Main Paper Question: Why did the French Revolution take place? How have historians examined different factors involved in revolutionary movements to offer explanations?
In order to be successful on this assignment, you should do the following:
Identify the thesis and key elements of each historians argument.
Identify debates between scholars with regard to the historical issue under consideration.
Identify the source materials the authors are using (both primary and secondary).
Explain the methods, methodologies, or theoretical approaches the authors are employing.
Explain the reasons how or why a given scholars approach might produce a different interpretation than that found in another study.
Explain how scholars have built upon, supported, critiqued, or dismissed the positions presented in prior studies.
Explain why one authors interpretation might be more convincing than that of another.
Explain how or why each study provides a unique answer to the historical question under consideration to enhance the understanding of the issue.
Identify questions or areas of research that require further examination.
