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BRITAIN AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Voltaire and Rosseau, 4 july 1776:…
BRITAIN AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
HISTORY OF BRITAIN
1760: King George III
Heavy taxation on the american colonies
: commercial taxation, and american were angry bc they had a lot of resources in America, that they couldn't trade freely + they weren't reprsented in the parliament
Boston Massacre
(1770)
Tea act
(May 1773)
Boston Tea Party
(December 1773): a group of ppl threw barrels of tea into Boston harbour
The british parliament responded in 1774 with the
Coarcive Acts
ended the self-government in Massachusetts
Boston wat 1775: Washington commanding the continental army against the british army
Corrupted + Lord North (= prime minster, helped King George to create his own political party, that was
corrupted
)
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
: is the motto of the American colonies
First continental congress (Philadeplhia, 1774)
FRENCH REVOLUTION
against the Ancient Régime:
the social order and was against the absolute monarchy (=all powers are in the hands of the king) and the upper class' privilegies
Edmund Burke supported the revolution :
Burke predicted it would collapse
THE REIGN OF TERROR (1793-1794):
Most radical phase; Rosbepierre's and Jacobean government execution of the king and his wife (Marie Antoniette) :
war with FR
Napoleon Bonaparte
abdicated
Battle of Waterloo
wars lasted 22 years
french invasion
defeated by english allies
1815: congress of Vienna
Britain gained a lot of lands
The
Great Terror
six weeks in 1794, period where if u were only suspected of going against the revolution, u were executed and u couldn't defend yourself
Also
Thomas Paine
supported the revolution and also the middle class and working class bc the book
The Rights of Man
, he supported the idea of liberty and the right of ppl to overthrow an unjust government
Three states
THIRD: peasants - commoners
They started the revolution
Inspired by the values of the enlightenment
SECOND STATE: Aristocracy
FIRST STATE: church
CAUSES: the failure of the A.R. to manage the social and economical inequality -
ONLY THE THIRD STATE HAD TO PAY TAXES
SOCIAL REFORM
George IV (worst king) :red_cross:
1830: William IV
presented whings (love reformes) :<3:
The poor law, 1815
workhouses
Factory Act
to protect children
under 18: 13 hours
forbidden employee under 9
Reform Act 1832
all male can vote
working class no political rights
Abolition of Slavery
Not who was already a slave (Abolition Act, 1833)
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
end Napoleonic empire
increasing industry
new inrentions
James Watt
different sources of energy
Changes Caused
long hours
WHY IT HAPPENED?
6 more items...
living condition appalling
poor pay
hand labour and small craftsman
out of work
1 more item...
Create Competition
James Hargreaves
Accelarate texitile industry
importing raw materials from colonies
Voltaire and Rosseau
fraternity
liberty
equality
4 july 1776: America declared its indipendece :tada:
Battle at Yorktown in 1781
, franco-american against british
Treaty of Versailles, 1783:
Britain accepted the indipendence of USA \ still has control on Canada
William Pitt the younger
(Prime Minister)
prosperity was gradually restored
restore public finances
reduce import duties
