HILD 2A-B-C Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Olympe De Gouges, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Mary Wollstonecraft
22 Feb 2018
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Features (and important individuals) of the first presidential administration. Origins and specific views of the first factions in u. s. politics. Focus on government structure and foreign outlook/policy. Republican motherhood - its features and significance. Ways in which foreign affairs, especially events in europe, impacted american politics (to 1800) Valuable component of american war of independence and the legitimacy of government. Believed everyone would follow the republic as one body. U. s. isn"t capable of withstanding a foreign power on its own. Seen as a selfless protector of the office and the republic. Lucius quinctius cincinnatus (519 bc - 430 bc) Real and mythical figure during the early years of the roman empire. French mathematician and advocate for female education. Reads the book by isaac newton and tests it. Voltaire relies on her because he isn"t good at math. Children should go out into nature, discover themselves before they discover society and its destruction. Appeals for female equality following french revolution.
