Chapter 19: A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

You have the page numbers and the headings for the first and last sections to be read for each assignment. You are responsible for all the material covered in these pages – this includes maps, documents, pictures, etc. For your Homework to be meaningful and to improve your understanding of the material, consider the following strategy:

1. Study Focus Questions. You should be able to answer each of these focus questions based on your reading and material in class.

2. Page through the assigned section looking thoroughly and critically at headings, maps, pictures, graphs, etc. Are any of the focus questions and vocabulary terms

obvious?

3. Read the assigned section thoroughly, then go back look at the Focus Questions, Vocabulary and DBQ before taking notes on the section.

4. Write down any questions or subjects that are confusing and require additional explanation.

Pages: 523-528 / Pages: 528-544 / Pages: 544-551
The Beginning of the Revolutionary Era: The American revolution through Background to the French Revolution / The French Revolution / The Age of Napoleon
Vocabulary:
July 14, 1789
The Bastille
July 4, 1776
Natural Rights
The maquis de Lafayette
First and Second Estates
Third Estate
The bourgeoisie / Vocabulary:
National Assembly
Tennis Court Oath
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
The Jacobins
Paris Commune
Sans-culottes
Georges Danton
National Convention
Girondins and Mountain
Committee of Public Safety
Maximilien Robespierre
Reign of Terror
The Guillotine
Thermidorean Reaction
Directory / Vocabulary:
Napoleon Bonaparte
Italian and Egyptian Campaigns
First Consul
The Concordat
The Civil Code
Austerlitz and Trafalgar
The Grand Army
Moscow
Elba and Saint Helena
Homework:
Crate a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the American and French Revolutions.
Focus Questions:
  1. List and discuss the causes of the French revolution. Is there one cause that is more important than the others? Why?
/ Homework:
Create a timeline of all of the major events and political changes that occurred in France from 1989 to 1795.
Focus Questions:
  1. How was France changed by the revolutionary events of 1789-92? Who benefited the most from these changes?
  1. Why did the French Revolution enter a radical phase? What did the radical phase accomplish? What role did the Reign of Terror play in the Revolution?
  1. How did the French Revolution affect the roles of women in society? Did men win more out of this event than women? Why?
/ Homework:
Create a list of all of the military campaigns and battles of Napoleon.
Focus Questions:
  1. In what ways did Napoleon’s policies repudiate the accomplishments of the French Revolution? In what ways did his policies strengthen the accomplishments of the French Revolution?
  1. Napoleon has been considered the greatest general of all time. Using examples from the text, defend or refute this statement.

DBQ:
“The Argument for Independence”: What influence did John Locke’s theory of revolution have on the American Revolution? (p. 524) / DBQ:
“The Fall of the Bastille”: Discuss the fall of the Bastille and indicate why its fall came to mark a triumph of French “liberty” over despotism? (p. 531)
“The Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen”: What “natural rights” does this document proclaim for the French? To what extent do you believe that this document was influenced by the ideas of the philosophes? (p. 532)
“Robespierre and Revolutionary Government” How did the radical revolutionary leader Robespierre justify the violent activities of his regime? How justifiable are the explanations of his actions? How does this document glorify the state and advance preservation of the state as the highest goal of modern politicians and statesmen? (p. 540) / DBQ:
“Napoleon and Psychological Warfare”: What themes did Napoleon use to play upon the emotions of his troops and inspire them to greater efforts? (p. 545)
“The Man of Destiny”: According to Napoleon, what is a man of destiny? Is the concept of the ‘man of destiny” an outgrowth of the Enlightenment or a rejection of its principles? (p. 546)