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Paris Commune. The local Parisian population, worker and lower middle class wanted Paris to be self-governing with its own elected council. Though some towns in France were already governing themselves, the national government would not allow it in Paris due to the rebellious nature of the local populace. They also wanted a more "just democratic-socialist" means of managing the economy. Their demands were not met. They were massacred, imprisoned, or exiled instead.
French Revolution. The Declaration of the Rights of Man, inspired by the American Declaration of Independence, demanded that all men have equal rights and that the purpose of government was to ensure enforcement of those rights. The rights demanded were: property, liberty, security, and resistance to oppression. It was made part of the 1792...
Revolutions do that. However, we also learn that the emotionalism and fervor aroused by these ideas can lead to new systems of control and "questionable" leadership.
Right now we are facing a time when the worst moments bring us thoughts of the near-failure of capitalism. And we see a new President, full of creativity, with new ideas that stir the emotions of a nation, but he is forced to operate within the confines of a bureaucratic government. This idealism can become doctrine in order to make it work, and that brings us back to where we started -- big government and its dictates to impose what it believes is good for us all -- and sometimes it is, and sometimes it's not.
Reign of Terror Criminal Justice Historians have marked the French Revolution with several interesting and unusual events. A specific time period during the French Revolutio is called as "The Reign of Terror." This began on September 5, 1793 and ended on July 27, 1794. This can be best explained in these words: Storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 signaled the beginning of the French Revolution. Within three years, the king
The fear that grew in France with the beginning of the war and the anxiety surrounding the development of the situation was probably one of the main causes that led people to embrace a more open radical leftist position. Many of the conservatives and those who supported the monarchy began to be seen as enemies of France and politicians who would compromise with the monarchic forces at any time. The
Kant, Immanuel. "What Is the Enlightenment?" (1784): Web. . These are excerpts from journal entries and speeches by Immanuel Kant. He was a renowned German Philosopher, and he was commonly known as being the first to make use of the word enlightenment. During the enlightenment period, he was among the many innovational thinkers. These excerpts will assist in providing brief descriptions of the enlightenment period, as it was a formidable historical
Warfare was obviously distasteful for Voltaire as he showed with 'Te deum' or the Christian hymn of thanksgiving. The soldiers of both the parties sing the song even though neither side was in a position to have won the battle. Voltaire showed that the atrocities of war would never be prevented even with international laws. As Voltaire depicted two armies present as a glorious spectacle, he was showing the
Knowledge Views on the Nature of Knowledge: Social Scientists vs. Natural Scientists What is knowledge? A simple question, or so most people would think. Knowledge is the accumulation of information on a given subject or subjects. It is a collection of facts, of things known to be true...or is it? The closer one looks, the more one comes to realize that there are many different approaches to obtaining knowledge, and many
Olmec Although scientists found artifacts and art objects of the Olmecs; until this century they did not know about the existence of the Olmecs. Most of the objects which were made by this community were associated with other civilizations, such as Mayan, Toltec or Chichimecan. The Olmec lived between 1600 B.C. And 1400 B.C. In South Mexico. The name of this tribe comes from an Aztec word "ollin" which means