AP European History DBQ 2008 Form B On November 24, 1793, the National Convention replaced the Gregorian calendar with a new revolutionary calendar. In response to the new calendar, in the period 1789 to 1806, several different reactions evolved. Based on the documents provided, when looked at upon an intellectual basis, the calendar seemed perfect; where some found the new calendar to work well, others proclaimed it inconvenience; and through overthrowing Christianity in the calendar and everyday life, problems began to arise. The documents can be divided into three main groups. The first group of documents shows the intellectual thought behind the creation of the revolutionary calendar and the reasons for its adoption.
• 3A. Identify three issues/problems in France from 1787-1789. Document 4: Cobb & Jones (1988) Voices of the French Revolution p. 39 Document 5: • 5A. How did the French National Assembly attempt to deal with the problems that caused the French Revolution? Document 6: Document 7: Except from the London Times January 25, 1793 • 7A.
John Locke is one of the most influential Enlightenment philosophers of the seventeenth century. His philosophical writings of individual rights and role of government to secure these rights were a major influence on the founding fathers of the United States of America. The founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson and James Madison used many of the tenets of John Locke's philosophy to construct the American political ideology of liberal democracy. John Locke's view of what a civil society and popular sovereignty inspired the founding fathers and the colonists to develop a political and social discourse which fueled the American Revolution. Locke's influence can be seen in documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Federalist Papers.
Mid-Term 4. Discuss the legacies of the French Revolution, or of Napoleon (or both, if you prefer.) To what degree was the world a different place in 1815 from what it had been in 1789? Why were these changes so “revolutionary? Explain, citing specific examples.
SSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution. a. Explain how the end of Anglo-French imperial competition as seen in the French-Indian War, and the 1763 Treaty of Paris, laid the groundwork of the American Revolution. b. Explain the colonial responce to such British actions such as the Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, and the Intolerable Acts as seen in Sons of Daughters of Liberty and Committees of Correspndance.
Asses the view that the Enlightenment was the most important cause of the French Revolution? The Enlightenment was an 18th century philosophical movement in Europe that stressed the importance of reason in analysing and investigating. This led to a critical review of existing ideas and social institutions and how they could be changed and improved, through the use of reason. In this period of time a lot of people were becoming more aware of social, economic and political interactions. The idea of monarchy was becoming a disappointing plan.
It’s important to know about the past lives and how around the 1800’s the United States started expanding. One of the European ideas was John Locke, who was an English philosopher, and one of the Enlightenment thinkers. John Locke influenced Thomas Jefferson and also the Declaration of Independence. He maintained that people had Natural Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property. Locke had a social contract which meant that people chose their own government as long as the government agrees to protect their natural rights.
The interpretation or the meaning of democracy literally means rule by the people. In the French revolution democracy was brought upon because political thinkers and philosophers inspired its people by buying into American idea’s and telling the people that the only way to freedom is to separate the legislative, judicial and executive branches of the government. Technology played an important role in not only the French revolution but within the
To understand the power and importance of the Napoleon´s code we attempt to describe the development and historical backgrounds of the most important milestones in France in nineteenth’s century. We deal with the Napoleon´s biography, because we considered is as an important aspect or the whole topic. The Napoleon´s code builds the basis of the French society and its roots are remarkable in other law systems of Europe. The significant role of the code in the society cannot be neglected. This work demonstrates and describes the relations between structure and composition of code in comparison with its practical application.
With reference to both form and content, demonstrate that the film The Truman Show can be considered post-modern. Postmodernism, as the word suggests, follows on from the era known as modernism. It is said to have stemmed from late Eighteenth Century and early Nineteenth Century theory on Enlightenment. It came, theorists of the subject argue, from the ends of decadence and from Nihilism. Stanley James Granz writes about the origins of postmodernism in his book A Primer on the Postmodern: “Many historians place the birth of the modern era at the dawn of Enlightenment... it became the God of human intellectual quest to unlock the secrets of the universe in order to master nature for human benefit and create a better world”.