AP European History, 2016-17 Unit 3: Part I: The Isms: Conservative Order and the Challenges of Reform, 1815-1832 Period 3, 1815-1914 Calendar Thursday 1.5 In Class: Unit 2 Test Homework: Assignment 1 Monday 1.9 Due: Assignment 1 Topics: Conservatism, Liberalism, and Nationalism In Class: Reading Quiz In Class: Socratic Seminar: The Isms Homework: Assignment 2 Wednesday 1.11 Due: Assignment 2 Topics: Nationalism in Germany and the Bourbons Return to France In Class: Meeting of the Minds Homework: Assignment 3 Friday 1.13 Due: Assignment 3 Topics: Revolutions of 1820 and 1830s Regrouping In Class: Quiz over Chapter 12 In Class: A New European Map Exercise Homework: MYE andprepare for in-class DBQ writing Mid-Year Exam Time Due: MYE and Preparation for in-class writing Friday 1.20 In Class: Scored DBQ Timed Writing Session 10:00-11:30 Homework: Unit 3 Part II, Assignment 4 Assignment 1: Due: Monday 1.9 1. Please read to understand Chapter 12, pages 428-439. ~ Please read primary sources found on pages 429, 434-435, 437, 438, and 439 2. ** This reading will take time to read so plan accordingly. Please read handout, pages from Political Ideologies and the Democratic Ideal, Ninth Edition by Terence Ball, Richard Dagger, and Daniel O Neill.You will be using your notes in an in-class assessed activity.your notes will be part of your grade. ~ As you read through the assigned pages, make a bulleted list on the chart of the basic ideological principles of the different schools of 19c social thought. 1
~ Why would Edmund Burke be considered the "Father of 19 th century conservatism?" 3. Please view the two Power Point Presentations found in nixonland74. As always, incorporate the information into your notes. 4. Be prepared to use specific art and literature from the Romanticism movement to support your analysis and conclusions on conservatism, liberalism, and nationalism. Questions to consider: Extra Credit grade: Please compose responses to questions 1, 2, 4, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17, and 18. 1. How were the principles of restoration and legitimacy applied to early 19c Europe? 2. What was the basis of Metternich's idea of a "Concert of Europe?" Why was it created? Why did Britain object to the idea? 3. How did the Congress of Vienna change international relations? 4. Identify some of the groups that were opposed to the peace settlement agreed to in Vienna. What were their main objectives? (Can list with bulleted points.) 5. What is nationalism? What were the goals of nationalists? 6. Why was nationalism a specific threat to the Austrian Empire? 7. What were the tenets of liberalism? 8. Who were the liberals and how did liberalism affect the political developments of the early 19 th century? 9. What is the realtionship of liberalism to nationalism? 10. How and why does Mazzini relate nationalism to divine purpose? 11. What is conservatism? 12. How does John Stuart Mill suppose education would contribute to women s independence? 13. What was the main thesis of Malthus Essay on the Principles of Population as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society? 14. What was his view on poverty and the poor? 15. Why did this shift appeal to the middle class? 16. Identify the major beliefs of economic liberals such as Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo. 17. How did their theories make it difficult for social reformers to persuade government intervention to help the poor? 18. How did Ricardo s subsistence theory of wages harmonize with Malthus s theories of population? 19. The Congress of Vienna applied the principle of legitimacy but ignored the principle of nationalism. In relation to the Congress of Vienna, explain (a) 3 of its purposes, (b) the principle of legitimacy, giving one example of its application, and (c) two instances in which the Congress ignored the principle of nationalism. Assignment 2: Due: Wednesday 1.11 1. Please read to understand Chapter 12, pages 439-447 ~ Please read primary sources found on pages 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, and 445 2. Review handout on Congress of Vienna 3. Please read G. W. F. Hegel: The Dialectic of History found at Fordham University s site, Modern History Sourcebook: http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/hegel-summary.asp Be prepared to answer questions and ask questions about this in class. 4. Please read the excerpts from Metternich s Memoirs, and use the questions at the end for your understanding. 5. Please view the Power Point in nixonland on Revolutions of the 1820s and 1830s. Make connections between political ideologies and Romanticism. 6. Music: Chopin's Polonaise A Flat Major, Op. 53. 2
