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    Regime because they were open to change in Enlightenment Ideas; most people paid nearly half their income on tithes to the Church and meaningless taxes‚ and they wanted a noble leader to replace their current weak one. Upon seeing success with the American Revolution‚ members of the third party began to question the long standing structure of their society. They began to quote philosophes like Voltaire and Rousseau because they favored the Enlightenment principle over the Old Regime’s. 4. How did

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    history? In the late renaissance period the authors were more focused on the plant aspect on nature because it was simple‚ then‚ during the enlightenment‚ they become more focused on the animal aspect of nature. They became more focused on the animals because‚ animals were more complex than plants‚ also animals are similar to humans. During the enlightenment humans were focused on gaining the understanding science and knowledge. When the 18th century came authors became focused on human nature and

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    The French Revolution is very important to how France is run today. The French Revolution had many struggles as new Enlightenment ideas surged through the country‚ and bloodshed took its toll. There were many factors that caused the French Revolution‚ many effects of the French Revolution‚ and it was a turning point in not only European History‚ but World History. There were many factors that caused the French Revolution. Political problems such as King Louis XIV believing that he ruled by Divine

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    During early 18th century France and late 17th century France there were people called Enlightenment thinkers such as Denis Diderot that created new ideas to spread knowledge. Denis Diderot created the Encyclopedia during the enlightenment. By doing this he made more people know about the enlightenment ideas‚ which challenged established authority in France during this time. All the greatest enlightenment thinkers such as Rousseau‚ Voltaire‚ John Locke‚ and several others challenged authority

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    French Revolution. They wanted to eliminate the absolute power and develop a new type of government. The Revolution questioned the power of the king. It had five main causes to it: Absolute Monarchism‚ Social Inequality‚ Economic Injustice‚ The Enlightenment and Other Revolutions. It additionally had four stages‚The Tennis Court Oath‚ The Great Fear‚ The Reign of Terror and Moderation. This action of change in France lead to the spread of new ideas and the growth of nationalism. France was under the

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    Revolutions often spread through ideologies and are likely to have serious consequences. The Haitian and French Revolution stem from the Enlightenment ideals introduced in the late 18th century. Although both revolutions had the same ideology‚ the causes and consequences of both revolutions were remarkably different. One difference is the causes of the Haitian Revolution as it originated from racial inequality while the French Revolution originated from social inequality. Another difference is the

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    The French Revolution Enlightenment ideals reflected in the French Revolution by creating Enlightenment canon of basic text‚ by selecting certain authors and identifying them with the Enlightenment in order to legitimize their republican political agenda. Enlightenment ideals were also reflected by Edmund Burke in which was one of the first to suggest that the philosopher of the French Enlightenment were somehow responsible for the French Revolution‚ and his argument was taken up‚ and elaborated

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    The Enlightenment‚ which largely took place in Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ was an intellectual movement that focused on the development of reason and secularism‚ rather than spirituality. As a result‚ it directly influenced political and economic policy‚ especially within the British colonies. One very well-known philosopher was‚ John Locke; he argued the ideas of natural rights‚ social contract‚ and revolution. At their essence‚ these three concepts proved to be the philosophical

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    and the government of France. Louis XVI himself was executed and killed; while France was established as a democratic country. There were different reasons for Louis’s downfall: social‚ economic‚ political conditions. Also reasons such as the Age of Enlightenment when some philosophers had new ideas of how the country should be ruled‚ the inequalities between estates‚ the bankruptcy of the government‚ the attitude and behaviour of Louis XVI‚ and the bad economic of France. All of these factors had caused

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    Women in Society

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    The role of women in society has always been an issue throughout the ages and throughout Western Europe‚ and more or less all over the world. Before the age of the Enlightenment‚ or the Dark Ages‚ women were always seen as secondary to men in all aspects. Most reasons were religious while others were just the way life was then. By the late 18th century‚ at the time of the French Revolution and the continuance of the Enlightenment era‚ the role of women in society began changing drastically as the

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