The American and French Revolutions
Inspired by the principles of British parliamentary democracy, the American and French revolutions laid the foundations of modern democracy. One of these revolutions is to be studied from the viewpoint of the affirmation of fundamental rights—both individual and collective.

Teaching With Documents: Images of the American Revolution
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/revolution-images/

French Revolution - Internet Modern History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

This site provides an accessible and lively introduction to the French Revolution as well as an extraordinary archive of some of the most important documentary evidence from the Revolution, including 338 texts, 245 images, and a number of maps and songs.

Imaging the French Revolution
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/imaging/home.html

This facinating site provides an archive of forty-two images depicting crowds and crowd violence in the French Revolution. The site also includes essays and an archived online discussion.

Revolutions

• The Encyclopedia (Diderot and d’Alembert)

The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d’Alembert Collaborative Translation Project
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=did;cc=did;page=home

• Voltaire

Voltaire Bio - Chateau de Cirey - Residence of Voltaire
http://www.visitvoltaire.com/voltaire_bio.htm

• Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau

• John Locke

John Locke - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/

• Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson - Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/

Thomas Jefferson - a film by Ken Burns
http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/

Thomas Jefferson Digital Archive
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/

• Declaration of The Rights of Man and the Citizen

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_
Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen

• The American Declaration of Independence

National Archives Experience - The Charters of Freedom: Declaration of Independence
http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/declaration.html
High resolution images, transcript and other resources.

Basic Readings in US Democracy - Declaration of Independence (1776)
Description: http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/part1.htm
Text: http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/1.htm

Our Documents - Declaration of Independence (1776)
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=2

• The American Constitution

Our Documents - Constitution of the United States (1787)
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=9

• The Bastille

Storming of the Bastille
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storming_of_the_Bastille

• The palace of Versailles

Chateau de Versailles - Construction http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/110_Construction.php

• The Boston Tea Party

Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum History http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/history.asp
George Hewes Eyewitness account http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/teaparty.htm

• Liberty leading the people (Delacroix)

Google Image Search
Wikipedia Reference

Elsewhere: It is important for the students to realize that there were different political systems in this period and that not all peoples had the same rights. The political system of Tsarist Russia illustrates an absolutist regime.

Tsarist Russia
• The city of St. Petersburg
• The Hermitage Palace
• Catherine II of Russia
• The Petrodvorets (Peter's Palace)
• A Life for the Tsar (Glinka)

The photographs of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/