PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES What is Primary Sources? * Primary sources are original materials. Generally‚ primary sources are not accounts written after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. * Information for which the writer has no personal knowledge is not primary‚ although it may be used by historians in the absence of a primary source. * Primary sources provide first-hand testimony or direct evidence concerning a topic under investigation. They are created by witnesses or recorders
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1/18/13 The first stage of the French Revolution (1789-1792) * Previously talking about the estates general – 1789 Louis XVI trying to solve economic problems divided into clergy‚ nobility‚ commoners because the French society was legally divided in the same way (all had different obligations and different rights) * Middle class included: bankers‚ merchants‚ doctors‚ entrepreneurs‚ lawyers‚ shopkeepers‚ artisans…comfortable life * Working class: lower class‚ those working for a wage/salary
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His 111: United states history to 1877 Essay #1: Summary of “Working with Sources” When we are giving information‚ whether a text or speech‚ our knowledge must have a good basis. Using sources would amplify the quality of our message‚ but first of all‚ it is completely necessary to understand what is a source and how many types of sources exists. First‚ what is a source? Oxford Dictionary says “A book or document used to provide evidence in research”. Is a very
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My primary source is Herodotus’ description of Egypt and the Egyptians. I found this primary source on our supplemental moodle page under the Egypt heading‚ as it was an assigned reading for us when we were discussing Egypt in class. This primary source comes from the ancient Greek philosopher Herodotus. He was born in 484 BCE‚ and lived to 425BCE. He is most known for his writing of the histories‚ which is a series of 6 books. The second‚ of whom we will be focusing on‚ goes into much detail about
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The painting by Jean- Pierre Houel shows the event that starts the French Revolution‚ which is the Storming of the Bastille. The Bastille is a royal fortress that had been converted into a prison in Paris; the prison is used for king Louies XIV to lock up people who speak against him. On July 14‚ 1789 angry Parisians successfully attack the Bastille and took control of the Bastille. The Storming of Bastille inspired many other French citizens to take up against the royal king and queen. It is a defining
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At the end of Frances revolution in 1799‚ the French citizens got what they wanted. Starting with the storming of the Bastille‚ the French revolution lasted three years. With the revolution finally coming to an end‚ the French people got a new leader that they long awaited‚ a new government and constitution‚ and all together a whole different country. While at the time‚ people were arguing whether or not the revolution was a necessary event. A little bit more than two hundred years later‚ we now
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understanding of a primary source is as follows. A primary source is a source that is the most reliable source available. A primary source is coming directly from the person and or group that experienced first-hand what is written in the primary source. A primary source is from the time period when said event happened in. The importance in studying primary sources is because the more original a source is generally is the more reliable source. It is important to study primary sources to get more accurate
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The French Revolution Enlightenment ideals reflected in the French Revolution by creating Enlightenment canon of basic text‚ by selecting certain authors and identifying them with the Enlightenment in order to legitimize their republican political agenda. Enlightenment ideals were also reflected by Edmund Burke in which was one of the first to suggest that the philosopher of the French Enlightenment were somehow responsible for the French Revolution‚ and his argument was taken up‚ and elaborated
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Before the French Revolution‚ France was ruled and governed by the king‚ his Grand Council of ministers‚ and 13 courts called parliaments. King Louis XVI ruled by “divine right‚” believing that he had been put on the throne by the grace of God. France then was one of the most powerful and wealthiest countries‚ and had a strong army‚ and even stronger cultural influence. (Plain‚ 5) Louis XVI and his wife Marie-Antoinette were shielded from the daily lives of the ordinary people in France. When Louis
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bourgeois revolutions‚ the slogan "Freedom‚ Equality‚ Fraternity!" appeared. The idea of equality led to think women about the reasons for their subordinate position. The first feminists were looking for the causes of the oppressed position of women and their dependence on men. They found out‚ that they are dependent both on law‚ social and economical sphere s. Their views were formed into the feminist ideology and later into feminist theory. The first experience of women’s struggle for their rights acquired
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