The Major Ideologies

The major ideologies of the 19^th century were conservative, liberal, nationalism. These ideologies socially and economically impacted actions during the French Revolution.  Conservatives like the Catholic clergy, the aristocrats and the monarchy did not want the French Revolution to take place because that would result in their power being taken away and they saw the revolution as chaotic due to their fear of change.  Liberals such as members of the bourgeoisie believed that people had natural rights and should be able to vote for a government based on their citizenship, not bloodlines. The teacher sorted the class into groups and assigned every group an ideology. The teacher assigned two groups in the class the same ideology so when it was time to present the class voted which group had a better presentation of their ideology. This activity gave a visual idea of what each ideology was and it help better understand the ideologies.

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Above is a link to the group’s liberalism presentation. The presentation helped define liberalism because the pictures showed a visual on what liberalism was. Also, throughout the presentation group members and I described what each picture meant and the how it relates to liberalism Liberals believed in natural rights and supported individual liberty. They also voted constitutional meritocracy over absolutism. This ideology influenced social and political action in the vote for a rule based on the bias of their ability and not their family.


Conservatism is another important ideology as long as Nationalism. Conservatism supported a higher monarchy and they did not like change and wanted to keep the church in control. They influenced social and political actions in the 19^th century because they liked to keep innovations and they felt like if change was to happen then there would be a revolution and violence.  Nationalism believed that people should be united under one custody because it protected them from invasions.  Also, they wanted people to be brought together as a nation and progress humanity. They had a social impact by bringing together nations through the share of customs, shared language, culture, and history.