The French Revolution -Key Concepts-

The French Revolution
-Key Concepts-

I. Revolutionary Ideas
-Ideological Foundation for Political Liberalism-

A. Liberty
  The notion of individual          
human rights A new typeof government in which the people are sovereign The importance of a representative assembly The importance of a written constitution The notion of selfdetermination Freedom to accumulate propertyB. Equality
  Equality of rights and civil liberties   Equality before the law   No special privileges for the rich   Equality of opportunity   Careers Open to Talent   Inherent tensionbetween liberty and
equality

II. Roots of Liberalism
  Judeo-Christian and
Greek roots   Enlightenment Foundation   Locke s Notion of the Rights of Englishmen

III.

A Dual Revolution

 The French Revolution was the inaugural

European revolution   The French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution together transformed the western world   This Dual Revolution changed everythingpolitically, socially and economically   Triumph of European states and economies globally   The Modern Era was inaugurated by the Dual Revolution

IV.

The Atlantic Revolution

  FrenchRevolution was a part of a whole
series of revolutions which took place during the late 18th century --Political agitation in England, Ireland, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Hungary,Poland and the American colonies   One big movement of revolutionary agitation

A. British North America
  All Men are Created
Equal   The significance of the American constitution   Theinfluence of the American Revolution   The impact of the American Revolution

B. Central and South America
  Independence from
Spanish rule   Simon Bolivar, the father of Latin American independence  Continued dominance of the white minority   The abolition of the slave trade is set in motion --United States abolished this trade in 1808

C. The French Revolution
  More fundamental and...