From the Social Studies 9 Curriculum:
Politics and Law: Europe and North America from 1500 to 1815.
- It is expected that students will:
- - define colonialism, imperialism, and nationalism
- - analyse the contributions fo the English, French and American revolutions in the development of democratic concepts
- - investigate the roots of Canada's political and legal systems, including the development of two legal systems from two cultures
- - evaluate the changing nature of law and its relation to social conditions of the time.
Use the links found in the column to the right to learn about this important part of France's history.