Politics of the Enlightenment

• Monarchy
• Aristocracy
• Established Church

Politics of Settler Colonies

• Representation
• Taxes and Trade

American Revolution

George III

Thomas Jefferson

Declaration of Independence

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal: that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights: that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

FRENCH REVOLUTION

Louis XVI

• Taxes
• Political Rights--Representation again

Marie-Antoinette

Estates General 1789

• Clergy
• Aristocracy
• Third Estate
  • Bourgeoisie 

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Economics

Urban Revolution

• Paris
• Food Shortages/Bread Riots
• Wage Earners/Shopkeepers/Artisans
• Bastille July 14

Peasant Revolution

• Feudal Dues

DECLARATION OF RIGHTS OF MAN 1789

"Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. The natural ...rights of man...are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.:"

Moderate Phase 1789-1792

• constitutional monarchy
• abolition of aristocracy
• freedom of religion
• uniform administration
• abolition of torture

Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen 1791

• Olympe de Gouges
• Equality and Gender

St. Domingue (Haiti )

Tousssaint L'Ouverture 1791-93

Slave Revolt/World Revolution

• Equality and Slavery
• Democracy and Race

Radical Phase 1792-1794

Robespierre

• Jacobins
• Convention
• EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI
•  Foreign Invasion
• Nationalism/Patriotism
  • La Marseillaise
• Dechristianization
• Citizen Army
• Male Citizenship
• War and Civil Liberties
• The Terror/Democracy
•  GUILLOTINE

Thermidor

The Directory 1794-1799

• Political Stalemate
• Napoleon