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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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OUTSIDE OF THE INTRODUCTION, THERE ARE SIX (6) CATEGORIES ON THIS WEBSITE…
1- PRELUDE TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: MONARCHY IN CRISIS
a. AS THE 18TH CENTURY ENDED WHAT WERE 3 ISSUES HURTING FRANCE? ALSO, WHAT
HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR 20 YEARS THAT WOULD SUPPORT A REVOLUTION?
2- THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AT VERSAILLES: RISE OF THE THIRD ESTATE
a. THE THIRD ESTATE REPRESENTED HOW MANY PEOPLE (%)? HOW DID THIS # HELP OR
HURT THEM?
b. LOOK UP THE “TENNIS COURT OATH”. WHY WAS THE MEETING AT THE TENNIS COURT
NECESSARY FOR THE THIRD ESTATE?
3- THE FRENCH REVOLUTION HITS THE STREETS: THE BASTILLE AND THE GREAT FEAR
a. WHAT HAPPENED ON JULY 14? WHICH ESTATE WAS MOST TERRIFIED DURING THE
“GREAT FEAR”? EXPLAIN WHY!
4- THE FRENCH REVOLUTION’S POLITICAL CULTURE: DRAFTING A CONSTITUTION
a. WHAT WAS ADOPTED ON AUGUST 4 AND WHAT DID IT REPLACE? IN ANOTHER
WINDOW, GOOGLE: ANCIEN REGIME & EXLPLAIN ITS MEANING!
5- THE FRENCH REVOLUTION TURNS RADICAL: TERROR AND REVOLT
a. WHAT WAS A FRENCH EMIGRES (GOOGLE)? WHY DID THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
DECLARE WAR ON AUSTRIA & PRUSSIA? WHAT WAS THE GUILLOTINE AND WHO WAS
SENT TO IT IN 1793? WHO WERE THE JACOBINS AND HOW WAS ROBESPIERRE
CONNECTED TO IT? EXPLAIN THE REIGN OF TERROR AND HOW LONG DID IT LAST?
6- THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ENDS: NAPOLEON’S RISE
a. DESCRIBE WHAT NAPOLEON STAGED TO GAIN POWER IN FRANCE?
THERE ARE A HOST OF VIDEOS ON THIS WEBSITE. LOOK AT TWO (2) AND SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU
LEARNED.
VIDEO #1 EXAMPLE: TITLE-CORONERS REPORT GUILLOTINE___________(EXPLAIN)
VIDEO #2 TITLE___________
SUMMARY QUESTIONS
1-What were the major causes of the French Revolution?
2-What was the purpose of the Tennis Court Oath?
3-The Storming of the Bastille was important to the French Revolution because?
4-During the French Revolution, who were exempt from taxes?