...The French and American Revolution had a lot of similarities and differences. Some examples are comparing and contrasting the leaders, people life's, and successes and failures. The American Revolution had came first before the French Revolution. Napoleon Bonaparte was a leader during the end of the French Revolution and after. George Washington was the best military leader in American Revolution. One cause of the American revolution was The Stamp Act of 1765. This was a big cause because they would put taxes on their colonist cause of the wars. Another cause is the Boston Massacre because the soldiers had killed the people from their colonist. One cause for the French Revolution is Deficit Spending and that’s because the king Louis...
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...tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.” This saying is used in present day in all sorts of circumstances, but one does not usually know where this saying originated. January 1776, Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet as what is known as “Common Sense”. Paine’s intent on writing on “Common Sense” was to address that the British didn’t deserve the loyalty that it was receiving from the colonies, and he went on to explain in depth why he thought such. “Common Sense” is said to be a very important force in sparking the American Revolution. Prior to the American Revolution, the idea of revolution within the thirteen colonies was distributed. There were those who supported the revolution, those who were against it, and those who were indifferent. Paine thought out “Common Sense” and was thoroughly written and expressed. Paine was able to sway the colonists to agree...
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...American Revolution Section one American Revolution dates back to the early colonial years. During the stat of the year 1650, Great Britain began to control, limit and restrict their American colonists by forcing them to follow and adhere to some of harsh rule such as the Navigation Act. This restriction took effect alongside many more restrictions. Thus between the year 1650 and 1776, a number of the colonists found it difficult to enjoy freedom and finally they opted to unite and rebel against their home country. Among the causes of revolution were high taxation, legacy in political issues and general restriction of civil liberals. All these added up to the strong forces that propelled the colonists to revolve. This section is going to answer the big question whether or not the American Revolution was successful and the major reasons behind the success. To start with, the American Revolution was indeed successful. Several aspects highly contributed to this success. Americans were under what we can describe as the strongest and one of the most stable leadership ever in the region. For instance, they were led by people like General Washington George who were extremely skilled and mastered the entire terrain of the country. The Britain forces came from across the Atlantic Ocean and they had no prior knowledge and experience of the American revolutionaries combat. In addition, the British had a general problem of transporting and supplying their equipment across the large Atlantic...
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...A Man lights himself on fire after being assaulted by a policewomen, this is only the beginning of the Arab Springs. Have you ever thought to compare the Arab Springs to the American Revolution? You would be surprised how many similarities and differences they have. Both points in history are considered flash points, a major point in time. Even though they were both big points in history they were fighting for different things. Arab springs were protesting for different rules and The American Revolution was about gaining independence from Britain. Although the American and Arab Spring revolutions happened in very different times and places, the conditions that led to rebellion were similar. Media was used during both the American Revolution...
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...today’s American economy and society occurred during the early 1800s. That enormous transformation in American society was called the Industrial Revolution where the use of steam power,growth of factories, and the mass production of manufactured items all became an important and major part of the economy. One of the biggest advocates for the development of industry in the United States was Alexander Hamilton, who had always argued in favor of the development of manufacturing. Distinctive geographic factors also led to different developments in the Industrial Revolution, which affected the population among the different U.S. regions. Although this revolution did have many great factors about it, not every aspect was good in the Industrial Revolution. Especially when it came to the conditions the employees had to work in. Before the Industrial Revolution had even begun Alexander Hamilton always encouraged the government to focus on the manufacturing and business aspects of the U.S. economy....
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...The American Revolution and “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Thomas Jefferson first used the phrase, “all men are created equal,” in the Declaration of Independence which is something that has been criticized as an immortal declaration. It is also a popular phrase that is a popular theory prediction of the United States Revolutionary period with great continuing importance. The American Revolution would help lead to the national holiday of July 4th and the birth of a new nation that would be celebrated as a day that marked America’s independence. In the nineteenth century, many of the American communities celebrated Independence Day with a ceremonial reading of the Declaration of Independence, followed by a speech dedicated to the celebration of independence and the heritage of the American Revolution of its Founding Fathers. On July 5th, 1952, Frederick Douglass spoke to his black community about the meaning of the Fourth of July. His speech was not to praise the celebration of July 4th, but it was to inform the audience that freedom has not been applied to everyone like how America said it would be. There are connections between our Revolutionary Founder book and Frederick Douglass’ speech that show the struggle of African Americans fighting for freedom before and ongoing after the American Revolution. I chose Frederick Douglass’s document “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”, where he touches on the history of African Americans fighting for freedom and...
