the atlantic revolutions : england, america & france
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The Atlantic Revolutions : England, America & France. Critically weakened the Old Regime. Freedom Progress Democracy Nationalism. Background of Revolution. social change ideas. English Precedents. "Bill of Rights“ / Glorious Revolution (1688) the king could not suspend laws - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Atlantic Revolutions:England, America & France
Critically weakened the Old Regime
Freedom
Progress
Democracy
Nationalism
Background of Revolution
social change
ideas
English Precedents"Bill of Rights“ / Glorious
Revolution (1688)
• the king could not suspend laws
• no taxes would be levied or standing army maintained in peacetime without the consent of Parliament
• sessions of Parliament would be held frequently
• freedom of speech in Parliament would be assured
• subjects would have the right of petition and be free of excessive fines, bail, or cruel punishments
popular sovereignty
the political principle that the legitimacy of the state is created by the will or consent
of its people, who are the source of all political power
Effects of the Revolutions
popular sovereignty replaces absolutism
the dynasty replaced by the nation
converted the king's subject into the nation's citizen
Effects of the Revolutions
the nation the major social unit
"defense of the sacred soil of the homeland”
Effects of the Revolutions
Ideology
a system of ideas that are usually goal-directed
Conclusion
Liberalism• human nature was essentially
good• mankind essentially rational• purpose of life the "pursuit of
earthly happiness
Conservatism• human nature was weak• mankind essentially selfish• purpose of life the search for
social stability and order