French Revolution on Europe
Persuasive Essay (50 point value)
Module I
18 Jan 2014
French Revolution on Europe
Lasting Effects of the French Revolution on Europe
I. INTRODUCTION
A. The lasting effects of the French revolution in Europe after the age of Napoleon was to have a profound change on four major areas that affect the way the rest of the 19th century was to be shaped from here on. The four areas are:
1. Religion Climate with regards to the Jews throughout Europe .
2. Political Climate changes. 3. The changes in the conditions of the lower and middle class. 4. Widespread changes in the actual landscape of Europe.
B. Thesis Statement: The changes brought about after the French revolution constituted a profound change in the political, social, and religious landscape of 19th Europe.
II. BODY
I. In the nineteenth century, the term assimilation was used, which implies a much more radical adjustment, even to the point of absorption. Jews were supposed to give up their national culture in order to become culturally German or French. Some supporters of assimilation assumed that the Jewish minority would eventually even accept Christianity and finally vanish.
i. This term assimilation describes more accurately what really happened in Western as well as to a lesser degree in Eastern European societies. In contrast to this, acculturation is a less radical and more academic term which implies that people accept a new culture or part of it, but do not give up completely their own traditions.
ii. The discrimination of the Jews increased during the nineteenth century because the Tsarist government regarded the Jews to be a potentially revolutionary element. According to Professor Monike Richarz "In 1887, a quota system for Jewish students was introduced, which caused many Russian Jews to study in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. Generally speaking, one may say that acceptance depended on the impact
Module I
18 Jan 2014
French Revolution on Europe
Lasting Effects of the French Revolution on Europe
I. INTRODUCTION
A. The lasting effects of the French revolution in Europe after the age of Napoleon was to have a profound change on four major areas that affect the way the rest of the 19th century was to be shaped from here on. The four areas are:
1. Religion Climate with regards to the Jews throughout Europe .
2. Political Climate changes. 3. The changes in the conditions of the lower and middle class. 4. Widespread changes in the actual landscape of Europe.
B. Thesis Statement: The changes brought about after the French revolution constituted a profound change in the political, social, and religious landscape of 19th Europe.
II. BODY
I. In the nineteenth century, the term assimilation was used, which implies a much more radical adjustment, even to the point of absorption. Jews were supposed to give up their national culture in order to become culturally German or French. Some supporters of assimilation assumed that the Jewish minority would eventually even accept Christianity and finally vanish.
i. This term assimilation describes more accurately what really happened in Western as well as to a lesser degree in Eastern European societies. In contrast to this, acculturation is a less radical and more academic term which implies that people accept a new culture or part of it, but do not give up completely their own traditions.
ii. The discrimination of the Jews increased during the nineteenth century because the Tsarist government regarded the Jews to be a potentially revolutionary element. According to Professor Monike Richarz "In 1887, a quota system for Jewish students was introduced, which caused many Russian Jews to study in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. Generally speaking, one may say that acceptance depended on the impact
Cited: Marx, Karl. The Communist Manifesto. Harmondsworth Eng: Penguin Books, 1982. http://www.scribd.com/doc/83988142/6-1-Changing-Map-of-Europe- in-the-19th-Century, web 17 Jan 2014 Richarz, Monika. The History of the Jews in Europe during the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries, Web. 17 Jan 2014. http://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/The_History_of_the_Jews_in_Europe.pdf.