The first homework assignment is to read EACH of the following 4 short documents (just click on the links) and pick ONE to write about. The assignment is to write a one page essay (hand written is OK) about why you think this item is important. Talk about why you think it is the most interesting or has the most meaning for you.

Louis XIV Revocation of edict of Nantes

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1685revocation.html

John Locke on the new constitutionalism

http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/Locke/second/second-7.html

Rousseau and the Social Contract

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Rousseau-soccon.html

Adam Smith and the new economics

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1776asmith-mercsys.html