Storming of the Bastille

Despite being politically conquered by France, Algeria was still able to preserve their culture within their own homes. Although France attempted to prevent Algeria from continuing the practices of their culture by creating laws that were meant to set the people of Algeria to how they wanted them to be, they were unsuccessful in conquering a culture that did not see in them the purifiers that the French thought they were. For France, they took complete control of Algerian government, and annexed…

The American Revolution was from 1775 to 1783. The battle was fought between Britain and its colonies in America. What led to the Revolution? It began with the Proclamation of 1763, “The Acts” (Sugar Act, Quartering Act, Stamp Act, and the Tea Act) and the Boston Massacre. Also, another factor includes the Boston Tea Party. The British had advantages in population, money, Naval support, and Native American Support. The British disadvantages includes Ireland, the French, and the Whigs. The…

During the 17th-18th century, a movement referred to as The Enlightenment arose in the efforts by philosophers to reassemble European politics, beliefs, science, and communications. The purpose was to solve problems in the world with reason. An example of philosophers can be seen in Baron de Montesquieu’s view on wanting a separation of powers; Adam Smith’s thought of laissez-faire where the government allows business to operate with little or no government interference; and John Locke’s idea…

Third Estate pledged the Tennis Court Oath, vowing not to disband until a new constitution was written for France. In 1788, bad Harvests, unemployment and inflation led to the violent uprisings in the summer of 1789. One such uprising was the storming of the Bastille, a…

The features of “the Atlantic World” are part of what makes it important to history and is essential to how we remember “the Atlantic World” in it’s true glory. Novelist Michael Crichton once said that “If you don 't know history, then you don 't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn 't know it is part of a tree.” I believe that human beings are part of a tree of history that each and every one of us can be connected to in various ways. This connection is essential to how we understand…

The failure to press the need for reform was ultimately down to the controller generals of finance over the subsequent years which led to a lack of reform. Charles de Calonne who was appointed by Louis XVI in 1783 as controller general of finances recommended across the board taxation as the only way to salvage France’s dire financial situation. Calonne was the only hope for France’s financial situation as the revolution was drawing near. Louis XVI was reluctant in introducing taxes to the First…

The age of Enlightenment was a civilized era that dictated the eighteenth century’s ideological beliefs in Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth century that later contributed to the modernization of today’s society. This newfound era was caused by the many fundamental discoveries of the scientific revolution in the fifteenth and sixteenth century. Scientists used the scientific method as a foundation to reveal, explore, and understand more about the actual meaning of life through…

embrace Enlightenment ideals such as equality and support of the general will, championed by John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, respectively. This resulted in the Tennis Court Oath on June 20, 1789, creating the National Assembly, the Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, and ultimately, The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. The Declaration, adopted in August of 1789, was a revolutionary document, outlining the rights of citizens in France and doing away with the unjust and…

Throughout the course of the 18th and 19th centuries, the events and ideals of the American Revolution held a strong grip on the things going on it Europe. England and France were curious to know what would become of newly acquired America, and what Americans were doing to become successful as an independent nation. Europeans were interested in the outcome of the American Revolution, as they wanted to see if the ideas put in place by the Americans would be enough to defeat Britain and form…

There are themes throughout history that appear in various different places and in very different timeframes. Comparing the similarities and differences between ideological shifts that took place worlds away is essential to understanding the world we live in. In Fidel Castro’s An Interview with Dan Rather, Maximillian Robespierre’s Revolutionary Speech, and Charles de Gaulle’s Comments on Algeria one can examine the similarities and differences in ideological shifts. Each differed in the…