Do Revolutions help or hurt people? Well for the answer we have to go way back to the Mexican and French Revolution. There are other Revolutions that occurred, but the French Revolution Is a example of how the Revolution Hurt people. Now let's begin with the French Revolution.
The French Revolution Was led by the Third Estate before the French Revolution The French society was divided into three Estates the clergy, the nobility, and the peasants. The Third Estate was forced to pay 50% of there money to taxes in other words the first and Second Estate didn't have to pay taxes because they were wealthy . The Third Estate was the less fortunate in money. In supporting question 1 Source a, of the French Revolution It gives evidence of how the French people belonged to the Third Estate “97% of the the French people belonged to the Third Estate and had to pay 50% of the money they needed to the unfair government”. The Revolution
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Huerta proved to be a even fiercer authoritarian than Diaz, and till this day they are known as Mexico's most despised villains. As president he continued using political assassination as an tool and forcibly conscripted the poor into his beefed- up federal army. In other to topple him, Zapata and other Revolutionary leaders such as Francisco “Pancho “ Villa, Venustiano Carranza and Alvaro Obregon, united together, but since these men came from different parts of the country and had disparate political views, they turned on each other soon after forcing out Huerta in July 1914. Villa and Zapata occupied Mexico City together. Carranza and Obregon headed to the part city of Veracruz. Though Villa and Zapata originally appeared to have upper hand, the tide turned in 1915 when Obregon won an series of battles against Villa with the help of trenches, barbed wire and other World War I-era defensive
Sixteen are killed from the Mexican attack along the Rio Grande! In 1821, Mexico freed itself from Spain. Mexico was equal in size to the United States. Mexican government wanted to increase population, so they invited Americans to settle in Texas. These settlers did not want to abide by Mexico’s rules and laws. Texas then won independence from Mexico in 1836. In the year 1844, James K. Polk was elected as president. He was a strong believer in manifest destiny. Congress decided to annex Texas into the United States. Mexico felt that America stole Texas from them. This caused conflict between the two countries. Was it right for the United States to declare war against Mexico? America was justified in going to war with Mexico because they could
First, the French Revolution was a result of the failed estate system and the extreme economic and social inequality it led to. Under the rule of Louis XVI, the people of France were divided into three main social classes or estates as they are called. The First Estate featured wealthy members of the Church such as Bishops and Priests who held great political power due to their influence on government affairs. The Second Estate was a class comprised of the wealthy nobles and
...ur taken prisoners. As a result, Wilson prepared a letter to Congress demanding a full-scale war and an ultimatum was sent to Carranza, demanding the release of all American prisoners, which Mexico had already threatened to kill. Within days, all prisoners were released and all international bridges were seized. Although Carranza was finished, Pancho Villa was not ready to throw in the towel. Thus, he prepared for a series of attacks to come. General Pershing reported to Wilson of Villa’s repeated violence, but Villa continued, capturing many towns held by Carranzista forces. On January 1917, Pancho Villa gathered his forces to capture Toreon. In the end, hundreds of his men were dead and his defeat was seized upon by Wilson as a convenient way out of the problems in Mexico.
In the early 1900’s, one man bested the rival troops and used his intelligence to defeat the oppressive Mexican regime. Doroteo Arango Arámbula, also known as Pancho Villa, was born into a poor family and worked in the fields. Pancho Villa escalated from a peasant outlaw into a well-known revolutionary war strategist and folk hero. Pancho Villa could easily outsmart troops and use his popularity to help his cause for equality. His actions could not atone for any previous transgressions in his life of crime, but his tactics as a revolutionary war commander made him almost unstoppable when it came to fighting for equality.
War is inevitable, but the Mexican-American War could have been avoided when determining borders. The controversial Mexican-American war is often talked and argued about. The big question about the war that everyone argues about is, Was America justified in going to war with Mexico? Well, were they? The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because Americans invaded Mexican land, The United States already has lots of land, and the Americans ignored Mexican laws and regulations. In 1821, Mexico declares independence from Spain. Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836 to join America. This War (1846-1848) marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil.
