{"id":3201,"date":"2016-10-26T05:18:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme101\/?page_id=3201"},"modified":"2016-10-26T05:18:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:18:41","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/whme101\/learning-pathways\/political-revolutions\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:232px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Prise_de_la_Bastille.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/4\/4e\/Prise_de_la_Bastille.jpg\/230px-Prise_de_la_Bastille.jpg\" width=\"230\" height=\"172\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">The storming of the Bastille, on 14 July, 1789; painting by Jean-Pierre Hou\u00ebl<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this learning pathway you will learn about the French Revolution, the American Revolution and other political revolutions during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.  Enlightenment ideas contributed to a period of political revolutions that sought to overthrow Absolutist monarchical political rulers and institute democratically elected governments.  The American Revolution in 1776 and the French Revolution in 1789 had a global impact and contributed encouraged further political revolutions in Europe and the Americas.\n<\/p>\n<p>During this learning pathway students will watch four video lectures about the French Revolution, and complete a number of readings about the French, American and other revolutions during this period.  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