CAS HI 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Montesquieu, Civil Liberties, Marquis De Condorcet
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Led to new alliances which led to the great war: phases of western transformationa. 1775-1850 political revolution simultaneously with industrial revolution c. 1850-1914 implications of industrial revolution: optimism in chaos1. Human mind : due to literacy/education mankind on the verge of perfection i. Forces of change: cultural change change in intellectual thought enlightenment a. Political thought challenged government: jean-jacques rousseau government based on general will, gap between leaders and thinkers this isn"t a good precedent b. Also encouraged economic/social change: new businesspeople challenged old aristocracya. New power structure vs. old economic values: population revolutiona. better border control kept out those annoying immigrants with disease b. improved nutritionc. A sortof revolution change of power from one group of elites to another: enlightened ideas used to justify switch, desire for political office ii. Set up new government incorporated enlightened ideas. 2: montesquieu checks and balances divided branches b. Civil liberties butkept that thing called slaveryc. Voting rights: crisis in france in 1789.
