I’m working on a history writing question and need support to help me study.

Pick FOUR of the 7 prompts. 2-3 paragraphs per prompt

1. How did the French Revolution differ from the American Revolution? How were they similar? In your response consider politics, the founding documents of the regime, and the grievances of the rebels.

1. In what ways might the Industrial Revolution be considered a global rather than a Western European phenomenon? In your response, consider the impact of the Industrial revolution on the countries of the British Empire and the United States

1. As you could probably tell, Voltaire wrote Candide (1759) in response to the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and to the relentless optimism of theories of the pre-established harmony of the world popular in English and German Enlightenment circles. Had Voltaire lived a century later, what events of the 1840s and 1850s would have fueled him to write, and what theories of the era would have appalled him? Explain.

1. The growth of the nation state was the most important development of this period. How did conservatives, liberals and socialists view this, and what kind of leader did each group think would be most appropriate for a new nation?

1. Compare the consequences of nineteenth-century European colonial conquests with earlier episodes of imperial expansion such as the sixteenth and seventeenth century modernization in the Atlantic world. What was similar? What was different?

1. What common ideas did the writers and artists who we know today as Modernists share?

1. What would you consider the three most important technological advances of the nineteenth and the early twentieth century (1789-1914)? Explain why.