Essay - Western History Looking into the Dynamics that LED to the...

Western history

Looking into the dynamics that led to the declaration of American and French revolutions, respectively, it can be observed that both revolutions emerged out of an increasing conflict between civil society and the government. Moreover, this ***** between society ***** the ***** was economic in nature—that is, the government sought to dominate civil society through economic policies and unfair economic practices.

The American Revolution emerged as a result of a series of conflicts and protests against economic me*****ures that the Br*****ish government implemented when it observed ***** flourishing economy ***** its new territory, the Americas. These economic policies ranged from implementation of additional taxes on specific consumer and trade goods, to limiting access to trade goods altogether. Among these unfair implemented acts are the Intolerable Acts, a collective term used to illustrate a series of ***** that prevented America ***** achieving economic prosperity through trade and commerce. These acts did not only impose heavy ***** on c*****sumer goods, it also closed down ports used for trading (specifically experienced in the Boston Port Act). As a ***** of ***** unfair practice, the Americans revolted ***** the British government, eventually seeking independence, and achieving this through the American Revolution.

*****, the French Revolution achieved recognition as the conflict that ended King Louis XVI's reign ***** the incumbent monarch leader of the country. The eventual declaration ***** the ***** Revolution was brought about by a combination of political, social and economic changes occurring in the ***** during the 18th century. Like America, French society became victims to the culture ***** corruption prevalent during Louis XVI's ***** as king of the country. The weak leadership of the King made him lost control over important domestic affairs, such ***** the prevention ***** a fiscal crisis that plagued the ***** ***** this period. The growing dominance of the bourgeois class and ***** growing economic discontent in the society comb*****ed to create the atmosphere of dissatisfaction and ***** that *****ly led ***** ***** development and declaration ***** the ***** Revolution.

***** Louis XVI's passion for ballet dancing paved the way for ballet to thrive, develop and become rampant during his reign in ***** late 17th century. Under the leadership of Louis *****, ballet was institutionalized not only as an art *****m, but also as a profession. Moreover, ***** ***** period, b*****llet ***** a profession *****d *****rt form no longer *****d by males, but also by females. It was also during this period ***** the comedie ballet became a popular form of ballet dance, particularly performed in Louis XVI's court ballet.

One ***** the most distinct characteristics of the Age ***** Enlightenment from other ***** and cultural movements that occurred in the ***** of humanity was its regard for cultural relativism, wherein exploration for o*****r ********** became the prevalent activity, apart from the ***** of science. ***** ***** of Enlightenment gave birth to the philosophes, ***** thinkers who created different discourses, treatises and novels discussing alternative philosophies, paving ***** way ***** ***** discoveries to occur in