Social Science History Chapter1: French Revolution (Summary of the topic taught as on 08/04/2021)
Topic Covered:
A Growing Middle Class Envisages and End to Privileges.
Learning outcomes:
Students will be able to identify the reasons for the emergence of the middle class society during the 18th Century.
Students will be able to identify the role of thinkers and philosophers to influence the people of France during late 18th Century.
Notes:
The eighteenth century witnessed the emergence of social groups, termed the middle class who earned their wealth through overseas trade, from manufacturing of goods and professions.
They were inspired by the ideas put forward by the various philosophers and became a matter of talk intensively for these classes in salons and coffee houses and spread among people through books and newspapers.
The American constitution and its guarantee of individual rights was an important example for political thinkers in France,
Important Questions:
Explain the emergence of the middle class society during the 18th Century? (Tb pg no. 6)
What was the role of philosophers and thinkers in the French Revolution? Explain by giving suitable examples. (Tb pg no. 6 and 7)
