What was most noteworthy about the pandemic of 1918?
The disease was exotic and unusual.
Millions of people died in a short time.
It was concentrated in a very small area,
This pandemic was not something exotic or unusual, such
as bubonic plague, malaria or cholera. It was influenza:
plain-old, every year, flu. Yet this strain of flu killed more
people in a shorter time than any disease in world
history. In 10 months, it snuffed out somewhere between
21 million and 100 million lives, compared to the 20
million soldier and civilian deaths in all of World War I.
It reached into every corner of the globe, annihilating
Eskimo villages in Alaska and killing one out of five
people in Western Samoa. Nationally, 675,000
Americans died, or more than in the Civil War. The flu
killed more Americans than all American wars from
World War I to Iraq.
-Seattle Times, 2004
It mostly affected soldiers in the military.

The french revolution began less than two decades after the american revolution. in many ways, the american experience was an inspiration for the citizens of france. but the people of the two countries had different situations and had different concerns, which influenced the way each revolution began, progressed, and ended. in this assignment you will write an essay that compares and contrasts the two revolutions. in your essay, include information on the economic, political, or social conditions that were present; events that took place as each revolution progressed; and the final outcome of each. did the people achieve their original goals? did their goals change? were they satisfied with the outcome or did conditions worsen? to begin, consider the characteristics of each country, such as the following: • the status of ordinary citizens before the revolution • the type of government in place • the ability of the citizens to participate in their governance • the people who stepped forward as leaders • the taxes, laws, or social structure in place at the time • the outcome of the revolution compared to its original goals