Historian Albert Mathiez states that “The middle class… was sensitive to their inferior legal position. The revolution came from them- the middle class. The working classes were incapable of starting or controlling the Revolution. They were just beginning to learn to read.” The middle class were not able to have a class on their own; they were still considered peasants. In the illustration it showed how much people and land each estate held, the Clergy was one percent of the population which owned ten percent of the land. Nobles were two percent of the people that owned thirty-five percent of the land. The middle class, peasants, and city workers were ninety-seven of the people owned fifty-five percent of the land. This means that if the third estate were to riot, this would cause havoc. There was a lot during that time; the website Macrohistory and World Timeline shows that “The population of France had grown to between 24 and 26 million, up from 19 million in 1700 without a concomitant growth in food production. Farmers around Paris consumed over 80 percent of what they grew, so if a harvest fell by around 10 percent, which was common, people went hungry. There was insufficient government planning and storage of grain for emergency shortages”. If there were approximately 26 million people, there would be 25,220,000 people in the third estate, 520,000 people in the second estate, and 260,000
...n Morelos. Zapata secured the town and then cut off the road to Mexico City. A week later Diaz realized he was in trouble and fled Mexico for Europe. After he left a provisional President and a large army that was led by General Victoriano Huerta. Soon after Diaz left Mexico, Zapata took Cuernavaca, the capital of Morelos, and he then rode to Mexico City where he met Madero, where he was declared President. The victory, however, was only the beginning of the problem that would come in Mexico. (www.tamu.edu.htm, Encarta 98)
The Mexican Revolution began November 20th, 1910. It is disputable that it extended up to two decades and seized more than 900,000 lives. This revolution, however, also ended dictatorship in Mexico and restored the rights of farm workers, or peons, and its citizens. Revolutions are often started because a large group of individuals want to see a change. These beings decided to be the change that they wanted to see and risked many things, including their lives. Francisco “Pancho” Villa and Emiliano Zapata are the main revolutionaries remembered. These figures of the revolution took on the responsibility that came with the title. Their main goal was to regain the rights the people deserved. The peons believed that they deserved the land that they labored on. These workers rose up in a vehement conflict against those opposing and oppressing them. The United States was also significantly affected by this war because anybody who did not want to fight left the country and migrated north. While the end of the revolution may be considered to be in the year of 1917 with the draft of a new constitution, the fighting did not culminate until the 1930’s.
The third estate consisted of the remaining 23.5 million French people who were 90% peasants. The third estate was the only estate that paid taxes. Their taxes ensured the financial well-being of the clergy, state, and nobles (French Revolution Overview 6). The Enlightenment was a major influence of the French Revolution. The Enlightenment caused the revolution in three ways.
The first underlying cause of the French Revolution was the Old Regime. The people of France were divided into three estates. The first estate was composed of the highest church officials. They held about ten percent of all the land in France. They paid no direct taxes to the royal government. The second estate was made up of nobles. They were only two percent of France’s population, but owned twenty percent of the land. They paid no taxes (Krieger 483). The third estate accounted for ninety-eight percent of France’s population. The third estate was divided into three groups; the middle class, known as the bourgeoisie, the urban lower classes, and the peasant farmers. The third estate lost about half their income in taxes. They paid feudal dues, royal taxes, and also owed the corvee, a form of tax paid with work (Krieger 484).
The Mexican Revolution of 1910 is one of the greatest revolutions that have taken place in Latin America and arguably the twentieth century. Unlike most revolutions of the twentieth century that have reverted towards a theocracy, an example would be in Iran or resulted in the ascendency of a totalitarian communist rule, the revolution in Mexico culminated in the draft of a highly progressive and radical constitution that supposedly would guarantee land reforms by dismantling the traditional haciendas implemented by the Spanish , protection from foreign and domestic mistreatment and exploitation of the Mexican people , and civil liberties to all Mexicans, including the indigenous and mestizo population that have endured grotesque mistreatment, exploitation and abject poverty by the creole Spanish elite for centuries. My thesis is that by adopting neoliberal
Both the 1789 and 1848 revolutions in France aimed to abolish the unjust monarchy and fulfill their desire for liberty and equality for all citizens, yet neither revolution had true success. Some significant similarities between the Revolutions of 1789 and 1848 were the French citizens’ goal to eradicate the monarchy and to achieve revolutionary goals like equality and freedom for all. In 1789, Louis XVI was an absolute monarch whose autocratic rule upset the Third Estate (bourgeoisie, sans-culottes, and peasants). Louis XVI controlled all aspects of society and politics, French citizens did not have a voice in government, they lacked many civil liberties such as freedom of speech, and the Third Estate was taxed extremely unfairly. The Third Estate had to pay 50% of their income in taxes, while the nobility and clergy only had to pay 1-2%.
The main cause of unsuccessful revolutions is a bad leader rising to power once the current government in place has been overthrown and not keeping the people’s intentions, the cause of the revolution, in mind. Following the overthrown government of Louis XVI, Napoleon Bonaparte rose to power. However, his regime was no different than Louis XVI”s, as Napoleon was known for his gigantic ego and corrupt government. Additionally, the French Revolution cannot be characterized as a successful revolution because Napoleon failed to establish a new effective government. It began with the absolute monarchy of Louis XVI, but ended with the military dictatorship of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Introduction: The Mexican revolution of 1910 was not the first revolution but it was, in the long run, efficient in achieving its goals. The year 1876 met Porfirio Diaz as the president of Mexico after his heroic defeat of the oppressive French. His ruling lasted 34 years known as the period of el Porfiriato, a period masked by inequality and unrest. Diaz, in his quest to build Mexico into a capitalist country with political stability, managed to reduce the standard of living for many farmers while increasing the pockets of foreign investors.