How might a nation's failure to protect citizen's rights and responsibilities lead to revolution?
Guiding Questions:
What was the Age of Enlightenment?
How did Enlightenment thinkers believe that reason could solve the ills of society?
Who were Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and how did their views on human nature differ?
Why did monarchs (Catherine, Peter, Frederick) embrace Enlightenment ideas to help govern?
How did the beliefs of Voltaire, Diderot, and Rosseau challenge perceptions of government?
How were ideas of Enlightened thinkers embraced by some and shunned by others?
What political ideas shaped the American and French revolutions?
How do Montesquieu’s ideas on separation of power compare to how they were applied in the American government?
What complaints did the Third Estate have with the French monarchy and what actions did they take to create change?
Did Napoleon create a government that matched the goals of the French Revolution?
What were the consequences of the French Revolution?
What events inspired revolutions in Latin American countries?
What were the effects of the Latin American revolutions?
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