The Feeling of Progress: The Revolutions That Impacted Humanity
Amidst many recurring conflicts within powerful nations, two revolutions particularly influenced the changes in Latin and European societies. The Venezuelan and French Revolution occurred in a time of instability, during the early nineteenth and late eighteenth centuries. These revolutions both impacted the social, political, and economic efforts of the countries, which led to the participation of many people. However, the people from both homelands did not fight for the same things. Instead, they fought for something that would benefit the future of humanity.
In the course of the nineteenth and eighteenth centuries, two prominent revolutions had similarities and differences …show more content…
Both revolutions had an unfair tax system where the lower class (which included peasants or the common people) had to pay most of the taxes in a society. In addition to the taxes, the French and Venezuelan had a social hierarchy that was composed of the upper, middle, and lower classes. However, the French had estates which were categorized as First, Second, and Third Estate. The First Estate was the clergy, the Second Estate was the nobles, and the Third Estate was the common people. Furthermore, both rebellions were unhappy with their government due to the ineffectiveness to please their needs and progress their civilization. Even though, these revolutions had similar and diverse viewpoints on their nation’s principles, the revolutionaries made significant influences. The participants of the Venezuelan Revolution were Francisco De Miranda, Simon Bolivar, and Napoleon Bonaparte. The participants of the French Revolution were King Louis XVI, Napoleon Bonaparte, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Charles De Calonne, and Lazare Garnot. Francisco De Miranda (1750-1816) was a Venezuelan Revolutionary who helped make way for independence in Latin America. His plan for the liberation …show more content…
The results of the Venezuelan Revolution was the end of Spain’s mercantilism restrictions on Venezuelan commerce, the New Republic traded its cocoa and coffee in the open world market, creoles had greater political and economic status than the mestizos, slavery was restored, and the Venezuelans gained their independence from Spain. The results of the French Revolution was that Feudalism was eradicated, the Bourgeois and landowning classes emerged as dominant power, social order and contractual relations were consolidated by Napoleon’s Code, Human Rights were promoted, and they established elections, representative governments and constitutions. They both aimed for more control over the government and political decisions, they demanded a change in taxation and a solution to price rises, and the use of force to suppress protests. The French produced changes within the borders of France, while Venezuela established independent countries throughout large portions of Latin
Amidst many recurring conflicts within powerful nations, two revolutions particularly influenced the changes in Latin and European societies. The Venezuelan and French Revolution occurred in a time of instability, during the early nineteenth and late eighteenth centuries. These revolutions both impacted the social, political, and economic efforts of the countries, which led to the participation of many people. However, the people from both homelands did not fight for the same things. Instead, they fought for something that would benefit the future of humanity.
In the course of the nineteenth and eighteenth centuries, two prominent revolutions had similarities and differences …show more content…
Both revolutions had an unfair tax system where the lower class (which included peasants or the common people) had to pay most of the taxes in a society. In addition to the taxes, the French and Venezuelan had a social hierarchy that was composed of the upper, middle, and lower classes. However, the French had estates which were categorized as First, Second, and Third Estate. The First Estate was the clergy, the Second Estate was the nobles, and the Third Estate was the common people. Furthermore, both rebellions were unhappy with their government due to the ineffectiveness to please their needs and progress their civilization. Even though, these revolutions had similar and diverse viewpoints on their nation’s principles, the revolutionaries made significant influences. The participants of the Venezuelan Revolution were Francisco De Miranda, Simon Bolivar, and Napoleon Bonaparte. The participants of the French Revolution were King Louis XVI, Napoleon Bonaparte, Jacques Pierre Brissot, Charles De Calonne, and Lazare Garnot. Francisco De Miranda (1750-1816) was a Venezuelan Revolutionary who helped make way for independence in Latin America. His plan for the liberation …show more content…
The results of the Venezuelan Revolution was the end of Spain’s mercantilism restrictions on Venezuelan commerce, the New Republic traded its cocoa and coffee in the open world market, creoles had greater political and economic status than the mestizos, slavery was restored, and the Venezuelans gained their independence from Spain. The results of the French Revolution was that Feudalism was eradicated, the Bourgeois and landowning classes emerged as dominant power, social order and contractual relations were consolidated by Napoleon’s Code, Human Rights were promoted, and they established elections, representative governments and constitutions. They both aimed for more control over the government and political decisions, they demanded a change in taxation and a solution to price rises, and the use of force to suppress protests. The French produced changes within the borders of France, while Venezuela established independent countries throughout large portions of Latin