Revolution

Unlike the French Revolution, the American Revolution was more fortunate. Essentially planned the purpose behind the American Revolution was to become independent, and have rights. Like usual, within revolutions, there will be battles but all these disputes had a reason behind it. The American Revolutionary war started after the French and Indian war because of the treaty, it doesn’t enable colonists to migrate past the Appalachian mountains and those that lived there must migrate back. The…

of a major revolution equal in significance to the industrial revolutions of the past. Author Daniel Pink describes this as a monumental shift from the information age to the conceptual age in his book entitled A Whole New Mind (2006). Journalist Thomas Friedman described a similar shift in his book entitled The World is Flat (2005). Dr. Jay Walker is among those that argue that we can not know anything about this new age we’re entering into because it is unlike any other revolution we have…

are over the causes of the American Revolution (1775-1783), they are in even greater disagreement over its consequences. In one interpretive camp are those who assert that the Revolution was "the most radical and most far-reaching event in American history," while their opponents claim that it was "culturally, politically, socially, and economically a conservative movement." This disagreement, in part, is the product of varying views of what constitutes a revolution. Those scholars belonging to…

Something New The Industrial Revolution changed more than the eye can see. From making machines work more efficient and more products to be produced faster, the Industrial Revolution was a game changer in history. It was the link between the old and the new. The Industrial Revolution was a positive happening in society because it made many new technological advancements, stabilized the economy, and it grew the population of many countries. The Industrial Revolution was a time of positivity.…

The Haitian Revolution as a Function of Independent Perspective In my final essay, I would like to examine the focal argument of Adom Getachew’s “Universalism After the Postcolonial Turn: Interpreting the Haitian Revolution” through the lens of CLR James’ revolutionary history The Black Jacobins. Getachew’s essay presents a challenging historiography, studying the way that we write history to centralize Europe and the ideologies that spill forth from it. Primarily, she urges spectators of…

Revolutions of Interest Gordon Wood and Gary Nash offered two different claims about the radical ideas of the American Revolution and who had them. Wood proposed the revolution derived from the more elite in society, wealthier land owning white men. It was between Patriots and Courtiers. Courtiers were those who wished to maintain the rule of Great Britain, in order that social position should derive from the King and aristocracy. While Patriots desired talent and merit, along with recognition…

This fine year of 2017 marks the 100 year anniversary of a revolution the shaped Russia to what we see it as today. In 1917 large numbers of people gathered into what is now known as St.Petersburg. Czar Nicholas the 2nd of the royal russian family decided to abdicate the throne. He and his family were executed during the takeover of Russia. Vladimir Ilich Lenin tells a crowd formed in Moscow that as the leader of the Bolsheviks he established the the foundation of communist rule under what has…

Chile and Cuba: The Revolutionaries Behind It All Chile and Cuba have both endured hardships throughout their vastly different revolutions. Throughout the nineteenth century, Chile has had a tradition of electoral democracy and civilian rule. While Cuba was in alliance with the Soviet Union and the global Communist bloc. The revolutionaries Salvador Allende and Che Guevara had greatly different ideas on how to achieve socialism in their respective countries. Allende focused on a democratic…

Problems In America During The Market Revolution The market revolution transformed from small-scale production for local use to the rise of large-scale production in manufacturing. In the early nineteenth century the market revolution expanded the marketplace by means of transportation, such as the construction of new railroads and canals that interconnected for the first time. The Erie Canal provided a successful source of transportation. Dewitt Clinton passed a bill to provide the funds to…

Thousands of women marching to protest the high price and rarity of bread, the Reign of Terror in which tens of thousands were decreased, the Storming of the Bastille Prison- all were a part of one of the most significant revolutions in the west. The French Revolution of 1789 was based off of social classes. France was divided into three groups called estates. The First Estate was made up of clergymen, who owned 10% of land in France, and the Second Estate was nobility and royalty. They owned…