Unit I: Political and Economic Revolutions of the Long Nineteenth Century: The Struggles for
Liberty, Equality and Brotherhood.
Part I: The Revolutions of the Enlightenment—France,
Haiti and Latin America
Textbook Reference:
Chapter 7 (All sections)
Chapter 8, Sections 1-3, pp. 244-263
State Frameworks will be addressed in this unit:
WHII.3 Summarize the important causes and events of the
French Revolution
WHII. 4, 9 Summarize the major effects of the French
Revolution (especially the creation of political ideologies
[radicalism, liberalism, conservativism, reactionism])
WH II. 10 Summarize the causes and consequences of the
rise of nationalism and the nation---state
WHII.16 Identify the major developments in Latin American history by comparing the
revolutionary processes in Mexico, Brazil, and Venezuela.
Essential questions for this unit
1. What factors motivated revolutions in Europe and Latin America in the 18th and 19th
Centuries?
2. How are global revolutions connected?
3. How successful were these revolutions in living up to their ideals?
Study Questions:
1. Describe the Estates System of France before the Revolution
2. Describe the causes of the French Revolution.
3. What political factions developed during the French Revolution?
4. What was the impact of Napoleon Bonaparte?
5. Describe the causes, leadership and outcomes of the Haitian, Latin American and Mexican
Revolutions.
5.. What political issues sparked revolutions in France in 1830 and 1848?
6. Why did France’s Revolution of 1848 spread throughout Europe?
7. Explain why nationalism could be both a unifying and destructive force. Provide specific
historical examples.
Key concepts/terms:
Ideology
Popular sovereignty
Enlightenment ideals (liberty, equality,
brotherhood, secularism)
Nationalism
Political Spectrum (Moderate, Radical,
Conservative, Reactionary, Liberal)
Absolute monarchy
Nation-state
Republic
Latin American Social System (Creole,
Suffrage
Estate System
Peninsulares, Mulatto, Mestizo)
Bourgeoisie
Laissez-faire
“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
National Assembly
Reign Of Terror
People:
Louis XVI
Robespierre
Simon Bolivar
Father Miguel Hidalgo
Toussaint L’Ouverture
Napoleon Bonaparte
Otto von Bismarck
Documents:
Estates Cartoon
Cahiers de Doléances
“Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen”
Miguel Hidalgo, “El Grito de Delores”
Haitian Cahiers
Simon Bolivar, “The Jamaica Letter”
Project: Recipe for Revolution