Causes of Revolution

Causes of Revolution
During the mid 1600 to the early 1800 a
world wide phenomenon started, this
was the revolutionary age. In the mid
1700’s America was suffering from a
strong and unjust political system, and a
cruel economy were the government
could just walk about taxing people
without representation. During the late
1700’s France’s society began to believe
that the upper class citizens were taking
all the land and leaving the lower class
citizens with very minute areas of land.

During the early 1800’s Communists
were talking over Spain and driving out
the free well of society, leaving the ideas
of the Americas to rot. These were all
conditions that led to the revolts against
the government; a revolution was at
hand to restore peace and prosperity
back to the country.
During the mid 1700’s British Parliament
had a strong hold on the 13 colonies.
Many of the citizens became upset due
to the many acts parliament bestowed
upon them. This caused uproars leading

to great clashes between the British
forces and the colonists. Soon enough
Congress set up a Continental Army with
George Washington in command to fight
the British Forces. Even though the
battles ended in Britain’s favor, the
Colonists became even more determined
to fight. Soon Congress took a giant step
forward, putting the Declaration in to
work. This declares independence from
Britain’s rule. Tomas Jefferson was the
key figure behind the Declaration of
Independence yet the ideas clearly
reflected that of John Locke. To Britain

this was an act of treason. Colonists
fought back with little supplies yet with
the help of French forces the war would
take a truing point. This would form the
utter defeat of the British forces. Than
two years later after the American
Revolution, diplomats signed the Treaty
of Paris thus recognizing the
independence of the United Stats of
America. (Doc. #4)
In late 1780’s French citizens
became unruly due to the old Regime,
this old regime was an out dated social

system corrupted by monarchy. The
citizens were not too pleased with the
social system anymore; the system was
made of a First Estate who was the
clergy. The clergy provide social
services. Included in the Second Estate
were the noble men, these men provide
defense for the land in France. The Third
Estate made up 98% of French
population. In the Third Estate the
wealthy families held the power and
poor citizens resented the fact that they
had so much and yet they had so little.
This was just one notch in the French

Revolution. To make things worse France
was in debt, due to the government’s
spending more money than it takes in.
This led to much more economical
disturbances such as poor harvests. The
people began to riot demanding food,
and peasants attacked manors. More
and more revolts occurred up the when
the National Assembly abolished
feudalism. This took away the Estate
system, leaving room for reforms. In a
step to reform the Assembly began to
write a constitution, the Declaration of
the Rights of Men and the Citizen. The

document summed up equal rights to
the people of France. (Doc. #5)
Once more a revolution seed had been
planted, this time in Latin America. Many
of the citizen’s uproars were caused by a
social and political system that had been
in power for over 3 centuries. In the social
hierarchy Spanish born citizens ruled most
of the political system. They held the top
jobs in the government and most religious
affairs. As for the European-descended
Latin Americans, they owned mines and
ranches and resented their class status.

During this social unrest more people of
the Latin Americas were becoming more
violent. Most of the people became angry
when they were denied status, wealth and
power. To add more hurt they were
suffering from economic trouble. The
people also had many discrepancies
against the Spanish who conquered their
ancestors. The people of the Americas
were now longing for freedom, hoping for
independence. Soon Haiti would gain
independence from France, starting with
slave revolts. Many enslaved Haitians
fought against the unjust French thus

winning their freedom, but Haiti was still a
French colony. As Napoleon rose to power,
he sent a large army to reconquer Haiti.
Through the struggle for independence
France agreed to a truce. Then in early
1800’s, Haitian leaders declared
independence from France, creating a
republic. The events that occurred in Haiti
further inspired more revolts leading to
independence for Mexico and Central
America. In Spain Liberals forced the King
to issue a constitution. Although they
became free of Spanish rule, military
leaders ruled over the government. This

lead to more struggles to improve life for
the Mexican citizens. In South America,
more revolts sprung up to challenge
Spanish rule for independence. Many
Spanish officials denied the reforms,
causing more unrest. Even though the
armies fighting for freedom went through
minor setbacks, their will for
independence grew even grater. Soon
enough a young Creole, Bolivar would
denounce his plan to gain freedom. Bolivar
marched his army across the land to fight
the Spanish at Bogotá. Bolivar had
succeeded in freeing Caracas and

Venezuela. In his struggle to liberate the
lands he caused civil war among rival
leaders. Before Bolivar’s death, he stated
that they had succeeded in achieving
independence. Now Brazil soon would
experience independence from France. A
revolution soon brought new leaders in
Portugal; these leaders abolished reforms
that benefited Brazil. Dom Pedro would
not submit to the Portuguese rule, instead
he became an emperor of Brazil. He
accepted a constitution that led to
freedom to the people of Brazil. Yet Brazil
stayed a monarchy till 1889 when social

unrest led to Brazil becoming a republic.
(doc. #1,3)
Through much disparity the people
that fought so dearly for freedom
succeeded in achieving independence for
their countries. These revolutions had
changed the face of the Earth, inspiring
more countries to end in the old way and
restore a more unified world. Life now
would not be anything close to what it is
now if people had not opened their eyes to
see that freedom is the way.

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Causes of Revolution

During the mid 1600 to the early 1800 a

world wide phenomenon started, this

was the revolutionary age. In the mid

1700’s America was suffering from a

strong and unjust political system, and a

cruel economy were the government

could just walk about taxing people

without representation. During the late

1700’s France’s society began to believe

that the upper class citizens were taking

all the land and leaving the lower class

citizens with very minute areas of land.

were talking over Spain and driving out

the free well of society, leaving the ideas

of the Americas to rot. These were all

conditions that led to the revolts against

the government; a revolution was at

hand to restore peace and prosperity

back to the country.

During the mid 1700’s British Parliament

had a strong hold on the 13 colonies.

Many of the citizens became upset due

to the many acts parliament bestowed

upon them. This caused uproars leading

forces and the colonists. Soon enough

Congress set up a Continental Army with

George Washington in command to fight

the British Forces. Even though the

battles ended in Britain’s favor, the

Colonists became even more determined

to fight. Soon Congress took a giant step

forward, putting the Declaration in to

work. This declares independence from

Britain’s rule. Tomas Jefferson was the

key figure behind the Declaration of

Independence yet the ideas clearly

reflected that of John Locke. To Britain

fought back with little supplies yet with

the help of French forces the war would

take a truing point. This would form the

utter defeat of the British forces. Than

two years later after the American

Revolution, diplomats signed the Treaty

of Paris thus recognizing the

independence of the United Stats of

America. (Doc. #4)

In late 1780’s French citizens

became unruly due to the old Regime,

this old regime was an out dated social

citizens were not too pleased with the

social system anymore; the system was

made of a First Estate who was the

clergy. The clergy provide social

services. Included in the Second Estate

were the noble men, these men provide

defense for the land in France. The Third

Estate made up 98% of French

population. In the Third Estate the

wealthy families held the power and