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World History. Hemet High School Mr. Williams. The Glorious Revolution of England, the Enlightenment, and the American Revolution. Unit 2 Chapter 1.5 & Chapter 2. Human Evolution. How do we all live together, without slipping into chaos and violence?.
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World History Hemet High School Mr. Williams
The Glorious Revolution of England, the Enlightenment, and the American Revolution Unit 2Chapter 1.5 & Chapter 2
Human Evolution • How do we all live together, without slipping into chaos and violence? • How will we organize ourselves and what will the rules of behavior be? Who gets to write the rules? Who gets to judge the fairness of the rules? Who gets to enforce the rules? Where will the rules apply? Who or what provides the rules with legitimacy? What is their ethical system?
The Rule of Law Republic Justice – an eye for an eye Equality of opportunity The question is – “How well do we (as humans) live up to these ideas and then how well do we apply them to government and the law?”
Learning to share power & write the rules down Logical and Reasonable arguments for sharing power The Glorious Revolution, The Enlightenment, and the American Revolution Idea of sharing power & writing the rules down spreads Idea of sharing power & writing the rules down leads to new country (Greco-Roman Judeo-Christian)
Standard – 10.2 Students compare and contrast the Glorious Revolution of England, the American Revolution, and the French Revolution and their enduring effects worldwide on the political expectations for self-government and individual liberty. Government Glorious Revolution of England American Revolution Personal freedom French Revolution
Lesson 1 Scientific Revolution Sparks Enlightenment
Lesson 2 Hobbs and Locke have conflicting views
Lesson 3 The philosophes
Lesson 3 New economic thinking
Lesson 1 Scientific Revolution Sparks Enlightenment
Definition – laws that apply to nature Significance – they are repeating, predictable patterns, that can be understood and used100% of the time Natural Law Discuss significance and connection
Definition – the use of the repeating patterns along with reason and logicSignificance – transforms human thoughtthe way we view the worldhow we interact with the world Scientific Revolution Discuss significance and connection
Definition – natural law & the scientific revolution applied to the human experienceSignificance – leads to asking of questions“Why are you in charge?”“Why can’t I have a say in the rules?” Enlightenment Discuss significance and connection
Lesson 2 Hobbs and Locke have conflicting views
Definition – Believed “people” could not be trustedSignificance – makes an argument for tyranny Hobbs Discuss significance and connection
Definition – Believed “people” could be trustedSignificance – makes an argument in support of democracy Locke Discuss significance and connection
Definition – Defining traits of “being human”Significance – desire for life, liberty, and property Natural Rights Discuss significance and connection
Definition – written basic set of rules for a societySignificance – agreed uponno other rules can violate Social Contract Discuss significance and connection
Lesson 3 The philosophes
Definition – 18th Century (1700s) French PhilosopherSignificance – Very popular & articulatefreedom of speechfreedom of religionseparation of church and state Voltaire Discuss significance and connection
Definition – 18th Century (1700s) French PhilosopherSignificance – argued for “separation of powers”power of one divided into threerule writerrule judgerule enforcer Montesquieu Discuss significance and connection
Definition – 18th Century (1700s) French PhilosopherSignificance – argued for “social contract” basic set of rules that all other rules may not violatewrite them down Rousseau Discuss significance and connection
Lesson 3 New economic thinking
Competition for limited resources. What resources are NOT limited?
Definition – economic systemused by nationsSignificance – creates competition over limited resources and leads to wars Mercantilism Discuss significance and connection