Dec 23, 2009

Paradise Lost | Compare and Contrast

1642-1660: The English civil wars resulted in an Interregnum, during which England was a republic, although not a democracy, ruled by Parliament alone. In 1660, the republic collapsed and the monarchy was restored.

1700s: The late eighteenth century saw the French Revolution and the American Revolution both of which sought to establish republics in the place of monarchies. The French Revolution was a civil war which...