... people. Principle goals of the Enlightenment included freedom of thought, religion, political liberties and governments representative of the people. Over a vast period of time, revolutionary governments were created according to ration, liberty, and equality. The Monarchs were slowly swept away under the quick wit and brilliance of these newly ... have to be established in France because there was no place other than France they wished to go. As soon as the French movement to end political injustices spiraled into a revolution in 1789, a hero of the American Revolution, Marquis de Lafaye...

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... Roman Empire. Although losing eastern territory to Russia, Prussia was doubled in size after land in the Rhineland and Westphalia was granted to her, making her the dominant power in northern Germany. Monarchies and principalities were in still in operation using their own courts and applying their own oaths of allegiance. However there were problems with newly established ... monarchs where loyalties had to be constructed through manufacturing of an image ( Frederich William III ). The states organised themselves, especially Prussia, more authoritatively than before in areas such as, s...

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... government or ruler by the governed and then substituting another. For instance, a revolution took place in both France and England within the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The Enlightenment and the political leaders led France to financial problems, causing the French Revolution. The people wanted change and brought on the revolt against their government. As a result, France's whole government perspective changed. ... ." (Scholastic World History Program: The Age of Europe, pg. 233) The Puritan Revolution of 1642 and the French Revolution of 1789 had many similarities. Both rul...

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... joined, they got stronger and powerful the liberals got, the conservatives couldn't hold them back anymore, so the liberals just started to bust through. The liberal kept on gaining more power and the conservatives were getting more and more worried. Each of the four people standing in front of the cage represents Austria, Russia, Prussia, and France. Those countries are the ... get rid of the liberals. They are made up of monarchs, members of their government, landowners, and church leaders. They are known as the conservatives, they wanted to turn back the clock and restore power to th...

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