LABR 2P93 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Saint-Domingue, Republic, Paternalism

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

Document Summary

We tend to see these events as great victories for freedom and progress. Today we consider the significance of these revolutions for the history of the working class: from the perspective of the working class. The basis for political legitimacy and nature of citizenship debated. Traditional elites and wealthy middle class struggle for power. Revolution and war in europe undermines colonial rule. Not the working class: traditional elites and wealthy middle class. George washington standing cool on the boat, 1850. Propaganda, crossing the delaware river, commemorating an important military moment. Storming of the bastille: beginning of the french revolution. Symbol of what is wrong with french government. Art made to last a very long time. Declaration of rights of man and the citizen: french. The american and french revolutions produced famous rhetoric about freedom. The 1774 american declaration of independence contains some of the greatest examples.