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French, American and Haitian Revolution Assignment

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French, American and Haitian Revolution Assignment

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French, American and Haitian Revolution 1What was the origin and fallout of the French, American, and Haitian Revolutions?Origin of French RevolutionThere was no match between the economic and intellectual development of France and its social and political changes. Thus, it became difficult to commensurate social and political influence in the country. Absolute monarchy was consolidated by King Louis XIV (Doyle, 1980). This led to destruction of the roots of feudalism. The feudal forms that still existed became a burden. The tax was very high on the productive classes and the privileged groups like the nobility and the clergy governed the country. Feudal dues were levied on the peasantsand the small landlords which was unacceptable for them. There were food shortages in the country because the agricultural methods were backward and there were barriers related to the internal tariff in the country. Apart from this, the church and absolutism was attacked by the Voltaire. Then, the chaotic state of the government finance was a direct origin of the revolution in France. Fallout of French RevolutionThe French revolution failed in 1799 and got nullified by 1815. But the results of the revolution were far reaching. The power came in the hands of bourgeois and the landowning classes. They controlled all the people. The death of Feudalism happened. The Code Napoleon consolidated the entire social and the contractual relations in the country (Outram, D., & Schiebinger, 1991). Though France was unified and the power of national state got enhanced but the ancient structures of Europe were tore down by the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
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French, American and Haitian Revolution 2Origin of American RevolutionThe revolution originated from the conflict that was created due to the growing tensions between the people who lived in the 13vNorth American colonies in the Great Britain and thecolonial government that was the representative of the British crown. Skirmishes between British troops and colonial militiamen in Lexington and Concord in April 1775 kicked off thearmed conflict, and by the following summer, the rebels were waging a full-scale war for their independence (). In 1778 (Bailyn, 2012). The entry of France happened who were on the colonialist side and with the support of France, the British surrendered at Yorktown. Fallout of American RevolutionThe collapse of France happened and led to French revolution as the country was heavily burdened with debt. America also had nothing to defend them and they were open to attacks. Most of the people in America were farmers and they did not have any navy or army for themselves. The UK faced continuous humiliations and they wanted to take revenge.so, the America’s trading vessels were raided and high tariffs were imposed on the American ships (Wood, 2011). This further deteriorated the condition of the people in America. The economyof America was hurt to the extreme when the Britain refused to sell their goods in the country.
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