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...Each one of these revolutions had major effects on changing things in America, for the bad and good. During the Jeffersonian revolution of 1800, Thomas Jefferson promised a future of equality for all Americans by convincing Americans and the world a government that would answer directly to the people and lead to a lasting national union. It would prove that free people could govern themselves democratically (The Yawp,). He reduced taxes and cut the government’s budget, he also made the Louisiana purchase in 1803 which effectively doubled the size of the US. He was a president that said “all men are created equal”, but yet enslaved more than hundred people over the course of his life. He did attempt to change some legislatives against slavery and had regret for its existence. At one point he wrote that he suspected black people to be inferior to white people in his Notes on the State of Virginia. But later conceded that servitude may have had an impact on black Americans abilities. He tried to advocate allowing private...
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...For our research project we began with the question “How much freedom did Cuba really achieve after their revolution?” After brainstorming together for a little we decided which lenses we should apply and which ones we should focus in on more. We decided the most important ones for us were environmental, economic, ethical, political, artistic, and historical. To begin our project we loosely divided up the lenses we wanted each other to cover, but we the ones we were assigned were only our base lenses to cover. This was we all knew that it was our responsibility to make sure at least those were done well, but we also had to research and make ourselves familiar with every person’s lenses. When we approached researching this topic we tried to be careful about not only getting the American perspective. Mostly because it could be more biased, or state the effects it had on America, rather than Cuba. To avoid this for some of the research we got views from British perspectives, since they weren’t directly involved. We also tried to get more Cuban perspectives, but that was actually a lot more difficult than we thought it would be. When we started this project we all quickly agreed that focusing on revolutions would be interesting for two main reasons: we focus on them so much in history classes through our life, and...
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...Over the course years after the American Revolution, Americans typically viewed the revolution as American colonies standing up to the “big bad bully” that is Great Britain and rebel for their freedom and rights and that “these years are the most important in American history, indeed in the history of the world”. That American colonist wanted to be viewed by Great Britain as an independent country. John Merrell thinks that the revolutionary period deserves to be looked at closer. Merrell insist that “the founding fathers would be surprised by our certainty, for they themselves were confused” confused about what they had started in the revolution. In the article merrell talks about how hard it was for john Adams and his friend, Jefferson, to make sense of their Revolution and that they “knew what generations since have largely forgotten” which is that the independence of America was unheard of and such a unbelievable event. Merrell suggest that we have to look past the American heroes to find the real reasoning behind it all. We can find the true impact of the revolution by looking deep into the social aspects in pre-Revolutionary and post revolution. With all the news about a rebellion against Great Britain more social groups started to come into play one of them being white women. In the 1700’s women were not considered a person but as a possession males had, but the boycotting of British goods gave women a bigger role. Merrell suggest that woman played a major role in the...
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...dictator Ferdinand Marcos, had just landed in his home country after a 3-year self exile in the United States when he was shot in the head while being escorted from an aircraft to a vehicle that was waiting to transport him to prison. Also killed was Rolando Galman, who was later implicated in Aquino's murder. Reaction Assassination of Benigno Simeon "Ninoy" Aquino, Jr. The assassination of Ninoy Aquino Jr. is for me a mystey because there is no one who spoke out that they are the one who killed Ninoy. But I think it is the Marcos family responsible for the assassination because they are the one who had a conflict with late senator Ninoy Aquino. –Pelinio I think assassination of Ninoy Aquino was injustice of human rights because he was shot in the head while being escorted from aircraft. Also Ninoy wanted a justice for being not democratic threatened against Marcos’ authoritarian rule. I’m proud of having a good senator on that time because he only thinks about the Filipino’s sake and he really fight for the right of human rights under the Martial Law. ` –Ruben Benigno Aquino Jr. was assassinated because of political issue. He was opposing the dictatorial government of Ferdinand Marcos. For almost 31 years, still the Aquino family cannot find the justice for his death. –Cortez This event was still remembered and celebrated nowadays. The assassination of Ninoy Aquino...
