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Read each of the 3 post below. Come up with a 50 word response for each. Must be in your own words.
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#1Â French Revolution What were the main causes of the French Revolution? The main causes of the French Revolution were political, social, and economic.
The Political Cause: Before the revolution, the king of France shared his power with no one. He was the highest of any ruler and answered to no one. For example, Louis the XIV was a French monarch that lived extremely extravagant. He and his very well qualified representatives dealt with the people in a matter that made him very disliked. He was harsh and didnât take them into consideration.
The Social Cause:Â The social state of France in the 18th century was a depressing one. However, they were then split into 3 categories. First category was the clergy; they had the highest positions in the state and they paid no taxes to the ruler. The nobles on the other hand did pay in some type of way. They were farmers and labor workers who lived miserably. This lead them to rebel and want to fight for their rights.
The Economic Cause: Due to the luxuries and his expensive wars, this was another reason for the Revolution of France. Louis XIV sought help from some his financial minister by the name of Calone in 1783. However, his proposal seemed to make the state fall deeper into debt because his plan called for borrowing more money. The clergy and the notables could not accept this deal. At this point the king had to discharge Calone from his job.
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#2Â What was the Agricultural Revolution and why was it significant, what was Cornwall's interpretation?
The agricultural revolution was a time when the agricultural business was overhauled. The agricultural revolution in Britain during the mid 17 and late 19 centuries was at the time the highest in the world. Although, the revolution started in the mid 17 century it was not completed until the 19 century. The revolution was caused by four primary issues that were happening during those years, one was the increased availability of and access to farmland. Anytime that there would be a higher demand such as farmland, it will be used to increase agricultural. A warmer and stable climate always was a factor that made the change come about, because it allowed the farmlands to be able to grow more crops. With more agricultural and land made it possible to have more farm animals and more of the actual crop being able to flourish more. All four of these factors came together at the right time to bring on the change that was seen.
With the demand of land to grow crops, the agricultural revolution included the reallocation of land ownership, more people were land owners and those farms were more compact then the previous ones. Also with more and better improved farms came the need for better technical farm tools to better farm with. This allowed for more jobs in the steel business as well. Also during this time it was the time that more scientific experiments with crops were being made and improvements to the systems of crop rotations.
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#3Â What was the American Revolution and why was it significant? What was Kennedy's interpretation?
The American Revolution started to seed itself after the 7 Yearâs War, more commonly known to as the French and Indian war. Although a victory for the Colonies and Great Britain, it was extremely expensive. The British debt before the war was 60 million, after 133 million (Frazer, 37). Most of this debt was from defending the Colonies and colonists paid little tax. The English were taxed 3300% more than the Colonists so the Sugar, Currency, Tea, and Stamp Acts were passed. All in all, these were insignificant amounts of money the Colonies had to pay. The Stamp act taxes amounted to 16 pennies per person or $10 per year in todayâs currency and it had to be spent in the Americas (Frazer, 37). The colonists rebelled against the taxes on principle though, No Taxation without Representation! Like all good Americans they just wanted a say in what the government was doing that affected their lives. There was also a perception that the Government in England was slowly trying to take away the freedoms enjoyed in the colonies at that time. Thus, America was born because of conspiracy theorists and people not wanting to pay taxes for services they have already used. Sound familiar?
 Kennedyâs interpretation is that the revolution was more of a political experiment. Most of the world uses âMerica as a standard for what is considered âmodern governmentâ(Thackeray, 120). He argues the revolution was both liberal and conservative and the founding fathers tried to moderate the liberalism to create stability. (Thackeray, 121).
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