juice is

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    In 1789‚ St. Domingue was an extremely wealthy colony. The colony had become the richest colony of France and they also had the biggest market for African slave trade. In the late eighteenth century slave resistance began to become a more organized form. In August of 1791 a slave rebellion broke out‚ led by Toussaint L’Ouverture. It began a twelve year resistance to secure human rights. The Haitian Revolution is the only successful slave rebellion in history. The revolution resulted with the establishment

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