Compare And Contrast Scientific French And Latin American Revolutions

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Revolutions have not made a nation stronger and in some ways, they have weakened nations.Such as economically limited production, socially did not change prejudices, and politically did nothing to strengthen. Throughout the Scientific, French, and Latin American (Haitian) Revolutions.
Firstly revolutions did not change the way people think of others. During the Haitian Revolution, they were trying to get rid of all the different social classes, that were based on race and heritage. Once they gained equality the once superior classes of whites thoughts about them did not change. The people still thought lower of them, just because you destroyed the system of segregation does not mean that it will change the people's minds and how they treat others.
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During the French Revolution, the people killed off King Louis XVI and abolished the position of king. A few years Napoleon, once a general for a French army, crowned himself king. Everything that the people of France worked for to get the hierarchy abolished just crumbled down and there was really no way in stopping another king to come under power. Another example of a revolution weakening a nation politically is during the Scientific Revolution. When science got in the way of the church and the people. The church was part of the government so when that started to be affected so did the politics. The Scientific Revolution made people doubt the government and the king because science was proving what they have been taught

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