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    The Introduction Have you ever wondered what it was like in the French Revolution? Well, that’s what I am here for! I am King Louis XVI. I was the son of Louis XV. I was King of France from 1774 to 1792.We are in great debt at the moment, for my fathers before me have failed in keeping this country stable. We were divided into 3 estates. The First Estate, The Second Estate, and lastly The Third Estate. Everyone was divided into one estate, which showed your power and wealth. I, However, was not…

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    The French Revolution began in 1789 it was a clash between the monarchy and the nobility in French. But there were many signs way before that, that it was bound to happen sooner or later. Some of the signs that a revolution was about to begin were, the monarchy crisis, money crisis and the aristocracy crisis. Louis the 16th and Marie Antoinette were the rulers of France during the French Revolution. Many blame the French Revolution on Louis the 16th, but all the problems were just handed to him…

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    France a reason to provide help to the colonists against the British. Without the French and Indian War the idea of independence would not have spread as it did, the colonists would not have been as effective and they may have lost the American Revolution all together or not even stood up for themselves to be a free independent…

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    developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution? Use your knowledge of the period 1750 to 1776 to answer the question. Even though the settlers in America were originated and were subjects of England, over time due to the oppressive acts of the the British, the colonists had developed a substantially greater sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution. To begin with the French and Indian War gave the Americans the belief…

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    Anglo-American Rebellion

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    During the two decades leading up to the American Revolutionary War the British government instituted a fair amount of policies concerning the their North American colonies. Almost all of these incited colonial resentment, whether in the form of sabotage, violence, or American committees. William Pitt’s intervention in the French and Indian War in 1757 caused the first experience of Anglo-American tensions. The colonial governments thought of themselves as largely independent prior to the war…

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    French Revolution Diary

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    INTRO: In the late 1780’s France had undergone quite a bit of change. Me, a middle aged man and middle class citizen, was caught in the raths of all of these power struggles. Being a radical, I was all for a change but, nothing seemed to be a permanent fix. People from all over came to take control but it seems as though we were too far gone to be helped. Many revisions to the government took place and many lives were lost. All of the estates were put to the test and now, bowing at the feet of…

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    Today’s American government is derived from many Enlightenment thinker’s ideas. When one thinks of the Enlightenment period, many names come to mind, including; John Locke, Thomas Paine, and Baron de Montesquieu. These three philosophical thinkers molded our government to how it is two hundred years later. Life, liberty, and property. John Locke stated these three powerful words are the foundations to American natural rights. On page 9 of United States Issues, Ideas, and Institutions, it…

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    freedom. The conflicts between the two countries were enlarging due to an numerous amount of disagreements. For many years, colonies fought for justice to gain their independence from the British Parliament. In addition, causes leading up to the Revolution, the movement of rebellion and, the new formation of the United Sates’ government led to the reasoning that the Americans had the right to go to war. Many causes were demonstrated to proceed against the colonies. Colonies were very…

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    The American Revolution was a unique revolution. Unlike the revolutions which followed it, like the French and Russian revolutions, the American Revolution did not end in tyranny. This defies the trend of history. Interestingly, there was also little provocation on the British side. In the history of revolutions, a people who have been downtrodden and abused for a long time will revolt, but it is usually after numerous and great injuries. The American Revolution seemed to spring from nowhere.…

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    British Dbq Essay

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    The british empire helped to establish the thirteen colonies in the new world, however the british did not enforce their power over the colonies.When the colonist had already begun to self-govern themselves ,britain then asserted power over the colonies by creating unjust laws and taxes.The colonist based on many factors believed that they were being mistreated in which caused them to protest.When their protest efforts did not change the way they were being treated the colonist decided to…

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