Europe has changed dramatically between the early modern and the modern periods of history. These changes can be seen across the entire continent. This essay will focus on three countries within modern day Europe, where clear examples of vast changes can be seen in comparing the early modern and modern periods. These three countries are France, Germany and England. All three of these countries evolved to be major world powers during the period from Early modern history to modern history. Europe during this period of vast change began to move away from the absolute dominance seen by the Monarchies during much of the Middle Ages. The people of Europe began to rebel against the status quo that had been in place for centuries. Critical thinking and logical reasoning began to be practised by the citizens of Europe and this led to a cultural revolution, in which the early seeds of the democracies we now see were planted. Western Europe became the home of many of the world’s major superpowers and began to dominate proceedings on the world stage. Western Europe entered an era of almost unmatched economic and technological supremacy, and started the colonial era, colonising vast unconquered portions of the globe. This essay will highlight the changes that occurred in the society of Europe between the early modern period and the modern period. This essay will show these changes by illustrating these changes in these individual countries.

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