The French Revolution

Discussion Questions:

1.&n= bsp; The id= eas of liberty and equality were the central ideas of classical liberalism. Define these ideas. Are they the same as democracy?

2.&n= bsp; Accord= ing to Locke, what is the function of government?

3.&n= bsp; Did the Americans or the British have the better argument with regard to the taxati= on problem?

4.&n= bsp; Why is= the declaration of Independence sometimes called the world’s greatest political editorial?=

5.&n= bsp; What r= ole did European Powers play in the American victory? Did they gain anything?

6.&n= bsp; Identi= fy factors leading to the revolution.

7.&n= bsp; Accord= ing to revisionist historians, were there social tensions between the nobility and= the bourgeoisie? Explain.

8.&n= bsp; Descri= be how the Estates-General became the National Assembly.

9.&n= bsp; What r= ole did the poor and women play in the revolution?

10.&= nbsp; Describe the revolutionary government under= the National Assembly.

11.&= nbsp; Identify and describe the “first impo= rtant failure of the revolutionary government.”

12.&= nbsp; What was the foreign reaction towards the revolution?

13.&= nbsp; How did the French become strong militarily= ?

14.&= nbsp; Identify and explain the significance of the Girodins, the Mountain, and the sans-culottes.

15.&= nbsp; Who were the sans-culottes? Why were they important to radical leaders such as Robespierre? What role did the common people play in the Revolution?

16.&= nbsp; Why did the Committee of Public Safety need= to institute the Reign of Terror?

17.&= nbsp; What was the significance of the Terror and Robespierre?

18.&= nbsp; Explain how the Terror led to the Thermidor= ian Reaction and how this led to the Directory.

19.&= nbsp; What brought about the rule of Napoleon? Be specific.

20.&= nbsp; Describe the Grand Empire of Napoleon in te= rms of its three parts. Was Napoleon a liberator or a tyrant? Explain.<= /span>

21.&= nbsp; What caused Napoleon’s downfall? Was = it inevitable?

Key Concepts, Terms, People and Events:

1.&n= bsp; bourge= oisie

2.&n= bsp; Classi= cal Liberalism

3.&n= bsp; Stamp = Act

4.&n= bsp; Battle of Trafalgar

5.&n= bsp; Americ= an Bill of Rights

6.&n= bsp; Jacobi= ns

7.&n= bsp; Girond= ists

8.&n= bsp; Loyali= sts

9.&n= bsp; Consti= tuional Convention of 1787

10.&= nbsp; Mountain

11.&= nbsp; Reign of Terror

12.&= nbsp; National Assembly

13.&= nbsp; Declaration of the Rights of Man/Woman=

14.&= nbsp; Bastille

15.&= nbsp; sans-culottes

16.&= nbsp; The Great Fear

17.&= nbsp; Edmund Burke

18.&= nbsp; Marie Antoinette

19.&= nbsp; Louis XVI

20.&= nbsp; Robespierre

21.&= nbsp; Marat

22.&= nbsp; Danton

23.&= nbsp; Wa= terloo

24.&= nbsp; Thermidorian Reaction

25.&= nbsp; The Directory

26.&= nbsp; Civil Code of 1804

27.&= nbsp; Concordat of 1801

28.&= nbsp; Au= sterlitz

29.&= nbsp; Je= na

30.&= nbsp; Continental System

Links:

3D"*" Declaration of Rights of Man

3D"*" American Bill of Rights

3D"*" Declaration of Rights of Woman

3D"*" General Information – French Revolution

3D"*" General Information – Napoleon

3D"*" Primary Sources: Ancien Regime

3D"*" Primary Sources: The French Revolution

3D"*" Primary Sources: Napoleon

3D"*" Review PowerPoint