Video Project: The French Revolution
Your Mission, should you decide to accept it:
Answer the questions found below as a group
Hand in one answer with everyone's name
- 1st & last, in alphabetical order by last name
- Include only members who are present
Indicate the date:  ____________________ 		 Indicate the name of the class
Indicate the name of the Project
Be thorough; write good answers
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Be finished by the end of the allotted time
Video Project: The French Revolution

1.  What were the principles of the Enlightenment?  Were they met in the American Revolution?  The French Revolution?  Are they functioning today?

1.  What were the ideals of the French Revolution?  Were they met?  Are they functioning today?

2.  What were Tocqueville's cautions about democracy?  Were his fears justified?  What do you imagine he would say about the French Revolution?

3.  Discuss the issue of the balance btwn pursuing progressive societal goals vs. the amount of violence necessary to achieve it.  Was the violence of the French Revolution justified?  The American Revolution?  The Pakistani crackdown of 2007?  The 2003 War in Iraq?  Others?  


 
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