ACS 400 Lecture 5: lecture 5
16 Nov 2016
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Parallels and differences with earlier waves of revolutions. Monarchs are still there but as symbolic figures. Process was by no means neat ! disorder that accompanied. Lead by religious figures and financed by merchants. Bajar state needed revenue so gave concession s to an adventurer connected to tabaco company. Would have right to sale of tabaco for 50 years. King at the time had to appeal concession (indemnity of 3040,000 pounds) Embarks on military modernization (common in places not colonized) The socail composition of the revolutions: bazaar elements, merchants, and guildsmen ecomonic pressures from th world economy. Once an economic downturn and put all eggs in one basket ! famine, food shortage. Artisans had to compete with cheap goods from europe. New constitutionalist: no. strength is that they have parliaments, constitution. Dual dynamic: opposing dynamic of government and opposition of reaction of civilians. Ppl in market suffered came to clerics and pushed to play leadership roles.
