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=**__Coffee House Questions to Discuss in Groups__**= = = =␣What were the complaints against the existing governments? ␣To what extent did the revolutionaries use Enlightenment writings in defending their= =causes, especially with regard to the word “liberty?”= =␣If you were a colonist in Boston, would you argue for revolution after the Stamp Act? What considerations would affect your opinion?= =␣If you were a lawyer in Paris, would you argue for revolution after the Estates General began to meet? What considerations would affect your opinion?= =␣If you were a peasant from the region of Dourdogne, would you argue for revolution after the Estates General began to meet? What considerations would affect your opinion?= =␣If you were a free person of color who owned a plantation on Saint Domingue, would you argue for revolution after the French Declaration of the Rights of Man were published? What considerations would affect your opinion?= =␣If you were a lawyer in Mexico, would you argue for revolution after Father Hidalgo called for the overthrow of the Spanish crown? What considerations would affect your opinion?=

=__After the coffeehouses, discuss as a whole class:__= =␣What were some of the common complaints against the existing governments? What were some of the key differences?= =␣What other sources might help you see the commonalities among the different revolutions?= = http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/ Page 7World History for Us AllBig Era 7 Landscape 2= =␣What caused some of the differences in understanding the definitions or interpretations of the word liberty?= =␣Why might the definition of liberty be used for revolutionary rhetoric in the Atlantic revolutions?= =␣How likely do you think that these discussions will lead to a violent overthrow of the ruling government? Why or why not?= =␣Do you think everyone agreed with each other in the coffeehouses in the eighteenth century? What different points of view were expressed in the coffeehouses? What kind of arguments did women or men from minority groups make?=