Transcript Revolutions-Causes and Consequences PPT

REVOLUTIONS
Causes and Consequences of
the American and French
Revolutions
1) How did economic unrest create the conditions for
revolutions? In other words
______________________________?
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Mercantilism
(balance of trade)
(America) – Britain
tries to regulate
who the Americans
can trade with and
what they can
manufacture. As a
result, “smuggling”
was common in the
Colonies.
1) How did economic unrest create the conditions for
revolutions? In other words
______________________________?
Taxation without
representation
(America)
► The British taxed the
colonists, but their
were not colonists in
the British
“Parliament” who was
passing these laws!
What’s the
problem???
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1) How did economic unrest create the conditions for
revolutions? In other words
______________________________?
Economic
depression (France)
► High taxes coupled
with a bad wheat
crop leads to rough
times for the average
French citizen.
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1) How did economic unrest create the conditions for
revolutions? In other words
______________________________?
Abuses of the
Estates system
(France)
► 1st Estate= the Clergy
► 2nd Estate=Nobles
► 3rd Estate=Everyone
else (98% of the
population)
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2) How did Enlightenment ideas become political
reality in the United States and France?
______________________________?
The Declaration of
Independence
(America)
► “Natural Rights”Life, Liberty, the
Pursuit of Happiness”
► Right of the people
to “abolish” abusive
governments.
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2) How did Enlightenment ideas become political
reality in the United States and France?
______________________________?
The Constitution
(America)
► Separation of Powers
► Checks and Balances
► The Bill of Rights
*** All were ideas from
Enlightenment
Thinkers!!!
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2) How did Enlightenment ideas become political
reality in the United States and France?
______________________________?
Declaration of the
Rights of Man
(France)
► The new French
Constitution.
► Modeled after the US
Constitution and Bill
of Rights
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2) How did Enlightenment ideas become political
reality in the United States and France?
______________________________?
Reign of Terror
(France)
► Period when not only
were the nobles put
to death, but also
anyone thought to be
an enemy of the
revolution.
► Revolution within the
“revolutionaries”!
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2) How did Enlightenment ideas become political
reality in the United States and France?
______________________________?
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Continental Wars (France)
French Revolutionaries v. European
Monarchs (Austria, Prussia, and Britain)
Why would the French want to fight these
other countries in the middle of their own
“revolution”?
They viewed it as a “war” on tyranny or
the monarchy!
2) How did Enlightenment ideas become political
reality in the United States and France?
______________________________?
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Napoleon (France)
Becomes a “war hero”
during the Continental
Wars with Austria and
Prussia.
Eventually becomes a
“dictator”.
Why does France give
him this power?
Think national
pride=NATIONALISM!
3) Compare the level of success of
revolutionary ideas in America and France.
► Answer
for homework!!!
► TEST tomorrow!!!