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| Years of the American revolution |
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| Years of the French revolution |
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Coercive acts limiting settlement of colonists
Stamp act / tea act
No representation in government
Military occupation
Limit on speech / meetings |
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| Sources of American Revolution |
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War debt/ govt. economic problems
Inequality / estates system
Taxes were a burden on the 3rd estate
Lavish lifestyle / spending of nobility |
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| Sources of the French Revolution |
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Thomas Paine "common sense"
Thomas Jefferson
Boston tea party
Boston Massacre
Colonist forces were supported by the French
Declaration of independence
Lexington of Concord
Bunker Hill |
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| Leaders/actions of the American Revolution |
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Storming of the Bastille
Creation of the national assembly
Establishment of the directory
Louis XVI captured and executed
Robespierre - Reign of Terror
Napoleon coup d'état |
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| Leaders / actions of the American revolution |
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Creation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights
Government modeled after enlightenment philosophers i.e John Locke |
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| Results of the American revolution |
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Declaration of the rights of man
Creation of the civil code
Establishment of the French Empire
Extended war w/ Britain
Defeat at Trafalgar 1805
Defeat in Russia
Removal of Napoleon and exile to Elba |
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| Results of the French Revolution |
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| Reasons why revolution happened in the Americas first... |
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1. American revolution was not a military coup d'état - no reign of terror
2. Colonists practiced democratic principles
3. Colonists used guerrilla warfare
4. British were dealing with 3 enemies (French, colonists, Indians)
5. No problem with debt, more economically free
6. Colonists were "free and independent"
7. Increasing taxes on colonists
8. Catholic church alliance with French colonists
9. The 3rd estate did not have many guns, the colonists did
10. The colonies were far from the English king |
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Right to bear arms
Religious Freedom |
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Supreme court
Trial by jury
No unreasonable search or seizure |
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Federalism
Approval of laws by legislative |
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Focused on equality
Limited strikes / unions
Religious freedom |
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Reduced divorce rights for women
Guilty until proven innocent |
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Bureaucracy
Merit based bureaucracy |
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Based on Locke's natural rights
Right to own property
Economic freedom
3 branches of govt. (federalism)
Separation of church and state
Focuses on equality (rights)
Limited govt. powers
Separation of powers
Included bill of rights and a system for amendment |
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Equality (redistribution) - land, money
Forbade privileges based on birth
Allowed freedom of religion
Specified that govt. jobs go to the most qualified
Ex-post facto laws
No check on govt. power
Supremacy of husband over wife
Catholicism = official religion
Broke down feudalism, end serfdom |
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