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5.2C. GOVExplain causes and effects of the various revolutions in the period from 1750 to 1900.

1750-1900

SKILL:�Identify a claim or argument

French �Revolution

American �Revolution

Political Revolutions

Political �Revolutions

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What we will learn:

The consequences of the Enlightenment ideas were political revolutions in three different places (American, French, & Hatian Revolutions)

Analyze two political contracts and identify the author's main claims �a. American Revolution; Declaration of Independence

b. French Revolution; Declaration of the RIghts of Man & Citizen

What we will do:

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Enlightenment Ideas

Existing States

(Monarchs)

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5.2: Nationalism

What is nationalism?

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The Flag: Who does it represent?

THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE

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Three Political Revolutions

  1. American Revolutions 17762. French Revolutions 17893. Hatian Revolutions 1804

CAUSES

EVENTS

CONSEQUENCES

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THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE

THE PEOPLE OF FRANCE

MO�N�A�R�C�H�Y

NEW FLAGS FOR NEW NATIONS -- FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE

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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

CAUSES

REMEDY

CONSEQUENCES

  • British monarch tighten control of 13 colonies (taxes)�
  • British mercantilist policies crushing colonist economics
  • Declaration of Independence �
  • Help from French ($$) helped colonist win improbable war
  • World’s first contract of democracy (Constitution)�
  • All Men Are Created Equal (it was for rich white men only)

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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

CAUSES

Remedy

CONSEQUENCES

  • Debt huge problem (Building of Versailles & American Revolution)
  • Unfair tax system (wealthy/powerful pay nothing, poor/middle class pay 100%)

  • Shared gov. (National Assembly)
  • Peasant Revolts

  • Overthrow king(hold him on charges of treason)

  • Execute the King
  • Reign of Terror
  • Rise of Napoleon
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen

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THE HATIAN REVOLUTION

CAUSES

Remedy

CONSEQUENCES

  • French lose
  • New Constitution
  • First Black republic on Western hemisphere
  • Haiti = French colony; using enslaved workers
  • SLAVERY

  • Toussaint Louverture (Enlightenment follower & leader)

  • Violent revolt
  • Enslaved outnumber French 10 to 1

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LET’S PRACTICE

IDENTIFY THE MAIN CLAIM

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DOC #1: Thomas Jefferson; Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Identify the main argument in the text

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DOC #1: Thomas Jefferson; Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Identify the main argument in the text

Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed

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DOC #2: The National Assembly of France; Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen

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. Therefore the National Assembly recognizes and proclaims, in the presence and under the auspices of the Supreme Being, the following rights of man and of the citizen.

Identify the main argument in the text

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DOC #2: The National Assembly of France; Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen

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. Therefore the National Assembly recognizes and proclaims, in the presence and under the auspices of the Supreme Being, the following rights of man and of the citizen.

Identify the main argument in the text

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;