Enlightenment Thinkers Project
Prompts:
1. It is 1793 and King Louis XVI, king of france, has just been executed. How should the new government of france be structured?
2. In 1649 the English civil war has ended. King Charles I has been executed. The monarchy is replaced by the Commonwealth of England, and lead by a military dictator, the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. How would your thinker react?
3. It is 1789 and a group of wealthy, landowning, white, elites have created and organized a government for the former american colonies. They did so without input from the people this government would govern. How would your thinker react?
4. It is the early 1500s, and multiple european powers are exploring the new world. Many different primitive people have been encountered. Their society, languages, culture, religion, and customs are very different to our own. How should the interaction with these people be handled? Should we conquer them and assimilate them into our society, incorporate them into our empire but grant them their autonomy, uproot them and take their land/resources, teach them our advanced ways but let them be, or let them be all together?
1. It is 1793 and King Louis XVI, king of france, has just been executed. How should the new government of france be structured?
2. In 1649 the English civil war has ended. King Charles I has been executed. The monarchy is replaced by the Commonwealth of England, and lead by a military dictator, the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. How would your thinker react?
3. It is 1789 and a group of wealthy, landowning, white, elites have created and organized a government for the former american colonies. They did so without input from the people this government would govern. How would your thinker react?
4. It is the early 1500s, and multiple european powers are exploring the new world. Many different primitive people have been encountered. Their society, languages, culture, religion, and customs are very different to our own. How should the interaction with these people be handled? Should we conquer them and assimilate them into our society, incorporate them into our empire but grant them their autonomy, uproot them and take their land/resources, teach them our advanced ways but let them be, or let them be all together?