Scottish Enlightenment

Edmund burke is a supporter to the American Revolution rather than the French revolution. Burke sit out the proof that the French revolution was bad for France and would be bad for England too. Therefore, he sought to change the political and intellectual landscape of Europe. He then suggested nations of Europe should launch a pre-emptive invasion of France to restore the old order. Meanly, to build a new structure starting from the zero-level. He also comments on the liberalization of the…

For the Grand Blancs, the Haitian Revolution was a complete and total disaster, they went from being in control of the island, to being driven off of it. Before the revolution, the Grand Blancs were on top of the pyramid of power. They were the wealthy white citizens, most of whom owned successful sugar plantations, capitalising on the import of slaves as cheap labour. In addition they, despite there being considerably more Des Esclaves, Gens de Colour, and Petit Blancs, held the power in the…

France at one point had a classification system called the Old Regime. It consisted of the First Estate, which had the clergy. The Second Estate included all of the nobles, and the Third Estate had all the middle class and poor. However the Third Estate was treated very poorly and were not equal to the other classes. The unjust treatment to the Third Estate was a major cause that led to the French Revolution. In the political cartoon, we see a poor man is chained while a king, priest, and a…

The unfair distribution of powers, rights, and wealth between the citizens of France was the main cause of the Revolution. Prior to the revolution, the Kingdom of France practiced the Ancient Regime, a political and social system “based on the concentration of all political, social and economic power between three classes, the monarchy, the clergy, and the aristocracy” (Bastille). Citizens of France were separated into three distinct estates. The First Estate consisted the French Catholic Clergy…

In history, there have been many people trying to change the world. There are others who revolt to change an event that happened in their own life. In my opinion, a revolution is just doing something to make a change. For example, there is the French Revolution or the guy that left his house because his parents were too strict. These two things relate. How? Well, in both situations, someone started a revolution by going against someone else. However, it doesn’t only have to be someone; it…

What was Enlightenment? Enlightenment was a movement in the 1700's that changed the whole society. It made people rethink their decisions on their religion choices and how the government worked; it caused people to think about equal rights and how people thought about slavery. Philosophers had a lot to do with the government while Enlightenment took place . Philosophers wanted self-government because they believed humans had the capability of reasoning and therefore have the competence to…

By Faith Fatisal Andong 4354552 Citizenship can be said to be a form of identity. The French revolutionaries labeled it as a means of equality. Every continent, country or nation has viewed citizenship in a different dimension, looking at citizenship from different angles. Citizenship is a technical process in terms of rights. It was born in a way of excluding others from a particular society or association and this makes it problematic because it became a struggle of association. Ethnicities…

John Locke and his idea of natural rights has been key in shaping our ideals as a government and as a country. Locke was born on August 29, 1632 in Wrington, United Kingdom. He grew to be a great scholar and philosopher, going on to voice the importance of our natural rights; life,liberty, and property. Locke believed that, by nature, all men were created to be free and equal. His idea went on to be written in the Declaration of Independence (written as “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness”)…

1. Foucault The History of Sexuality, Volume 1, An Introduction In The History of Sexuality, Volume 1, An Introduction, Foucault traces a shift in both power and control and society’s connection to concept of “sex”. According to Foucault, people had the tendency to interpret and understand the history of sexuality in the 18th century in accordance to what he calls the “repressive hypothesis”. The repressive hypothesis postulates that from the time of the rise of the bourgeoisie, those in power…

because the peasants were taxed with nobility, church, and government taxes, and lastly enlightenment ideas because the bourgeoisie wanted more freedom. In France around the 1700’s the three estates (Clergy, Nobles, Bourgeoisie/Peasants) faced 3 different kinds of oppression, political, economic, and social oppression. The first estate known as the Clergy or the Catholic Church did not like the enlightenment ideas. The second estate were the nobles. They had 2% of the population but owned 20% of…