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Western Civilization

Running Head : Western Civilization

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Section I . Question no . 1

French Revolution 1789-1799 was very influential since it marked the end to Feudal power in France and replaced it with Bourgeoisie democracy The king and his Court were replaced by the middle class and parliament and the idea of modern state was put into place . As result , the poor taxation system that favored the nobles was abolished and wealth redistributed and this saw a new class of richer poor emerging . Also French Revolution

set a precedent where the ideas and method of revolution were adopted by other countries and philosophers for example Marx and Lenin ideas hence making French revolution influential . Ideas of justice , equality and freedom were born under the free market system that saw the poor and middle class emerging as rich men of France Addition , it led to the ideas of trade unions among workers in most countries as Lenin argued that most revolutionary theorist would come from the working middle class . In conclusion , it can be asserted that French revolution was really influential as it saw France move from instability to Economic power house (Neely ,2008

Question Number 3

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-821 , was considered on of the most influential persons in the European history . He served as a military officer and helped in the successful campaign against the first and second coalition in France . Napoleon , through the help of his brother Lucien Bonaparte and one of the directors of government Emmanuel Joseph...

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