American Enlightenment

For the Grand Blancs, the Haitian Revolution was a complete and total disaster, they went from being in control of the island, to being driven off of it. Before the revolution, the Grand Blancs were on top of the pyramid of power. They were the wealthy white citizens, most of whom owned successful sugar plantations, capitalising on the import of slaves as cheap labour. In addition they, despite there being considerably more Des Esclaves, Gens de Colour, and Petit Blancs, held the power in the…

France at one point had a classification system called the Old Regime. It consisted of the First Estate, which had the clergy. The Second Estate included all of the nobles, and the Third Estate had all the middle class and poor. However the Third Estate was treated very poorly and were not equal to the other classes. The unjust treatment to the Third Estate was a major cause that led to the French Revolution. In the political cartoon, we see a poor man is chained while a king, priest, and a…

The unfair distribution of powers, rights, and wealth between the citizens of France was the main cause of the Revolution. Prior to the revolution, the Kingdom of France practiced the Ancient Regime, a political and social system “based on the concentration of all political, social and economic power between three classes, the monarchy, the clergy, and the aristocracy” (Bastille). Citizens of France were separated into three distinct estates. The First Estate consisted the French Catholic Clergy…

Civilians and military supporters of Bosch led the rebellion; they, also, overthrew the president in charge, Donald Reid Cabral. The United States was involved because of their fear of Communism.. They claimed to be in danger, especially, the Americans that were in the Dominican Republic. The Leathernecks, known as the United States Marine Corps, were airlifted to the Capital of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo. The book, The Dominican Crisis … The Hemisphere Acts, by the president in the…

Things have changed and definitely for the better. The Enlightenment' or 'Age of Reason' was an intellectual movement in thinking in 17th and 18th centuries,which moved society's thinking from religious thinking to rational thought. Rational and scientific thought had led to an improved society and human beings' way of life, The philosophes believed in common that human freedom was necessary to improve a society. John Locke, the English philosophe, strongly believed that individual freedom…

because the peasants were taxed with nobility, church, and government taxes, and lastly enlightenment ideas because the bourgeoisie wanted more freedom. In France around the 1700’s the three estates (Clergy, Nobles, Bourgeoisie/Peasants) faced 3 different kinds of oppression, political, economic, and social oppression. The first estate known as the Clergy or the Catholic Church did not like the enlightenment ideas. The second estate were the nobles. They had 2% of the population but owned 20% of…

During the enlightenment many things happened. There were many French philosophers at the time for example Rousseau, Montesquieu, Diderot, Wollstonecraft, or Voltaire. Yet the ones that stood out the most were Diderot and Montesquieu. These two French philosophers impacted two completely different things but, it was a great impact. Diderot changed educational rights. On the other hand,…

The French Revolution had affected the whole of Europe in many ways. They had probably made other peasants in the other countries feel like they could also overthrow their government if they had a multitude of others to help them in their works. The revolution made others feel empowered, and think that if they joined forces they could wipe out monarchy as a whole. The revolution could’ve made the governments also fear for their own safety and protection. The governments probably started to…

In order to express the religious principle of ruling as the divinely appointed hero, Louis XIV fostered a French renaissance by becoming the most important patron of the arts. One of his most important commitments as a patron of the arts and letters was his organization of the royal academies in Paris that promoted progress in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Louis intensified the social value of intellectual and artistic talent in France (Brennan 21). Among the academies opened were the…

Today 7,000 women marched on the castle of Versailles to demand bread for their families. They killed the guards put their heads on spikes and stormed the castle demanding to see the King and his family. The King met with a group of women and promised to give all the bread in the castle to the crowd. However, soon after the National Guard arrived and demanded that the King and his family come back to Paris with them. Given no other choice the King had to agree. Now he is being held captive…