Essential Questions
-How did the effects of the Absolutism lead to the new intellectual traditions of the Enlightenment?
-How did the new ideals of the Enlightenment lead to different ideas about how human societies should be organized?
-How did Enlightenment ideas lead to Revolutionary movements throughout the world?
-How did the effects of the Absolutism lead to the new intellectual traditions of the Enlightenment?
-How did the new ideals of the Enlightenment lead to different ideas about how human societies should be organized?
-How did Enlightenment ideas lead to Revolutionary movements throughout the world?
The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a European intellectual movement which questioned the existing social, political, and economic order. The process began as a reaction against the enormous power that Absolute Monarchs had in Europe and these thinkers hoped to influence more enlightened rulers. Most Enlightenment thinkers believed that humanity could be improved through the use of Reason and hoped to create a better world.
Quick Look: Enlightenment Thinkers
Locke
From: England
Wrote: Two Treatises on Government
Ideas:
-Observation: government exists to prefers life, liberty, and property.
-Hypothesis: people should be sovereign (rule)
-Hypothesis: monarchs are not chosen by God.
Hobbes
From: England
Wrote: Leviathan
Ideas:
-Observation: Life without government is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
-Hypothesis: Absolute government needed to control evil behavior (not Divine Right)
Montesquieu
From: France
Wrote: The Spirit of the Laws
Ideas:
-Observation: When the legislature and executive are united in the same person, there is no liberty
-Hypothesis: Government must have a separation of powers.
Rousseau
From: France
Wrote: The Social Contract
Ideas:
-Observation: “man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.”
-Hypothesis: Government is a contract between people and rulers. People can break this contract (rebellion)
Voltaire
From: France
Ideas:
-Observation: Life is better with liberty.
-Hypothesis: Freedom of speech and religion, separation of church and state
-“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Assignments
Reading: Enlightenment Thinkers
Assignment: Chapter 5, Section 1
Project: Be Like Bill Enlightenment
Reading: Be Like Bill Enlightenment Thinkers
The Enlightenment was a European intellectual movement which questioned the existing social, political, and economic order. The process began as a reaction against the enormous power that Absolute Monarchs had in Europe and these thinkers hoped to influence more enlightened rulers. Most Enlightenment thinkers believed that humanity could be improved through the use of Reason and hoped to create a better world.
Quick Look: Enlightenment Thinkers
Locke
From: England
Wrote: Two Treatises on Government
Ideas:
-Observation: government exists to prefers life, liberty, and property.
-Hypothesis: people should be sovereign (rule)
-Hypothesis: monarchs are not chosen by God.
Hobbes
From: England
Wrote: Leviathan
Ideas:
-Observation: Life without government is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
-Hypothesis: Absolute government needed to control evil behavior (not Divine Right)
Montesquieu
From: France
Wrote: The Spirit of the Laws
Ideas:
-Observation: When the legislature and executive are united in the same person, there is no liberty
-Hypothesis: Government must have a separation of powers.
Rousseau
From: France
Wrote: The Social Contract
Ideas:
-Observation: “man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.”
-Hypothesis: Government is a contract between people and rulers. People can break this contract (rebellion)
Voltaire
From: France
Ideas:
-Observation: Life is better with liberty.
-Hypothesis: Freedom of speech and religion, separation of church and state
-“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Assignments
Reading: Enlightenment Thinkers
Assignment: Chapter 5, Section 1
Project: Be Like Bill Enlightenment
Reading: Be Like Bill Enlightenment Thinkers
Revolutions!
Running from roughly 1774 to 1848, the Age of Revolutions, would carry out widespread change and a rejection of the authoritarian power of monarchs. Revolutions would break out in the English Colonies in North America, the Kingdom of France, across Latin America, and the French colony of Haiti.
These revolutions would have widespread implications, leading to independence across much of the Americas, establishing republican governments in the Americas and the Caribbean, and plunging Europe into a century of upheaval.
Running from roughly 1774 to 1848, the Age of Revolutions, would carry out widespread change and a rejection of the authoritarian power of monarchs. Revolutions would break out in the English Colonies in North America, the Kingdom of France, across Latin America, and the French colony of Haiti.
These revolutions would have widespread implications, leading to independence across much of the Americas, establishing republican governments in the Americas and the Caribbean, and plunging Europe into a century of upheaval.
The American Revolution
The American Revolution was a revolution that was launched in the British colonies of North America. Originally beginning largely as a tax protest, the American Revolution increasingly began to adopt more radical ideas about the nature of government. The English philosopher John Locke was particularly influential.
The American Revolution was
Assignments
Causes of the American Revolution PPT
Causes of the American Revolution Notesheet
The American Revolution was a revolution that was launched in the British colonies of North America. Originally beginning largely as a tax protest, the American Revolution increasingly began to adopt more radical ideas about the nature of government. The English philosopher John Locke was particularly influential.
The American Revolution was
Assignments
Causes of the American Revolution PPT
Causes of the American Revolution Notesheet
The French Revolution
"The King must die so that the country can live." -Maximilian Robespierre
The French Revolution was
Assignments
Classwork: Chapter 6, Section 3
Project: French Revolution Newspaper Project
Viewing Guide: History Channel, the French Revolution
"The King must die so that the country can live." -Maximilian Robespierre
The French Revolution was
Assignments
Classwork: Chapter 6, Section 3
Project: French Revolution Newspaper Project
Viewing Guide: History Channel, the French Revolution
The Haitian Revolution
Assignments
Powerpoint: Haitian Revolution PPT
Project: Haitian Revolution Propaganda Project
Assignments
Powerpoint: Haitian Revolution PPT
Project: Haitian Revolution Propaganda Project