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...17 Atlantic Revolutions and Their Echoes 1750–1914 MARGIN REVIEW QUESTIONS Q. In what ways did the ideas of the Enlightenment contribute to the Atlantic revolutions? • The Enlightenment promoted the idea that human political and social arrangements could be engineered, and improved, by human action. • New ideas of liberty, equality, free trade, religious tolerance, republicanism, human rationality, popular sovereignty, natural rights, the consent of the governed, and social contracts developed during the Enlightenment, providing the intellectual underpinnings of the Atlantic revolutions. Q. What was revolutionary about the American Revolution, and what was not? • The American Revolution was revolutionary in that it marked a decisive political change. • It was not revolutionary in that it sought to preserve the existing liberties of the colonies rather than to create new ones. Q. How did the French Revolution differ from the American Revolution? • While the American Revolution expressed the tensions of a colonial relationship with a distant imperial power, the French insurrection was driven by sharp conflicts within French society. • The French Revolution, especially during its first five years, was a much more violent, far-reaching, and radical movement than its American counterpart. • The French revolutionaries perceived themselves as starting from scratch in recreating the social order, while the Americans sought to restore...
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...Gordon Wood’s book expressed the events of the American Revolution in a monotone manner. The book describes the events of the war in general manor. Wood fails to elaborate on the conflicts of the war as well as, the human conflicts. Furthermore, “Wood summarily discusses the Revolution's effects on women, Native Americans, free and enslaved African Americans, and Loyalists,” (Book review). Another topic the author expresses excessively is that he, “speaks of eighteenth-century Americans as if they were all of one mind, concluding, somewhat peremptorily, that democracy "became the civic faith of the United States to which all Americans must unquestionably adhere"” (The American Revolution p. 166) (Book Review). Throughout the book one can...
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...The American Revolution is best described, with a parallel to the Gettysburg Address given many years later, as a revolution of the people, by the people. This social revolution took place in response to the neglect shown toward the American colonies by the British government. Many final decisions were made and imposed upon the colonists without taking their opinions into account. The slogan of the time, “no taxation without representation”, was indicative of the colonist’s feelings toward these decisions. Although there were many peaceful pleas and bargains offered by the colonists, the British government failed to meet the needs of their citizens in the New World. These colonists responded aggressively to the British policies in an act to fulfill the very dream that led them to the Americas: escaping lives of deprivation and inequality. Because of the ample peace offerings and pleas of the American colonies, the American Revolution was absolutely avoidable. If Parliament had decided to take the colonists’ opinions into consideration by providing them with equal representation, the American Revolution could have never been a part of history. However, because of Britain’s failure to respond in a cooperative fashion, the only remaining question was how much longer would the colonists put up with subordination before revolting. Some of the policies that the colonists voted against were the Navigation and Intolerable Acts – policies that restricted the transportation of the colonists...
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...Martin Luther King wrote a book that talks about the way black Americans were treated and their social conditions. The book was wrote in the 1960s, during the time of segregation. This is a passage of the introduction to the book that helps explain why the book was written. The rhetorical purpose of this passage is to inform the people of the reasons why black Americans can't wait for a revolution. Many rhetorical devices were used to make King's points stronger and have more meaning. Each of the three sections in the passage have their own achievements. They also have rhetorical devices that help strengthen the points within the section. The first section describes the living conditions of the blacks, allowing everyone to picture the terribly sad life style for the blacks. The next section uses rhetorical questions and parallelism to make you really think about how the history is covered up and only black Americans know it. Lastly, the third section uses current events and rhetorical questions. The current events were not being talked about but they boy and the girl knew all about it....
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...A commonly asked question when talking U.S. history and the American Revolution is what exactly caused it? There have been many events between the times that America was founded to the time of the actual revolution. Some of these included the Townshend Acts, the Boston Massacre, and the Intolerable Acts. In addition to these events, there were groups of people who helped drive the start the Revolution. Two of these groups included the Patriots and the Loyalists. All these pieces of the puzzle contributed in different ways and should all be touched upon when discussing the famous American Revolution. The Townshend Acts, occurring on Nov. 20 1767, put taxes on things such as glass, paper, and even tea. After these developed, the colonists became really angered. This increased activity to try and avoid the tax. Some citizens even took to tar-and-feathering tax collectors.(TimeToast) The Townshend Acts happened in 1767, which were a few years apart from other major events such as the Stamp Act Congress and the Boston Massacre....
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