The causes of the rebellion movements in France:

- The feudal hierarchical structure of society;

- the economic gap between the first and second state (clergy and noblility) in relation to third state (the people - rural and urban labourers + burgoisie);

- bad harvests, therefore scarcity of food.

- the ideas and ideals imported from the American Revolution.

- the gap between the absolutist regime and then-emergent ideologies.

The turmoil of the Bastille (1789): its actual and symbolic meaning.

The new forces in power and violence: the emergence of Girondins and Jacobites as thre parties in dispute.

The regicide.

The writing of The Declaration of the rights of Man and  itizen.

- The state of British finances in the aftermath of the Seven Years War 81756-1763); 

- The lack of autonomy of local governments after the annulment of previous colonial charters and the appointment of governors by the British parliament;

- the void of American colonialists's participation in Parliament;

- the heavy taxation on the colonies.

Motto of the Rebellion forces: "No taxation without representation".

Reference to the unsuccsessful attempt of reconciliation by Edmund Burke's Speech on the Conciliation with America. 

The Declaration of Independence (1776): main principles.

The breaking of the conflict: allies and adversaries.

The Treatise of Versailles (1783): recognition of independence and consequences.

 

It will be replaced later.

The reasons that led people to migrate: religious discrimination, the search for better living conditions.

The Pilgrim Fathers' foundational voyage. 

The establishment of distinct systems of local government as a political experiment made possible in this "new world" as highighted by Locke.

The rising value of transatlantic trade in British economy.

For and against the empire: Adam Smith's perspective.

The importance of reaching true knowledge in humankind's ability to lead their lives. The individual's empowerment in social and political participation and decision by the exercise of reason and the acquisition of information. 

Social and political manipulation and the target groups.

The relationship between freedom and Enlightenment.