About This Lesson
Essential Question: HOW DID VOLTAIRE INFLUENCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC?
To have students analyze and evaluate Voltaire’s Republican ideas of government which formulated the American principles of democracy.
Citation: Noyer, G.K. (Ed.) (2015) Voltaire’s Revolution: Writing From His Campaign to Free Laws From Religion. New York: Prometheus Books (Pgs. 11-47, 153-161)
