french revolution, napoleon, reaction, Industrialization

(still under construction.....)

 

TOPICS

PEOPLE

VOCABULARY

OTHER IMPORTANT TERMS

ESSAY REVIEW

 

TOPICS

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (CAUSES, EFFECTS, MAJOR EVENTS, ETC.)

NAPOLEON

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (CAUSES, EFFECTS, MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS, ETC.)

 

PEOPLE

LOUIS XV

LOUIS XVI

MARIE ANTOINETTE

ABBE EMMANUEL JOSEPH SIEYES

MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

JACQUES LOUIS DAVID

MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE

EDMUND BURKE

MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT

OLYMPE DE GOUGES

GEORGES JACQUES DANTON

JACQUES ROUX

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

POPE PIUS VII

LORD NELSON

LOUIS XVIII

EDMUND CARTWRIGHT

JAMES WATT

JAMES NASMYTH

HENRY CORT

GEORGE STEPHENSON

JOSEPH M. W. TURNER

CLAUDE MONET

THOMAS MALTHUS

DAVID RICARDO

FRIEDRICH LIST

HONORE DAUMIER

WILLIAM BLAKE

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

FRIEDRICH ENGELS

KARL MARX

ROBERT OWEN

 

 

VOCABULARY

FIRST ESTATE

SECOND ESTATE

THIRD ESTATE

BOURGEOISIE

OLD REGIME

ESTATES GENERAL

TENNIS COURT OATH

GREAT FEAR

CAHIERS

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

WOMEN'S MARCH ON VERSAILLES

ASSIGNATS

JACOBINS

SEPTEMBER MASSACRES

GIRONDISTS

MOUNTAIN (MONTAGNARDS)

SANS-CULOTTES

COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY

"BREAD OF EQUALITY"

REIGN OF TERROR

THERMIDORIAN REACTION

THE DIRECTORY

FIRST COALITION

SECOND COALITION

THIRD COALITION

FOURTH COALITION

GRAND EMPIRE

GRAND ARMY/GREAT ARMY

QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE

COTTON-SPINNING JENNY

PUDDLING FURNACE

WATERFRAME

THE ROCKET

CRYSTAL PALACE

CREDIT MOBILIER

"IRON LAW OF WAGES"

GRAND NATIONAL CONSOLIDATED TRADES UNION

 

 

 

OTHER IMPORTANT TERMS, PLACES, AND DATES

Bastille

STAMP ACT

COMMON SENSE

TREATY OF PARIS, 1783

WHAT IS THE THIRD ESTATE?

DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN

VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN; VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN

DECLARATION OF PILLNITZ

CIVIL CODE OF 1804

NAPOLEONIC CODE (CODE NAPOLEON)

CONCORDAT OF 1801

ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION

 

ESSAY REVIEW

1.  Discuss the political, economic, and social causes of the French Revolution.

2. Describe the economic conditions of Paris and the French countryside on the eve of the French Revolution and both the causes and effects of those conditions.

3.  Identify and discuss the different social groups in France and their concerns and goals on the eve of the French Revolution.  Also discuss their successes and failures during the course of the Revolution.

4.  Analyze and discuss the extent to which Louis XVI's actions as King of France contributed to the outbreak of the French Revolution and the course of the Revolution.

5.  "Napoleon was an Enlightened ruler."  Assess the validity of this statement using specific examples to support your argument.

6.  "Nationalism is the element that ultimately led to the downfall of Napoleon."   Assess the validity of this statement using specific examples to support your argument.

7.  Discuss the consequences of the French Revolution for both Spain and the rest of Europe.

8.  Using specific examples, contrast the leaders of moderates and of the radicals during the French Revolution.  Include a treatment of their goals, successes, and failures.

9.  Analyze and discuss the reforms made by Napoleon and their short-term and long-term consequences on Europe.

10.  Compare and contrast the causes and effects of the French and Russian Revolutions.