Today's Frame- Napoleon

Napoleon is a very polarizing figure: he committed great harm against Europe while also bringing Enlightenment/ French Revolutionary ideals to areas still practicing a form of medieval feudalism. How can we assess Napoleon’s effects on continental Europe by explaining both his greatest mistakes and best-known contributions?

Today's Frame- Origins of the French Revolution

Using our buckets, what are the chief conditions that led to the French Revolution?

• Political
• Social
• Economic

Today's Frame- The Enlightenment Spreads

How did Enlightenment ideas influence the culture of Western Europe?  From art, architecture, literature, music, political thought, etc., the movement had a profound effect.

Today's Frame- Enlightenment

How did the Enlightenment extrapolate the gains made in rational and logical thought and apply those ideas throughout society?

John Locke and Thomas Hobbes Primary Source