Essential Question Discuss the following questions with your neighbors and be prepared to share with the class: 1.What are some of the rights you have as an American Citizen?

Prologue The Rise of Democratic Ideas 1200BC-1800AD

Enlightenment Thinkers In your notebook, divide a page into 5 rows. Make a small column on the left. In the small column, write the following names: – Hobbes – Locke – Voltaire – Rousseau – Montesquieu In your group, use your notes/text book to describe each Enlightenment thinker’s ideas about gov’t

Enlightenment Thinkers Ideas about Government Hobbes Social contract: agreement that members of a society should be ruled by an authoritarian(strict) ruler to keep order Locke All human beings have natural rights to life, liberty, and property Voltaire Promoted tolerance, freedom of religion, freedom of speech Rousseau Social contract: power of the gov’t came from people agreeing to it Montesquieu Liberty is safeguarded by “separation of powers “that keeps one group from controlling the whole gov’t

Enlightenment Thinkers Role Play In your group, choose one member to role play the Enlightenment Thinker your group has been assigned. Work in your group to create a short statement about your Enlightenment Thinker’s ideas about gov’t. Make sure to include the following: – Name – Country – Ideas – Influence on democracy

Venn Diagram of American & French Revolution In your note book, turn it side ways and draw a very large Venn Diagram Label the left circle “American Revolution” Label the middle “Both” Label the right circle “French Revolution” Use your textbook to fill in the Venn diagram to compare the American Revolution to the French Revolution

Venn Diagram of American & French Revolution American Rev Began w/ Declaration of Independence Long war Goal was independence and representative gov’t successful Both Influenced by Enlightenment 18 th Century Rebelled against a king Period of chaos followed revolution French Rev Began w/ formation of National Assembly & storming of Bastille Reforms were immediately that could not be sustained Goal was end of oppression of monarchy/feudalism in France unsuccessful

New movements toward Democracy Soviet Union – Broke up into 15 new republics to declare their national identity and interests South Africa – After many years of apartheid, a democratic gov’t was established that included all races East Timor – Gained its independence w/ the help of the UN *The framers of the US Constitution set up a representative gov’t and created a federal system of gov’t