Problem 1: What about Paul Revere's print, The Bloody Massacre, which infuriated Americans in the aftermath of a violent clash in the streets of Boston in 1770, and let the future President John Adams to say, "Facts are stubborn things"? What was Adams arguing in court about the tensions in the streets of Boston?
Problem 2: Explain one aspect of John Locke's concept of Liberalism which is explicitly rejected by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
Problem 3: Explain one example of symbolism discussed in lecture apparent in Jacques-Louis David's painting The Tennis Court Oath.
Problem 4: Maximilien Robespierre was a Jacobin. Who were the Jacobins, what role did they play in the 1789 French revolution, and how does Robespierre's death mirror the era in which he lived?
Problem 5: What accounts for French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's preference for neoclassical art, and why do we suggest that Jacques-Louis David's painting Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard is propaganda?
Problem 6: Provide a specific example of how James Madison's analysis of "fractions" in Federalist No. 10 influenced the Constitutional framework for the United States government. What are factions, and how does Madison propose to address them in the Constitution?