Revolutions+Around+the+World

Welcome to our Revolutions unit! We will be learning about the causes and results of revolutions around the world. Specifically, we will talk about revolutions in North America, Mexico, Haiti, and France.


 * Day 1: Start Laws of the Indies Simulation**


 * Day 2:** In groups, prepare arguments as a group for the simulation


 * Day 3:** Simulation: Grading will be based on your individual written answers to questions on day 1, your groups written arguments and supporting materials, and your participation in the simulation.


 * Day 4:** Jigsaw reading about one of the following: American Revolution, French Revolution, Haitian Revolution, Mexican Revolution. You will individually find the following information about the Revolution you select:

1. Long and short-term causes of the revolution (economic, social, political)

2. Guiding political ideas and philosophies behind the revolution

3. Course (major events, locations of revolution)

4. Results (political)

Once you have gathered your own information regarding the above 4 criteria, you will meet in your group and agree on a clear and concise summary of the information you have all found. You will present your findings to the class and also fill the information in on the Table Below:

Period 8 Table: **in Revolution** ||= **Long** **and** **short-term causes** ||= **Guiding political ideas and philosophies behind the revolution** ||= **Course (major events, locations of revolution)** ||= **Results (political)** ||
 * = **Country**
 * = America ||= * Taxes on tea; was only available from the British.
 * They wanted freedom from Britain Rule.
 * Wanted to colonize, and not be under British control. ||= * "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
 * To separate government from Britain.
 * Freedom from their taxes and so on. ||= * Boston Tea Party
 * Smaller battles such as Lexington and Concord that showed America's strength. ||= * Declaration of Independence was formed afterwards.
 * They gained freedom from British control.
 * Colonization to the west is now possible.
 * No more British taxes on products such as tea. ||
 * = Russia ||= * Russians were being denied democratic rights
 * The Russian economy was suffering
 * Peasants had been in poverty for several decades without any outside help
 * The Russian government was very corrupt ||= * "Peace, land and bread" Lenin's slogan
 * Followed Marxism - although it was adapted a little!
 * Gave the factories to the workers, and not rich people
 * Land reformations ||= * Civil war in March 1918
 * The Russians drove the Germans out during WWI
 * Communists (Bolsheviks) overthrew the Tsar
 * Nicholas II abdicated in 1917
 * Russia lost men during WWI, but ended up getting more land in the Treaty of Versailles ||= * Russia held democratic elections by the end of the revolution
 * The end of the revolution signified the end of the Tsar ||
 * = Mexico ||= * Hidalgo
 * Dictator Porfirio Diaz
 * 1910 rebellion broke out
 * inequality between creoles, natives, and mestizos ||= * Ideas taken from the French Revolution
 * want a constitution and fair treatment for people of all races ||= * guerrilla war 1911
 * civils war
 * america joins war
 * zapato leads revolt
 * pancho villa kills americans
 * america leaves to fight world war 1 ||= * new constitution 1917, helped poor gain land
 * a new government but inequality remains
 * Juarez is elected president ||
 * = France ||= * 80% peasants- had to pay tax on everything
 * weak leadership (Louis XVI)- went bankrupt and taxed everyone
 * new ideas about leadership due to Enlightenment ||= * inspired by American revolution
 * Rousseau and Voltaire- ideas about equality, liberty, democracy, structure of society- encouraged Third Estate (peasants) to take power
 * Formed National assembly (group of bourgeois who believed strongly in Enlightenment and passed laws and reforms)
 * The Encyclopedia: reference book on the Enlightenment and was frowned upon by French officials
 * Montesquieu: adopted ideas of John Locke, and published his perfect government (praising the British) ||= * Peasants rioted over the price of bread
 * Revolutionary gov't used violence and terror to seize power and take control of Paris
 * Napoleon then comes and becomes emperor of France ||= * Revolution marks the end of the old Monarch Regime
 * National Assembly abolished feudalism (1789)
 * Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
 * Finished writing a constitution 1791
 * The Legislative Assembly and War
 * End of the Monarchy ||

__Watch //The Tank Man//__
 * Day 5: What patterns do you see about the causes and results of revolution? Do you think the same patterns exist for other revolution? Let's find out!**

Answer the following questions as you watch: 1. How are the events that took place in 1989 in China similar to other revolutions that you have learned about? 2. How did the government respond to the protesters in Tiananmen Square? 3. What did the tank man represent? 4. Why do you think there haven't been more large scale revolutions in China since the Tiananmen Square Massacre? 5. What are the lasting historical impacts of the actions of the tank man on China and the world?