The methods used by the Americans and the French and the outcome of both revolutions are vast and for more significant. The American Revolution was fought against Britain for independence and liberty of the American colonist. The French revolution was also fought for liberty. However, it was not for liberty from another country it was for equal treatment of the estate. The revolution forced by the Bourgeoisie was for the third estate as well the first two estates to be treated equally.
The people had a goal to reach equality for all, in article three Noah Webster stated "Equality is the very soul of the republic." Chapter 6 is full of evidence of Americans struggling for equality, especially through religion and voting rights. The honorable way the people rebelled to gain their freedom is what made this revolution a revolutionary movement. The primary consequence of the American Revolution was expanding religious freedom. Before the revolution, people were living
Another significant intellectual idealist with whom his ideas was evident in the declaration of France and greatly influenced the French Revolution was Rousseau. His idea of the social contract and general will of the people can be found in number six of the declaration of France . This idea was so paramount because it said the government must obey the general will of the people and takes general will over individual rights. It allows for government to be created for a general will rather than divine right. The French Revolution expanded mass participation for the general will of the people in political life and radicalized the democratic tradition which was inherited from the English and American experiences
America`s role as world policeman Since the United States of America gained the right to form their own nation, as a result to winning the war of independence, they considered themselves as the protector of freedom and democracy. Those beliefs grew stronger and later became the main reason as to why they started meddling into the rest of the worlds business after a long period of isolating themselves from European conflicts. During the 1800’s the US tried to isolated themselves from being involved with the European imperialistic politics. However, it was inevitable since their interests clashed as they grew bigger. In 1898 the Spanish- American war began when America decided to liberate the Spanish colonies Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines.
Between June 11th, and June 28th, of 1776 Thomas Jefferson wrote his manifesto, “The Declaration of Independence” (later enhanced by the eloquent, and skillful, changes that Bengermin Franklin and John Adams made), as a call for the American colonies to break free from English rule. It may seem strange that Jefferson wrote this as an appeal for solidarity from the British citizenry, he even went so far as to call the British people his “Brethren”, but is important to put
According to the text, the first stage of the French Revolution was based totally on the liberty to succeed, own, and compete. Next, the second stage of the revolution took on equality to rally their troops, which was also the revolution of the working people in the French cities. In fact the French adapted a national motto for brotherhood which was Liberte’, elgalite, fraternite…which is French for Liberty, equality, and fraternity. The debates on the compatibility of the three terms as well as their order began at the same time of the French Revolution. France was known as what is called an absolute monarchy in which King Louis XVI had complete control over the nation.
Christopher Columbus was an incredible sea voyager that presented amazing navigation and extensive knowledge on world geography. Two people in particular noticed these skills he possessed, and wanted to utilize them. These two people were King Ferdinand, and Queen Isabella. Columbus had first attempted to get support from the Spanish Crown, but after that showed to be unsuccessful, Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand finally agreed to sponsor Columbus in 1492. There were a few other reasons why Isabella and Ferdinand were driven to support Columbus and those were their great desire to spread Christianity, as well as compete with Portugal for new sources of wealth.
The Ancient Greek philosopher Plato calls rhetoric the “art of enchanting the soul.” The early American preacher, social reformer, and abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher says there is nothing more powerful on earth than the function of the “living voice” and that rhetoric should influence the “conduct of humanity, of patriotism and of religion.” This notion of how the spoken word, can be a powerful, transforming, tool that impacts humanity, patriotism and religion defines Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. This paper explores the context, the content and the oration of the address at Gettysburg. According to historian and author Gary Wills, Abraham Lincoln had, “done what he wanted to do at Gettysburg.” This means that Lincoln far surpassed
An age of faith is best defined as a time period when religion was the most important part of society, influencing its culture, politics, and economy. To exemplify the characteristics of an age of faith would qualify an era as an age of faith. Therefore, the era between 500 and 1400 in Western Europe, also known as the Middle Ages, could be described as an age of faith. During this time era, the Catholic Church, and specifically the pope, had much political power and helped shape Western Europe into the thriving feudalistic region that it was. Feudalism, or a class system that regulates relationships among classes of people, was furthered by the Church and helped mold daily life.
In the Revolution Controversy I learned some important things: One was that the Revolution was initiated by Richard Price’s sermon, A Discourse on the Love of Our Country; Price had significant influence on England’s policies and an idea that loves for one’s country should imply love for fellow cities and about the importance of liberty and education within a nation. Then a year later Edmund Burke published a reply to Price, his Reflections on the Revolution in France; where he talked about the rights of man, her view of nature and our liberties and about the illusion and power. Then Reflections had too many responses from Mary Wollstonecraft in her Vindication of the Rights of Men. Wollstonecraft was a British feminist in support of French Revolution.