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The 1700's: A Comparative Analysis

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Revolutions have made many significant changes to the political landscape of the entire world and revolutions will continue to constantly change political spectrum. According to the website www.Dictionary.com, the definition of Revolution is “an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed,” and these revolutions are either non-violent or violent to different degrees. There are consequences of both types of revolution and each revolution has a different course and different driving factors.
In the 1700’s a collection of ideas and innovations started a wave of revolutions that were in North America and Europe and would later move on to countries in Asia and Africa. During this time the kingdoms of Europe, the Middle East, and China practiced absolutism, which caused a lot of governments to become …show more content…

Most rulers practiced divine right and in the late 1700’s, during the enlightenment and the industrial revolution almost all absolute rulers lost their power and the political principle was changing towards more governing

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