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WORLD HISTORY CH. 3 Reading Guide Questions Directions: Please follow the Please use a separate sheet of paper and answer the following questions. directions, in order to receive Please be sure to have your name, period, date and what section the full credit. questions are in the heading. If I can’t read it, I will not be able to grade it. Please make sure your work is neat. You may type these questions if you like, you can get an electronic copy on line Define the following vocabulary in your own words. Ch. 3.1: On the Eve of Revolution Pgs. 108-113 Terms and Names o Ancien Regime o Estate o bourgeoisie o Louis XVI o Marie Antoinette o Jacques Necker o cahier o Estates-General Ch. 3.2: The French Revolution Unfolds Pgs. 114-119 Terms and Names o faction o Olympe de Gouges o Émigrés o Sans-culottes o Republic o Jacobins QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 What percentage of France’s population did each estate make up? What % of land was owned by each estate? Why was King Louis XVI a weak ruler? Why did Louis XVI tax the first and second estates? How did they react? What did they reform-minded nobles think the Estates General could do? What were the professions of the delegates from the 3rd Estate? What did the 3rd estate establish in June, 1789? What is the Tennis Court Oath? What happened on July 14, 1789? What was the Bastille? 1. Why did peasants riot in the countryside? 2. What blossomed everywhere and demanded an end to monarchy and spread scandalous stories about the King? 3. Why did the National Assembly create the Declaration of the Rights of Man? 4. Who was Marie Antoinette and why was she hated by the French people? 5. What happened as a result of the Parisian women’s bread riots in October 1789? 6. What happened to the church in France after the National Assembly took control? 7. What did the Constitution of 1791 create? What was the government now known as? 8. What did the attempted escape by King Louis XVI show about him? 9. What did the émigrés want returned to them after the revolution began? 10. Who pushed the revolution into more radical action in Paris and other cities? 11. Which countries went to war against France in April 1792? WORLD HISTORY CH. 3 Reading Guide Questions Ch. 3.3: Radical Days of the Revolution Pgs. 121-126 Terms and Names o Suffrage o Robespierre o Reign of Terror o Guillotine o Napoleon o Nationalism Ch. 3.4: The Age of Napoleon Pgs. 128-136 Terms and Names o Plebiscite o Napoleonic Code o Annex o Continental System o Guerrilla warfare o Scorched-earth policy o Abdicate o Congress of Vienna o Legitimacy o Concert of Europe 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. What happened to the royal family on August 10, 1792? What happened in Paris in September, 1792? What did the radicals call for? What did they vote to establish? What happened in January 1793? What happened in October 1793? Why did the National Convention create the Committee of Public Safety? Who became the leader of the Committee of Public Safety? What was his nickname? According to Robespierre, how could France achieve a “republic of virtue?” Who was put on trial during the Reign of Terror? How many were executed? Why did members of the National Convention turn on Robespierre? What did the Constitution of 1795 set up? What did the revolution and war give the people of France? What did the revolutionaries set up in France? What did they abolish in their colonies? What did Napoleon do in 1799? What was Napoleon’s title in 1802? What was his title in 1804? What is democratic despotism? What did Napoleon do to restore economic prosperity? What Enlightenment ideals were the Napoleonic Codes based on? What happened to women’s rights during the Age of Napoleon? 6. How was Napoleon able to control much of Europe? 7. What happened at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805? 8. How did Napoleon try to defeat the British? Was it successful? 9. What happened from Rome to Madrid to the Netherlands after 1812? 10. Which country did Napoleon try to conquer in 1812? Was he successful? 11. Where was Napoleon exiled to in 1814? How long did he escape for? Where was he finally defeated in 1815? 12. What was the chief goal of the decision makers at the Congress of Vienna? 13. How did they redraw the map of Europe?