... happened during this time period, so this is definitely going to be a long journey! I decided I would first check out how the three revolutions changed the Western World so fundamentally. I would begin with the Industrial Revolution, then the American Revolution, and finally with the French Revolution. If end up surviving and making it in one piece after all this, I would get more in touch with my artsy side ... worldwide lasting effects and big impact in modern history. I did not get too much information about the French Revolution studying history in the United States, so going back in...

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... give it to them. The British wanted to use the colonies simply to profit Great Britain. The colonists' were in disagreement with how parliaments economic exploitation and political oppression. Britain on many cases refused to accept that the colonies had grown out of their earlier status. 1763 seemed to be the start of all controversies in the revolution. Right after the French and Indian War, Britain ... gained Canada and Florida in the treaty. Since French no longer surrounded the colonies, the colonies no longer need to rely on British forces to help shield ... them from attack. Wit...

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Causes of Revolution Seventy-five years after the French and Indian War tensions began to grow between American colonists and the British. The British and the colonists realized that they had somewhat grown apart. The different viewpoints of the colonists and the British prompted the American Revolution. The causes of the American Revolution were Parliament taxation, restriction of civil liberties and the legacy of colonial religions and political ideas. The first cause of the American Revolution was the taxation of ... Parliament. After the French and Indian War, the British had huge war deb...

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... of sense of identity, but weren't ready to unite just yet. The sense of unity grew stronger during the Revolution. Different aspects of colonial life brought a sense of identity to the colonists. Most of the colonies were populated by Englishmen, which gave them a common sense of identity. Even though there were some Dutch and French, the majority was English and that gave them something in common. Not ... American. There were mixed races, such as Dutch and French. Sure they were European, but mixed in all together in a new place and a new kind of man evolved. But even before the Revolu...

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Causes of The American Revolution When history looks beyond the immediate cause of the American Revolution for the justifying principles, it is very soon brought back to the spirit of English liberty. The American Revolution occurred because of Great Britain's failure to adjust to conditions brought on by the growth and development of the colonies and by the aggravation of a breakdown in the political and economic harmony that existed between the colonies and the Mother County ... Britain was trying to starve them and prevent them from growing economically. After the French and Indian war, th...

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Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution was caused by the stupidity and ignorance of the colonists. All the British were trying to do was help and protect the colonies. Had it not been for the British, the colonies would have never made it. The British were the ones how protected the colonies during the French-Indian War even though it was very costly and put them in a huge amount of debt. The colonies would protest ... against anything the ... ...

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The Revolution and the Civil War In 1775, American colonists took arms against British rule, thus leading to the American Revolution and the end of British control over the thirteen colonies. This was done because the American colonists became disenchanted with British laws. More specifically, they were unhappy with British taxes. The American colonists and the British had just defeated the French in the middle of the 1700s in the French and Indian war. However, after the war ... was over, the British tried to strengthen its control ... ...

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... , Hong Kong, at some points China, and even the Philippines. A fifth of the worlds population was under the company's control. It was also at this time that the company had kidnapped the French emperor Napoleon on the island of St. Helena and had conquered Java. The company had imperialized India economically. Since the emperor sanctified the company to tax the people, many of the rich, in India, found themselves in poverty. It ... to know. It's influence affected many people, countries and cultures. They were amongst the first to trade with China. The company's decisions went all the wa...

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... in the colonies, particularly among the most influential members of society. The Act enraged some members of the colonies and later the Stamp Act was lifted. This was not the end of the problem, when one year later the same situation arose and during a protest the British sent troops and three civilians were killed. This would come to be known as the "Boston Massacre". In the years before the Revolution and after the French and ... Indian War, British economic policy toward the colonies was more burdensome ... ...

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... and had little concern for their needs. As King George passed the proclamation, he also created a greater conflict with the colonies. 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, Britain decided to create ... the proclamation line to keep the colonists out of the lands they had just fought for ... ...

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... have to be imposed on the Americans so to facilitate this. As well as paying for the army the taxes would pay for the huge debt that the British accumulated during the war. Tension had been building between the British government and the colonies for ten years before the revolution and this tax's was the light that ignited the fires of rebellion in the hearts of the American men. The French and Indian war had imposed ... a massive debt on the government. The government needed revenue and they looked ... ...

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... for many years. In 1776 after much interference from England, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and many other obstacles, they received their freedom. Those causes resulted in new government, new constitutions, and an independent nation. Many people do not know the causes of the American Revolution. The biggest cause of the American Revolution started with the French and Indian War. In this war, Great Britain went into ... much debt. To fix this problem, what they did was pass taxes onto the American colonies which the people were very unhappy with. One example of this tax was o...

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... , with one side of the political rope destined to overcome the other. A revolution was born; "a violent attempt...to end the rule of one government and start a new one"" (Revolution). The colonists demanded independence and relief from the control of the crown, and with the British holding fast to their power, a revolution was born - and it would forever change the relationship between America and Great Britain. The American Revolution officially began on April 19th ... an ally to the colonist (Battle). The Battle of Saratoga was one of the last battles that was fought during the war, an...

