The French Revolution was started by the country's "third estate", which was composed of the Burgoise and the Working Class. This sector of society was enraged due to the monarchies mismanagement and excessive grant of benefits towards the Clergy (The First Estate) and the Nobility (The Second Estate).
Creole leaders such as Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin were inspired by these uprisings, as they believed the Spanish Crown used the colonies as mere sourcing points for their riches and were not reciprocal in developing them. To the contrary, the Spaniards executed high taxes which made it unbearable for the Colonialists (Creoles).
<span>B. cut off New England from the rest of the colonies.
British general John Burgoyne had proposed the plan to isolate New England from the rest of the colonies. The plan had about 8,000 British troops invading into New York from Canada and taking control of the Hudson River. The plan was initially successful -- the British took Fort Ticonderoga in June of 1777. But General Burgoyne overextended his access to supplies as he came further into Patriot territory, and the colonial forces were able to cut off his supply line. After a couple of difficult battles, Burgoyne's eventual surrender of his troops came with the loss at Saratoga in October, 1777.
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Answer:
B) Battle of Tours
Explanation:
The Battle of Tours , fought in 732 AD, stopped the Arabic expansion in Europe, after a wave of Arabic conquests had taken Spain. After Spain, the next logical target was France. Had the Arabs won a victory at Tours, Islam would have surely spread in Europe. But Christian armies managed to defeat the Muslim intruders and made them retreat. So, Muslim, Arabic presence was confined to Spain until the 15th century, where Córdoba and Granada became centers of learning. Academic and intellectual exchanges between Arabs in the Iberic Peninsula and Christian Europe took place and allowed the latter to recover classic Greek culture, for example.
The Industrial Revolution, which began in Great Britain, ushered in a new era of economic prosperity for many people. Through higher employment rates in factories, the income of the average citizen rose. This income was then used to purchase goods, which required more factory workers, which further increased income.