Revolution

French Revolution

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Age of Enlightenment

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18th century in the United States

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French Revolution (1789-1815) 1. French Revolution vs. American Revolution (1775-1800) a. What was revolted against? i. American Revolution 1. Unfair taxes 2. Settling west of the Appalachian was prohibited. ii. French Revolution 1. Traditional monarchy 2. Power of the Church 3. Hereditary aristocracy b. Outcomes i. American Revolution 1. Created an enduring form or representative democracy ii. French Revolution 1. Expanded mass participation in political life 2. Radicalized the democratic tradition inherited from the English and American experiences but could not be sustained so Napoleon became dictator 3. Symbolic drama a. Beheading of French king Louis XVI (1793) 2. French Society a. First Estate, Clergy i. Numbered 130,000 in a nation of 28 million

French Revolution

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Age of Enlightenment

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18th century in the United States

French Revolution (1789-1815) 1. French Revolution vs. American Revolution (1775-1800) a. What was revolted against? i. American Revolution 1. Unfair taxes 2. Settling west of the Appalachian was prohibited. ii. French Revolution 1. Traditional monarchy 2. Power of the Church 3. Hereditary aristocracy b. Outcomes i. American Revolution 1. Created an enduring form or representative democracy ii. French Revolution 1. Expanded mass participation in political life 2. Radicalized the democratic tradition inherited from the English and American experiences but could not be sustained so Napoleon became dictator 3. Symbolic drama a. Beheading of French king Louis XVI (1793) 2. French Society a. First Estate, Clergy i. Numbered 130,000 in a nation of 28 million

Russian Revolution 1905

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Royalty

Monarchy

Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur

Haemophilia in European royalty

House of Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov

Nicholas II of Russia

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The 1905 Russian Revolution An empire- wide struggle of violence, both anti-government and undirected, that swept through vast areas of the Russian Empire Nicholas II: The Last Romanov Tsar [r. 1894-1917] Nicholas ? Last tsar, succeeded his father, Alexander III. In 1894 Married the grand-daughter of queen Victoria The Tsar & His Family Hemophilia & the Tsarevich Nicholas II & Cousin, George V of England Causes Failure of Tsar?s military forces in popular Russo-Japanese War ? set off a series of revolutionary activities, sometimes by mutinous soldiers and revolutionary societies Revolution did increase the pace of reform but not enough to prevent the second revolution in1917 Tsars government ruled with an iron fist

Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution, Industrial Revolution

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Throughout history, the world has experienced/gone through countless revolutions that have changed civilizations around the world. Society today is nothing like it used to be thousands of years ago, simply due to all the changes that have occurred (throughout history/through (out) time). People’s way of thinking and their lifestyles were greatly altered as a result of many revolutions. Revolutions like the Industrial Revolution, Scientific Revolution, and the Enlightenment impacted the world so greatly, that the affects are still influencing our lives today.