LABR 2P93 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Class Conflict, Pejorative, Republic

• School: Brock University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABR 2P93
• Professor: Nathan Smith

Document Summary

Revolution and war in europe undermines colonial rule. The basis for political legitimacy and nature of citizenship debated. Traditional elites and wealthy middle class struggle for power. Paintings are intended to last long time, look a lot of time and materials to create important. The american and french revolutions produced famous rhetoric about freedom. The 1774 american declaration of independence contains some of the greatest examples. It started, for example, that all men are created equal and hold certain unalienable rights including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness . Rhetoric means language that is persuasive, whether in writing or speech. The wonderful rhetoric of the democratic revolutions causes some to overlook actual historical realities that contradict the rhetoric. Rhetoric is not reality, but part of reality. Republicanism in practice did not treat all men equally. Social inequality continued to be reinforced by political inequality, and the legal status of women probably declined.