La desigualdad social, la burguesía, la crisis financiera debido a muchas guerras, malas cosechas, impuestos, mal liderazgo bajo LOUIS XV y LOUIS XVI, y los gobernantes franceses vivieron estilos de vida espléndidos mientras la gente común luchaba.
La Baja Edad Media se caracterizó por dos extremos de crisis y transformación: colapso demográfico, agitación social, guerra endémica e inestabilidad religiosa; mientras que al mismo tiempo, el surgimiento de los estados nacionales con el declive del feudalismo, y el gran progreso en las artes y las ciencias.
Pinard wept and the people cheered because the Berlin Wall
was finally torn down and East and West Germany was once again united as one
country. When the communist took over
East Germany and built the wall, many fled rather than live under communist
rule. Many had died attempting to do so because
of freedom.
The impact was most severe in the Caribbean, where by 1600 Native American populations on most islands had plummeted by more than 99 percent. Across the Americas, populations fell by 50 percent to 95 percent by 1650. The disease component of the Columbian Exchange was decidedly one-sided.
