... the more prominent romantic national historians were Thomas B. Macaulay in England, and Jules Michelet in France. In the United States, romantic historians, such as George Bancroft, William H. Prescott, John L. Motley, and Francis Parkman were followed by such brilliant and questioning men as Henry Adams. 12 The broader interest in the philosophy of history had not died, and the philosophy ... development was not matched by social and political change. In the fixed order of the ancien régime, most bourgeois were unable to exercise commensurate political and social influence. King Louis ...

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... and very little similarity. When French Revolution occurred, it turned into a very violent and bloody event, while the American Revolution was almost nonviolent, aside from the war. In 1774, King Louis XVI made a decision that could have prevented the French Revolution by breathing new life into the French economy: he appointed Physiocrat Robert Turgot as Controller General of Finance. The ... government according to this doctrine is to protect life, liberty, and property." Embracing the principle of free trade not just as a temporary expedient, but as a philosophy, Turgot got the king ...

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... grand yet tragic rule of Louis XIV, the Bourbon kings watched as their power slipped out of their hands like a bar of soap. The Bourbon king Louis XIV, the powerful monarch of the early seventeenth century (1661-1715), had been the most successful absolute monarch in history, but his grandiose imperial ... this electoral body representing the three major estates or classes of France, which had not met in over one hundred years, shocked the nation. The king knew that they could grant him the taxing authority he wanted but also knew that he would need to compromise his powers in doing so....

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... . Basically it's a movement, which opposes absolute monarchy, state religion, Divine right of Kings, hereditary privilege etcetera, though most of its doctrines are fixed on freedom, liberty and fraternity. The philosopher John Locke has been said to be the founding father of liberal movements, he believed every individual should have the right to liberty, life and property. Liberalism spread all over the ... an alliance with the south German states. In June 1870, the French parliament voted to declare war on the German federation after Bismarck rewrote the dispatch about meeting between...

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... the printing press became an advantage. His personality, he is a highly productive person and believes everything that he does is right. Earns support from the Duke of Saxony. Henry 8th- king of England (1491-1547) around 1600 along w/Elizabeth I brought the English church under royal control, and employed prerogative courts where they could proceed against subjects in disregard in traditional English ... . The bill of rights, act of toleration and act of succession was passed. For the English it occurred w/out bloodshed and for the defenders of Parliamentary prerogative. After 1688 no k...

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