Enlightenment philosophers

The French Revolution began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. The revolution was caused by A poor economic and an unmanageable national debt, both caused by an unfair system of taxation. Which led to war between the french and americans. The weapons have changed since the french revolution, and so did the classes of soldiers that used the weapons. The classes of soldiers that used weapons in the french revolution were Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry.…

The French Revolution is often described as the Revolution of France and has been considered a social and economic development during the mid to late 1700’s. Historian J. Russell Major supports theories that the leadership, educational, and social changes instituted by King Louis XIV and Jean-Baptiste Colbert were the instigating events for French Revolutionaries. The monarchy created by Louis XIV began an unrecoverable pattern of debt, inflation and devastation of the working class. The…

The French revolution was influenced by the enlightenment ideologies which include the concepts of human rights, sovereignty and liberal and radical ideas in general. It began its first blast in 1789 and ended after more than a year when Napoleon Bonaparte’s dictatorship ascended to reign. The nation cried-out for changes in political system due to the devastating effect, oppression and poverty that they experienced in the absolute monarchy abuse of power before the revolution. The new…

since the changes in society (reforms) were not happening fast enough to assist the poor, this becomes one of the key features of the new society due to suffering from bread prices, food shortages and lack of action all whilst living in Paris which was under threat from foreign powers. When it became dangerous to be associated with anything counter revolutionary, people including even upper-middle class backgrounds adopted the clothing and label of the Sans Culottes, as a demonstration of the…

British or French alliance One of the debates between the two political parties were which country should be a close ally for when we went to war. The Federalists wanted great Britain to be the ally, however, The Democratic-Republicans wanted the french to be our ally. Both parties put up quite a debate for their ideas about who the ally should be with a bunch of evidence supporting their side. The federalists believed that great Britain should our close ally. First of all, they admired great…

French aristocrat, J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur showed his admiration for the diverse population of America in his collection of essays. By acknowledging the European immigrants’ strife, Crevecoeur provides reasoning behind their desire to forge a new life in the New World. “Can a wretch who wanders about, whose life is a continual scene of affliction call England or any other kingdom his country?” The trivial question proposed by Crevecoeur denounces England for its weakening effect on its…

Psycologcial Circumstances Shaping the Principles of the French Revolution Studying history and its events is often helpful when determining how impactful they will be to current or future events, writings or people. Maxillien de Robespierre’s influence on the Jacobins and the direction of the ideals shaped the revolution. The history of France and the surrounding countries before and during the early point of the eighteenth century affected the circumstances that arose during events such as the…

In a time of crisis between different religions and ideologies, the renaissance period religion carried different purposes than that of today. Machiavelli was one of the first political thinkers to view religion as a necessary and great tool in the hands of a ruler. In the era right before the modern era, Machiavelli authored two great works, the Discourses and the Prince, both works hold different perspectives in political theory but are both necessary to understand what makes up a just and…

American history is filled with ups and downs. First you have the settlement era where very clueless and scared individuals move across the world to live in a very unfamiliar place. Then you have the enlightenment era were people change up their philosophies and start to take more about nature and science. It continues all the way to the era we are currently in, postmodern era where we write more freely. American literate styles changes as time goes on. These styles change because of historical…

When is Plagiarism not Plagiarism, Well a famous example of this is the Calculus theory and development. This interests me since it both demonstrates mathematics and the hot topic of the week Plagiarism. Both Issac Newton and Gottfreid Liebniz both lay claim to this discovery. Liebniz first discovered the theories of calculus during the 1670’s published in the 1680’s. However Newton developed his theories of calculus during the 1660’s published during the 1690’s. Was Plagiarism involved here?…