Once in session, the Estates-General assumed the powers of the government. ... France was an absolute monarchy, which meant that the king held all the power and the people living in the country had no say in the government structure or the activities of the government. ... Using ideas of the Enlightenment the American Revolution set up a government based on equality. ... It also set an example of a government for France to follow with their reforms. ... French society was based, not around classes, but around the system of estates. ...

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If the governing body is wise they will allow it's legislative and judicial system of government to express the social thought of the day to a certain extent. ... The Enlightenment, which was the offspring of the Scientific Revolution(SR), took intellectual thought from theologically based beliefs of how the world functioned to empirical research(which was a process developed during the SR) and the development of Natural Laws that explained logically how the world, man and Society functioned. ... The British government took a Laissez-faire approach to government but still in yet attempt...

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Each category is based on a key aspect of what I think are critical parts to any functional government. ... Political deals with a structure or affairs of the French government. ... A large part of any well-balanced government lies within their politics. ... The nobility held many of the top positions in the government, military, law and higher church offices. ... With a lot of problems in one or more categories, it shows that the government isn't as perfect as thought to be. ...

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The poor class of people had no rights and was not allowed to participate in the government. ... This started the government rampage in which anyone who was thought to oppose the revolution was thrown in jail and eventually killed. " "He is a traitor since the decree. ... Anybody who publicly spoke against the government was sent to jail. ... Some of the characters in A Tale of Two Cities are based on real people that played a major part of the revolution. Monsieur Defarge was actually based on a person called Lafarge. ...

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The French society was highly based on social standing and occupation. ... This era introduced the idea of self-government to the French public, undermining the complete authority of the monarchies. ... After they took power in the Hotel de Ville they formed a new city government called the Commune De Paris. ... The National Assembly was formed as the new government, replacing the monarchy with a democracy. ... The French revolution is a clear example of the repercussions of a revolution based out of fear and hatred....

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Human cruelty was to be overcome by the use of social improvements and government structures. ... Their goals were based around the idea of progress by mastering the natural sciences and the human sciences. ... Voltaire's drive for an empirical philosophy that would base all human certainty on empirical verification was a success in becoming the basis for French empirical science. ... Voltaire's work was based on the belief "that human society could and should be improved" (pg. 639) and in effect was a success of the Enlightenment. ... As the mothers raised their children, the c...

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Man's purpose is not to justify their actions based on limits and rules; Mankind must create their own thoughts, morals, points of views, and ideas. ... Based on the statements these thinkers, we can determine, or theorize using free thought, that man must have faith in reason in order to control their own fate, or, in Kant's legalistic language, participate in self-government. ...

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Literature was based on facts rather than fiction because it encouraged people to think and see life as it is. ... Strange as it may sound modern psychologists today use this exact theory in their studies called "cognitive development" Is it safe to say that society today, our government and our constitution are based on the Enlightenment? ...

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