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... shoes then probably if not most of us would hate the British government. The Americans were tired of putting up with the British and that'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 ... of pulled it off. It hurt having no real communication with their main empire in England. The colonies outnumbered them and that was a key to a victory in the American Revoluti...

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... of writings and for three large projects: A Dictionary of the English Language (1755); an edition of Shakespeare's plays (1765); and The Lives of the Poets (1779-1781). One characteristic of the 1660s-1800s is rebellion. In 1688 the "Glorious Revolution" took place, in 1773 The Boston Tea Party protests tax on tea, in 1775 the American Revolution begins, and in 1789 the French Revolution began, these are just a few major events to ... show the acts of rebellion. Another characteristic of this period is ... ...

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A revolutionary is someone that is not eager or does not feel the need to be a revolutionary. That is what the colonists were when they established their lives in America. The British were proud to be English and not French or Dutch. They looked up to the king and used English things. They respected Britain. For them there was no need to be a revolutionary. They didn't want ... to fight the power of the government. The Colonists really respected the king and all his power. He was an all mighty ... on going. Ben Franklin has even now started to hate England and feels that Thomas Hutchinson i...

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... that connects my positions was independence. Section II In my opinion I believe that the issue of, "Who shall Rule at Home" is the most determining factor for each colonist to support or not support the American Revolution. For men at the time they were the sole breadwinners of their family. The had to decide how their family was going to survive if they were going ... was an important argument for independence. This act is historically significant in the history of Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. The Quebec act took away their control of disputed lands throughout the Ohio River ...

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... protest in which many radical Americans got on board a ship harboring tea and they dumped the tea into Boston Harbor. The Sons of Liberty made history by organizing and executing the Boston Tea Party which was a key event in the American Revolution. The events that led to the Boston Tea Party took place after Britain won the French and Indian War in 1763. There were many taxes imposed on ... the colonists in the following years to pay for England's war debt. The Sugar Act was imposed in 1964; it put a tax on ... sugar, coffee, and wines. This was followed by the Stamp Act of 1965 ... ...

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... evacuate Boston July 4. Declaration of independence adopted. The British defeated the French and their Indian allies in the French and Indian War (1754-1763). The result was British control over much of North America. But the war had cost England a great deal of money and Parliament decided it was time for the Colonies to pay a share for their own defense. The American Revolution became inevitable as far back as 1643 ... when the New England Confederation of Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay ... ...

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... the Revolutionary War Long Term Causes The American Revolution began long before the first shots were fired in 1775. America and England first began to part ways in 1763 more than a century and half after the first permanent settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. The Colonist wanted to find more land, so they began to move farther west, on the quest for knew land they ran into trouble with the French. The ... Colonist had sent the ... Indians farther west were they met the French. The French and Indians both agreed what the Colonist were doing was wrong and they wanted ... ...

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... separated was radical and bloody, not gradual and peaceful. This revolution was a culmination of events and policies. The Seven Years War, Stamp Act and Townsend Acts, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and Battle of Lexington and Concord all played a part in the beginning of the war. The colonists, in each instance, can be blamed for the conflicts between themselves and Britain and are entirely at fault ... land and goods. This greed led them to unjustifiably attempting to expand into land owned by the Native Americans and French. War became the only option for the colonists and the Fr...

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... exceeded domestic demand that the French began excess coffee from Marseilles to the Levant. " Tom Standage 1750 (Paris, France)- By 1750 over six hundred coffeehouses were established in Paris. 1789 (France) (page 171-picture)- Camille Desmoulins gave a speech outside the Cafe de Foy on July 12th, 1789. This is setting the French Revolution on its tracks. Primary Documents: Coffee in the Age of Reason Coffee ... was established in the Arab world, they ... already had the knowledge of its stimulating effects. The imam who created a new way to make this beverage, was drying them, ... ...

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The Revolution and the Civil War In 1775, American colonists took arms against British rule, thus leading to the American Revolution and the end of British control over the thirteen colonies. This was done because the American colonists became disenchanted with British laws. More specifically, they were unhappy with British taxes. The American colonists and the British had just defeated the French in the middle of the 1700s in the French and Indian war. However, after the war ... was over, the British tried to strengthen its control ... ...

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... to be free from British rule. In the book, "The Glorious Cause" written by Robert Middlekauff, it is said that the seeds of the American Revolution were planted before the war even started. I agree with that statement. The thirteen colonies were unfairly taxed, and represented. The conditions of the Stamp Act and the Treaty of Paris are proof. Soon after the laws of these actions were set in ... place the Sons of Liberty was formed. The Sons of Liberty were a radical group ... together and keeping them united. Soon after the aforementioned battles the Spanish and French stepped in and ga...

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