Government and Democracy Intro to Age of Revolutions Alice F. Short Hilliard Davidson High School World Studies
Essential Questions TOPIC: AGE OF REVOLUTIONS (1750-1914) The Age of Revolutions was a period of two world-encompassing and interrelated developments: the democratic revolution and the industrial revolution. Both had political, economic and social consequences on a global scale. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: 1. How do revolutionary ideas affect global change? 2. How does the spread of political, economic, and cultural concepts affect an ever-changing world? 3. How do scientific advances affect political and social change? 4. How do scientific advances affect cultural and social change?
Content Statements TOPIC: AGE OF REVOLUTIONS (1750-1914) The Age of Revolutions was a period of two world-encompassing and interrelated developments: the democratic revolution and the industrial revolution. Both had political, economic and social consequences on a global scale. CONTENT STATEMENTS: Enlightenment ideas on the relationship of the individual and the government influenced the American Revolution, French Revolution and Latin American wars for independence. Industrialization had social, political and economic effects on Western Europe and the world.
Government and Democracy Vocabulary tyranny (and tyranny of the majority) individual freedom influence revolution democratic revolution war
A SHORT Time to Ponder DISCUSSION: What is the role of government? What does it actually do? What should it do? Why does government matter?
Modernity 1750-1914 – modern world led by the West (Europe and the United States) revolutions through imperialism traditional monarchy greater political representation class transformation (middle class emerges) agriculture industrialization urbanization population growth secular worldview rapid and radical changes in artistic and literary styles historians, political scientists, etc. do not agree on everything in regards what it means to be modern, but these are some on which there is general consensus
Great Political Upheavals American Revolution French Revolution Latin American Wars for Independence
Industrial Revolution The West Japan impacted EVERYONE
Modern Politics popular representation bureaucracies not so much for women bureaucracies parliamentary bodies
Why Revolution? social stress class differences economic inequality poverty incompetent or oppressive leadership intellectual and cultural forces (religion, nationalism, doctrines, ideologies) The intellectual and cultural forces should sound a lot like the Enlightenment. *
Types of Revolutions from above (top-down) from below (bottom-up) combination factions? cooperation? continued cooperation? in-group fighting and quarreling? betrayal? new revolutions?
A SHORT Time to Ponder DISCUSSION: If we have a (another) revolution here, what type do you think it would be? What characteristics would it have? Why would we have one?