{"id":2400,"date":"2020-03-11T22:44:53","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T22:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historyed.site\/?page_id=2400"},"modified":"2024-06-13T01:07:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T01:07:33","slug":"session-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Civilization Session 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Autocrats Versus Democracy<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Monarchies<\/h2>\n<p>Under Construction<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"one-half first\">\n<p>[Video Introduction of Session]<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4921\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4921\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4921\" src=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Napoleons-Coronation.jpg\" alt=\"Napoleon's Coronation\" width=\"450\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Napoleons-Coronation.jpg 450w, https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Napoleons-Coronation-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Napoleon&#8217;s Coronation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"one-half\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Outline<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\" https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/\/\">Course<\/a> Big Civilization<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Session 8 Topics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-8\/1-english-civil-war\/\">Topic 1<\/a> The English Civil War<br \/>\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-8\/2-french-revolution\/\">Topic 2<\/a> The French Revolution<br \/>\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-8\/3-japanese-revolution\/\">Topic 3<\/a> The Japanese Revolution<br \/>\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-8\/4-chinese-revolution\/\">Topic 4<\/a> The Chinese Revolution<br \/>\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-8\/5-russian-revolution\/\">Topic 5<\/a> The Russian Revolution<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Other Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-1\/\">One<\/a>| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-2\/\">Two<\/a>| ||<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-3\/\">Three<\/a>| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-4\/\">Four<\/a>| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-5\/\">Five<\/a>| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-6\/\">Six<\/a>| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-7\/\">Seven<\/a>| |Eight| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-9\/\">Nine<\/a>| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/big\/civilization\/session-10\/\">Ten<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Headlines<\/h1>\n<table>\n<thead style=\"background-color: blue; color: white;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">YEAR<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">EVENTS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1250<\/td>\n<td>London: House of Commons Began<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1543<\/td>\n<td>London: Henry VIII Makes Himself Head of the Church of England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1641<\/td>\n<td>London: The End of the Star Chamber<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1642<\/td>\n<td>England: Civil War Begins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1688<\/td>\n<td>England: Glorious Revolution Confirms Constitutional Monarchy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1690<\/td>\n<td>Paris: Louis XIV Establishes Absolute Monarchy in France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1755<\/td>\n<td>Geneva: Voltaire Arrives<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1783<\/td>\n<td>Paris: First Balloon Ascended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1789<\/td>\n<td>Paris: Revolutionaries Stormed Bastille<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1792<\/td>\n<td>Valmy: Europe&#8217;s First Battle Against Republican France&lt;\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1793<\/td>\n<td>Paris: Murders of Louis XVI and Murat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1793<\/td>\n<td>Vendee: Civil War in France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1794<\/td>\n<td>France: Reign of Terror<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1796<\/td>\n<td>Piedmont: Napoleon\u2019s First Campaign Begins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1804<\/td>\n<td>Paris: Napoleon Coronated Emperor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1840<\/td>\n<td>China: Britain Starts Opium War<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1854<\/td>\n<td>Tokyo Bay: Japan Reopens Relations With Outside World<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1867<\/td>\n<td>Japan: Meiji Restoration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1894<\/td>\n<td>North Korea: First China-Japanese War Begins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1897<\/td>\n<td>St. Petersburg: October Revolution Ousts Socialists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1900<\/td>\n<td>Beijing: Boxer Rebellion Breaks Out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1905<\/td>\n<td>Beijing: Republic Established<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1906<\/td>\n<td>St. Petersburg: Czar Grants Constitution Following Revolution of 1905<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">1907<\/td>\n<td>St. Petersburg: February Revolution Ousts Czar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot style=\"background-color: blue; color: white;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"11%\">YEAR<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">EVENTS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Concepts<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Early civilizations needed strong leadership. They got that through what they knew: strong men.<\/li>\n<li>Rulers solidified their power by keeping government in their families (dynasties).<\/li>\n<li>They justified their rule by grounding their authority on God.\n<ul>\n<li>In the West: The Divine Right of Kings<\/li>\n<li>In the East: The Mandate of Heaven<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Revolutions Against Monarchies Justified Their Actions by Either\n<ul>\n<li>Relocating God\u2019s Authority to the Rights of the People<\/li>\n<li>Limiting God\u2019s Authority or Even Disregarding it Entirely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">More Information<\/h1>\n<h2>From the History Moments Library<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width=100%; background-color: gold;\">\n<thead style=\"background-color: blue; color: white;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"13%\">YEAR<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">TITLE<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">AUTHOR(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody style=\"link-color: blue;\">\n<tr>\n<td>1258<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/historyweblog.com\/2012\/12\/the-kings-empty-treasury\/\">How The House of Commons Began<br \/>\nin England<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Lingard\">John Lingard<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1543<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/historyweblog.com\/2015\/08\/cromwell-takes-charge\/\">Henry VIII Makes Himself Head of<br \/>\nthe Church of England<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Richard_Green\">John R. Green<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1755<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/historyweblog.com\/2010\/12\/voltaire-in-geneva\/\">Voltaire in Geneva<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Morley\">John Morley<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Kitchin\">George W. Kitchin<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1783<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/historyweblog.com\/2016\/07\/hot-air-balloon-first-time-ever\/\">First Balloon Ascension<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Hatton Turner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot style=\"background-color: blue; color: white;\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"13%\">YEAR<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">TITLE<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">AUTHOR(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">From Elsewhere<\/h2>\n<h3>Reads<\/h3>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Constitutional_monarchy\">Constitutional Monarchy<\/a> <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Absolute_monarchy\">Absolute Monarchy<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Videos<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YYPAFqQgbqE?si=Bx4B_OmAlSKjODFr\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NnoFj2cMRLY?si=Yis_TmKYlMAtq4CD\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autocrats Versus Democracy Monarchies Under Construction [Video Introduction of Session] Outline Course Big Civilization Session 8 Topics Topic 1 The English Civil War Topic 2 The French Revolution Topic 3 The Japanese Revolution Topic 4 The Chinese Revolution Topic 5 The Russian Revolution Other Sessions One| |Two| ||Three| |Four| |Five| |Six| |Seven| |Eight| |Nine| |Ten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1207,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2400","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2400"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5432,"href":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2400\/revisions\/5432"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}