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…The ideas of the Enlightenment became popular during the American and French Revolutions. These main ideas of the Enlightenment philosophers were that every natural phenomenon had a cause and effect. They felt that truth is arrived at by reason…

…The French colonized Vietnam in the late 1800s. Before this time, land in Vietnam had been communally owned, in the sense that individual households had access to it by membership to the village. "Every family had land to till that it could call its…

…to change. Time and time again Dickens revisited the horrifying, yet true consequences of the French Revolution. The guillotine was a prime example of the horrors revolution brought. Imposed by the people to gain vengeance on the aristocracy, it became more…

…was his method to share with the reader his ideas about government, and social reform. He first addressed that revolution was not a way to change. Time and time again Dickens revisited the horrifying, yet true consequences of the French Revolution…

…young American sailors. Both countries also took American ships and the goods it was shipping. These actions taken by the French and the British were hurting states economically; states such as New England were being hit the hardest. President Monroe decided…

…, such as the French. At the beginning of nineteenth century however, there was a great philosophical change going on in the Italian territories that was heavily pushing Italian Nationalism. This movement was sometimes referred to as the Risorgimento. This cultural…

…domestic policy continued many reforms of the revolution. Through his wars he expanded the political boundaries of Europe. In 1802 Napoleon, by popular vote became First Consul. Then in 1804 he declared himself Emperor of the French. As soon…

…to integrate French and English elements with widely different traditions Japan faced the problem of attempting to adopt Western industrialism with extraordinary speed without losing its own identity it was a new age-of revolutions, limited wars, changing…

…and actions that had evolved since the Enlightenment, the French Revolutions, and the Industrial Revolution. The Communist Manifesto encompassed a large field of influences including but not limited to socialism, classical economics, evolution and revolution…

…ARNOLD, Benedict (1741-1801). The name Benedict Arnold has become a synonym for a traitor to one's country. In the first years of the American Revolution, however, Arnold was a brilliant and dashing general, highly respected for his service…