Questions to consider but NOT to be handed in for credit. (But for those who want another grade - please compose responses to the following questions: 1, 3, 4, 7, and 12.) 1. How was the conservative mood in Europe reflected in early 19c British domestic politics? What was the Peterloo Massacre? How did the British government respond to it? 2. Identify some of the areas of Europe that experienced uprisings/revolts in the 1820s. Which ones were successful 3. What were some of the restrictions placed on German society by the Carlsbad Decrees of 1819 4. Despite several reactionary tendencies, why might Prussia have been considered a more progressive European state in the early 19c? 5. How could the Turnverein movement spread easily in the Germanies? 6. How did the Zollverein aid in the eventual unification of Germany later on in the century? 7. What were the political conditions which led to revolts in some of the Italian states and in Spain in the 1820s? How were these revolts dealt with by the Concert of Europe nations? 8. What were some of the achievements of Louis XVIII's reign? 9. To what extent did the Charter of 1814 accept the changes of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era? 10. How was the reign of Charles X [of France] more reactionary than his brother's reign? What led to his ultimate abdication in 1830? 11. Define ultraroyalism. 12. How did both conservatives and radicals draw upon the Romantic movement in reinforcing their own political/social views? Assignment 3: Due: Friday 1.13 1. Please read to understand Chapter 12, pages 447-461. ~ Please read primary sources found on pages 447, 448, 450, 452, 455, 456, 457, 458, and 460. 2. Please read this article, Nationalism, Ethnicity and Democracy: Contemporary Manifestations, Peri Pamir, The International Journal of Peace Studies. http://www.gmu.edu/programs/icar/ijps/vol2_2/pamir.htm 3. Please read the handout, Terms of the 1832 Reform Act. Connect specific aspects of this act to the British pariliamentary system under a constitutional monarchy and liberalism and conservatism. 4. Please read The French Constitution of 1830 and connect it to Enlightenment ideas, liberalism, and conservatism. 5. Please read The epic volcanic eruption that led to the Year Without a Summer. 6. Please view the Power Point, What was the impact of the Catholic Emancipation Act on the British? 7. Visit the Mayberry homepage to read about Daniel O Connell, British Penal Laws, and the Catholic Emancipation Act: http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/acts/relief_act_1829.htm Why does our textbook include so little about the British treatment of the Irish? 8. UK Parliament Website: https://www.parliament.uk/ Questions to consider but NOT to be handed in for credit: 1. Why did Britain take an active role in helping southern Netherlands gain its independence and become the neutral country of Belgium? 2. What caused the Revolution of 1830 in France? Which group benefited most from this revolution and why? 3. What political issues were addressed by the British Reform Bill of 1832? Why was it a disappointment to many radicals? 3
4. What sparked the wars of independence in Latin America? 5. What were the main reasons for Creolo discontent with the Spanish rule, and to what extent did Enlightenment political philosophy influence the Creole leaders? 6. Who were some of the primary leaders of Latin American independence? 7. Why was independent in the 1830s more democratic than France on the one hand, and less so on the other? 8. What reform programs were initiated by Louis Philippe? Why was he called the "Citizen-King?" 9. How was the new French constitution which ushered in the July Monarchy in 1830 different from previous French constitutions? 10. Identify the different opposition groups in France in the 1830s. 11. How "liberal" was the 1834 Spanish Constitution? 12. Explain why Brazil s path to independence was different from that of Spanish America? Just an outline for the historical content in this chapter: Nationalism Opposition Methods of nation building Meaning of nationhood 6 major areas and nationalists Liberalism Political Goals Economic Goals Relationship of National to Liberalism Conservatism Outlooks Opposition Resistance to Liberalism and Nationalism Austria and the Habsburgs, Prussians, Students Carlsbad Decrees Great Britain and Postwar Repression Lord Liverpool Civil Unrest Peterloo and the Six Acts Bourbon Restoration in France French constitution The Charter Ultraroyalism The Congress System Policies Actions Spanish Revolution of 1820 Effect 4
Diplomatic reactions Revolt Against Ottoman Rule in the Balkans Greek Revolution of 1821 Support War itself Results Serbian Independence Wars of Independence in Latin America Influences on movements Reasons for unrest and discontent Leaders Independence New Spain (Mexico) Brazil Conservative Order Shaken in Europe Russia and the Decembrist Revolt, 1825 Effects Poland revolts! 5