... on their steps, and by the influence of them, other revolutions had been fought. They are: The Glorious Revolution, The American Revolution, and The French Revolution. But when we look at these three in History, By studying them we can find lots of similarities and correspondences. As these three shakeups ... is another similarity we could find. But as I said earlier there was a big difference in The Glorious Revolution. Unlike both American and French Revolution, there wasn't a revolutionary war, instead it was a big change in the form of government. There wasn't any blood shed. As a ma...

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... had to be shipped on vessels constructed by English shipbuilders and that at least three-quarters of the ships' crews had to be English. Sometimes such regulations backfired. During the French and Indian War (1754-1763) in North America, the British Parliament sought to increase revenues to pay the costs of defending the American colonies. It used the Navigation Acts to ... revolution had many causes. Long-term social, economic, and political changes in the colonies before 1750 provided the basis for an independent nation with representative political institutions. More immediately, the...

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... retaliated and forced Washington to surrender Fort Necessity. In 1758, William Pitt was sent to try and do something in the war against the French. By the end of 1758, Pitt had dramatically turned the tables of the war. In September 1759, British and American forces attacked Quebec and fought for five days. The British ... the Delaware with his troops in a surprise attack on the British in Trenton. The surprise attack worked and it was the first victory for the Americans. On January 7, 1778, the French royal council declared unanimously in favor of a treaty of amity and commerce with t...

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... British considered America to be their sovereign state and it is this attitude that the British had throughout the bitter fighting that took place in the French and Indian war. They believed it was their sovereign right to control and tax this country. The Americans on the other hand had other ideas. ... the Americans that their liberties were no longer safe within the British Empire."(The growth of the American republic vol II p139) As a consequence of the French and Indian war the British realised that the Americans might wish to become free. A British army would have to be stationed o...

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... and a hunger for a quick killing. The threat that most unsettled the English, however, came from the French, who in the 1750s were engaged in a global war with Britain. In 1746, the French boldly seized Madras and in 1750 their Governor, Joseph Francois Dupleix, ingeniously set about hiring and training native ... smart uniforms and transformed into soldiers, these men became the envy of local princes, who were soon turning over tracts of land in exchange for French-trained sepoys. In this way France came to control a large part of southern India. The British cause seemed doomed--until ...

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... . One such man, William Pitt, was a man that went beyond what was considered proper. He achieved a great victory for the British in the French and Indian War, among many other great feats. Although nothing he did was perfect in any way, everything he accomplished had a tremendous impact on both ... the government, and he was then dismissed from office. In 1756, Marquis de Montcalm was appointed the commander of the French troops in America. Montcalm changed tactics for the French and shifted procedures entirely, with some help from their Indian alliances. At the time, the Duke of Newcast...

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... could have done on a number of occasions. The British generals did not seem to be taking the war seriously. Finally, the Americans could not have won without help of the French, especially of the French fleet. While the French admirals spent most of their time pursuing regarding the West Indies, at the crucial point, where their help was absolutely necessary, the ... French ships stood off the coast of Virginia and prevented Cornwallis" escape. In the war between the American Colonies and the British, the Americans were fighting to keep they traditional way ... ...

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... no means independent. The colonies relied on the assistance of trade with other countries. The colonists also needed British protection. Without the British they could not defend themselves from the French in Canada. Between 1650 and 1750 British Parliament passed laws that regulated the colonists" trade, and were in the best interest of the British Empire. Britain's goal was to tighten ... in England and no more. The colonists could not expect to take part in the benefits of their country without giving something in return. The French and Indian War had freed the Colonists from the dan...

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... The main causes were political, economic and military issues. In the years 1754-1763 a war between France and Britain arose in the Americas. The French and Indian War, also known as the "Seven-Year War, was fought to decide which of Britain or France would become the stronger power in North ... America, each side relying on its colonists and Indian allies to fight. Although the British had won the war, the end of the French and Indian War however had resulted in large debt that the British Parliament decided would be repaid by a raise in taxes on the colonies, ... . These military inci...

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... Jersey taking weapons and ammunition. American troops defeated combined forces of the British at Saratoga, New York. A turning point in the war, this victory strengthened American morals and convinced the French to send military aid and supplies to the Americans. During the bitter Winter of 1777-1778 American soldiers faced starvation and disease at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. However, they also received ... Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress in 1781. They united the new states and organized a central government. The British troops were trapped at Yorktow...

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... empire: Canada and India. Even the Seven Years" War left Britain dominant in Canada. That is why today there can still be found many French speaking places, like Ontario and so on. Robert Clive's military victories against the French and the rulers of Bengal, in the 1750's, provided the British with a massive increase of territory and ensured their future supremacy in India ... Zealand became officially a British colony in 1840. Partly owing to pressure from missionaries, British control was extended to Fiji, Tonga, Papua, and other islands in the Pacific Ocean. When the French complete...

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... and their successes had pushed them a way ahead from being the British "possesion". The American war for independence can be dated back to times of the British victory in the French and Indian War. It had a great impact on the British Empire. Firstly, it meant a great expansion of British territorial claims in the New World. But the cost of the war ... regulars (paid for by taxes gathered from the colonies; most importantly the "Sugar Act" and the "Stamp Act"). This infuriated the Americans who, after having been held back by the French, now saw themselves stopped by the British in thei...

