Three Great Events in Western Civilization

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This paper selected the Renaissance as one of the three major world events that have shaped the history of Western civilization because Western art reached its pinnacle through the patronage of Cosimo de Medici, who single-handedly influenced all the future artistic styles and movements in Europe. The author related that the second event, the American Revolution, made it possible for the American colonies to separate from Great Britain and create the first truly independent democratic system since the ancient Greeks. The paper explains that the third event, the French Revolution, was a period in European history marked by the overthrow of a major monarchy, which led to a free France and thus inspired other revolutions by those who were downtrodden and restricted by tyrants and dictators.

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"Faced with vast new responsibilities following the costly French and Indian War, the British government sought to restrict white settlers to the Atlantic side of the Appalachians in part as a way to bring order to the confused state of affairs with the Indians. This proclamation decreed a line of demarcation along the crest of the Appalachians, for all of the lands to the west were to be preserved for the Native Indians. With this, all land claims west of the Appalachians were annulled and no new claims, settlements or even travel was allowed without royal permission. As a result, the hopes of many Americans who wished to expand settlements westward were dashed and thus brought about the beginnings of the American Revolution."

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