The American and French Revolutions

Study Questions-Lecture

1. How were the American and French revolutions influenced by the Enlightenment?

Study Questions-Reading/Lecture

The Earth and Its Peoples, 573-91, 596
1. What were the causes of the American and French Revolutions?
2. What were the outcomes of the American and French Revolutions? What explains the differences?

Andrea 186-90, 193-8

1. Compare and contrast opinions concerning monarchy expressed in these documents.

2. Compare and contrast opinions concerning people's rights expressed in these documents.

3. What forms of government did the authors hope would be formed in the future?