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India's modern history begins in the 14th century when European nations began to flex their imperialistic muscles in the Middle East and Asia. The Portuguese, French, Dutch, and English were all competing for their own part of India. Everything began with the East India Company, which was established by the British in 1600 to challenge the ... . Merchants of the East India Company never imagined that British presence in the subcontinent could mean anything more than peaceful trading. The French arrived in the middle of the 17th century, signalling the beginning of militarization. Within 100 y...

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... and the colonists turned to smuggling. During the 1750's, colonists wanted to expand and start settling in the Ohio Valley, which was occupied by the French. This caused the Seven Years War between the British and French. The outcome of this war had a huge impact on the colonies and their relationship with Great Britain. First of all, the Treaty of Paris of ... Stamp Act crisis, the British parliament was still looking for a way to pay for its troops in the colonies because Britain was still in debt from the war with the French. So parliament issued the Townshend Acts, which put a luxur...

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... over these colonials, whose population was rapidly increasing. They were rather far away from Cape Colony and already developing their own language, the Afrikaans. When the Low Countries became a satellite French state, the British troops attacked the colony, which was definitely incorporated to the British Empire in 1814. The colonial authorities appealed to British citizens and tried to turn the Boers ... was sent to replace Buller as commander- in- chief; however, the latter continued to fight during the war. A month later, Roberts sent the British commander John French northwards to...

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... and their successes had pushed them a way ahead from being the British "possesion". The American war for independence can be dated back to times of the British victory in the French and Indian War. It had a great impact on the British Empire. Firstly, it meant a great expansion of British territorial claims in the New World. But the cost of the war ... regulars (paid for by taxes gathered from the colonies; most importantly the "Sugar Act" and the "Stamp Act"). This infuriated the Americans who, after having been held back by the French, now saw themselves stopped by the British in thei...

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... revolution was, gradually, forming and independence seemed to be the only way to step forward after the social, economic and political changes. The economic speeded up the American Revolution. After French and Indian War, Britain needed a new imperial design, and the new financial policy of the British government needed more money to grow its empire. Taxation would be the way to ... , which placed prohibitive duty on imported sugar, provided for greater regulation of American shipping to suppress smuggling. They hope the Act could reduce temptation to smuggle it from Dutch and French. Be...

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... many horrors of the slavery, to which about 90% of the population was subject. He also points out that, in 1789 at least, San Domingo was the pride of the French empire. So there was a great disparity, in this case, between the efficiency of the production of material goods and the contentment of the governed. Even those who were not slaves ... caused by a revolution the better it is for folks in the short term. That the Haitian revolution was violent should come as no surprise, considering it was inspired by the French one. The Haitian revolution started out bloodthirsty, but was tamed...

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The Revolutionary War became inevitable when King George III passed the Proclamation Line of 1763. After fighting in the French and Indian War, the colonists had won the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. However, the Proclamation Line of 1763 kept the colonists from settling the new ... . The message behind the proclamation helped lead the colonies to revolution and made a war with Britain inevitable. The colonists had fought with the British army as one force in the French and Indian War, and had expected to enjoy the benefits of victory. Despite their hopes, ...

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... 's pretty much what lead to the American Revolutionary War. There were many events that made the Americans feel the way the felt against the British. One being that after the French and Indian War, the British thought the colonists did not provide enough support for them. But the Americans thought the British military tactics were weak and wanted to be led ... British were simply in debt because it cost so much to govern and defend their large empire and on top of that the costs went up even more durning the French and Indian War. One way they could pay it off was to tax the Americans on...

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... was a move from 84,000 new homes to 240,000 in 1957, this growth development is mainly due to government intervention which was based on Keynes theories. Like Britain, the French government realised that they could help their economy to develop and grow. They introduced polices where the state ran certain large state owned company's and helped increase the strength of ... French industry. This first happened in the area of power supplies, there capacity of electricity increased five folds between 1946 and 1970, and they have also supplies of atomic energy. Between ... ...

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... facts proves that colonist were not unified and identified as Americans. They had unified as British to battle in the French Indian War, as colonist to eradicate taxes imposed by the British, but not as Americans to claim their Independence. During the French Indian War the colonist united together and fought as part of the British forces, but were not united separate ... ...

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... . On 27 July 1857 Benjamin Disraeli delivered the most important speech in Parliament on the Sepoy Rebellion. He began his speech with an analysis of how both the American and French Revolutions originated and compared them with the outbreak of the mutiny in Meerut. Disraeli explained how seemingly insignificant events "proved to be pregnant with momentous consequences."77 So ... ...

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... . The colonists" request for "free and independent states" was not going to be so easily met, especially without a battle. Britain went to war with the colonies in fear that the French would take over the territory. The Declaration's birth isn't as important as the Declaration's effect. The reason for the document is obvious and the British didn't really care much for ... ...

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... faults of the king, one of which was cutting of trade with the rest of the world. By doing so, the growing American economy was greatly damaged, especially after the French and Indian War during which thousands of new colonists came due to the abundance of jobs but when the war was over, there were thousands of people poor and hungry ... ...

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