September 26, 2013

Homework - Prepare for the Test on Tuesday, October 1, and fully answer Content/Class Questions.

Question # 3 – Napoleon said, “Frenchmen, you will doubtless recognize in this conduct the zeal of a soldier of liberty, a citizen devoted to the Republic.”  Did Napoleon complete or destroy the French Revolution?

Question # 4 - Consider the cartoon of Napoleon shown below and answer this question - Why would people across Europe have this image of Napoleon?

September 24-25, 2013

Homework - Finish reading the notes to the end of the packet.

Question # 2 - War and Terror – Robespierre said, “Terror is nothing but prompt, severe, inflexible justice; it is therefore an emanation of virtue.”  How would Robespierre justify the violence of the Reign of Terror as both necessary for the survival of the revolution and for the creation of a new France?

September 23, 2013

Homework - Read up to the Section titled "Napoleon Seized Power".

Question # 1 - The preamble to The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen reads,

“The representatives of the French people, organized as a National Assembly, believing that the ignorance, neglect, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole cause of public calamities and of the corruption of governments, have determined to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, unalienable, and sacred rights of man, in order that this declaration, being constantly before all the members of the Social body, shall remind them continually of their rights and duties; in order that the acts of the legislative power, as well as those of the executive power, may be compared at any moment with the objects and purposes of all political institutions and may thus be more respected, and, lastly, in order that the grievances of the citizens, based hereafter upon simple and incontestable principles, shall tend to the maintenance of the constitution and redound to the happiness of all.” 

How does this statement show how the leaders of the French Revolution were using the ideas of the Enlightenment to justify the French Revolution and state the goals of the Revolution?

September 16 - 17, 2013

Homework - Study for test on Wednesday and finish off class (content) questions # 2-4.

Test will have four short answer questions and you will have to choose which two you want to answer.  Each answer should be a paragraph in length.  The answer should begin with a topic sentence that directly answers the question.  The subsequent sentences should provide historical evidence and connect it to the topic sentence.

Question # 4 - Enlightenment - German Enlightenment philosopher Emmanuel Kant said, “Enlightenment is humanity’s departure from its self-imposed immaturity.  This immaturity is self-imposed when its cause is not lack of intelligence but failure of courage to think without someone else’s guidance.  Dare to know!  That is the slogan of Enlightenment.”  Should this be the quote to define the Enlightenment?

September 13, 2013

Homework - Read the rest of the notes until the end.

Questions # 3 - Scientific Revolution – When Newton described his own achievements he said, “If I have seen farther than others, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants.”  Who were the giants he was talking about?

September 11-12, 2013

Homework - Read up to The Enlightenment (1688 - 1789)

Classwork - Hobbes and Locke Discussion.

Criteria for essay - one page, single space, font no smaller than size 11.

September 10, 2013 - English Civil War & Glorious Revolution

For homework read the first, and if you want the second, article about "Hobbes & Locke" posted on the class web page.

Question # 2 - English Civil War & Glorious Revolution – How did the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution demonstrate the difference between the “rule of power” and the “rule of law”?

September 5, 2013 - Louis XIV

Homework for Tomorrow - Read up to "Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment"

Class work materials and question:

Video - Building of Versailles



Video - Music of Versailles


Question # 1 – Louis XIV: Model of an Absolute Monarch – Historian John Miller described the importance of absolute monarchs, like Louis XIV by saying, “Absolute monarchies helped to bring a sense of nationhood to disparate territories, to establish a measure of public order and to promote prosperity… we need therefore to jettison the liberal and democratic preconceptions of the twentieth century and instead think in terms of an impoverished and precarious existence, of low expectations and of submission to the will of God and to the king…”  Should students of history ignore modern ideas like the liberal values in judging the reign of Louis XIV?