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Government and Democracy Intro to Age of Revolutions

Explore the democratic and industrial revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries, examining their global impact on politics, economics, and society. Learn about key events like the American Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. Engage with essential questions on revolutionary ideas, government influence, and scientific advancements.

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Government and Democracy Intro to Age of Revolutions

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  1. Government and DemocracyIntro to Age of Revolutions Alice F. Short Hilliard Davidson High School World Studies

  2. Essential Questions TOPIC: AGE OF REVOLUTIONS (1750-1914) • The Age of Revolutions was a period of two world-encompassing and interrelated developments: the democratic revolution and the industrial revolution. Both had political, economic and social consequences on a global scale. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: • 1. How do revolutionary ideas affect global change? • 2. How does the spread of political, economic, and cultural concepts affect an ever-changing world? • 3. How do scientific advances affect political and social change? • 4. How do scientific advances affect cultural and social change?

  3. Content Statements TOPIC: AGE OF REVOLUTIONS (1750-1914) • The Age of Revolutions was a period of two world-encompassing and interrelated developments: the democratic revolution and the industrial revolution. Both had political, economic and social consequences on a global scale. CONTENT STATEMENTS: • Enlightenment ideas on the relationship of the individual and the government influenced the American Revolution, French Revolution and Latin American wars for independence. • Industrialization had social, political and economic effects on Western Europe and the world.

  4. Government and Democracy Vocabulary • government • democracy • tyranny (and tyranny of the majority) • individual • freedom • influence • revolution • democratic revolution • war

  5. A SHORT Time to Ponder • DISCUSSION: What is the role of government? What does it actually do? What should it do? Why does government matter?

  6. Modernity • 1750-1914 – modern world • led by the West (Europe and the United States) • revolutions through imperialism • traditional monarchy  greater political representation • class transformation (middle class emerges) • agriculture  industrialization  urbanization • population growth • secular worldview • rapid and radical changes in artistic and literary styles

  7. Great Political Upheavals • American Revolution • French Revolution • Latin American Wars for Independence

  8. Industrial Revolution • The West • Japan • impacted EVERYONE

  9. Modern Politics • popular representation • not so much for women • bureaucracies • parliamentary bodies

  10. Why Revolution? • social stress • class differences • economic inequality • poverty • incompetent or oppressive leadership • intellectual and cultural forces (religion, nationalism, doctrines, ideologies)

  11. Types of Revolutions • from above (top-down) • from below (bottom-up) • combination • factions? • cooperation? continued cooperation? in-group fighting and quarreling? betrayal? new revolutions?

  12. A SHORT Time to Ponder • DISCUSSION: If we have a (another) revolution here, what type do you think it would be? What characteristics would it have? Why would we have one?

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