Lesson 3: The French Revolution

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• Lesson 3 The French Revolution
• Lesson Questions What were the short and
  long-term causes of the French Revolution? Who
  were the major figures during the course of the
  French Revolution? What were the most
  significant consequences of the French
  Revolution?
• Lesson Objectives The students will understand
  the causes, course and consequences of the French
  Revolution.

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• Key Terms Bourgeoisie, Aristocratic Privilege,
  Revolution, Popular Sovereignty,
  Counter-Revolution, Popular Authoritarianism,
  Concordat, Nationalism

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French Revolution Movie Terms

• Versailles
• Louis XVI (Capet)
• Marie Antoinette
• The Seven Years War
• The Enlightenment
• The American War of Independence
• Bread
• The Estates General
• Maximilien Robespierre
• The Tennis Court Oath/The National Assembly

• 11. The Bastille
• 12. The Declaration of the Rights of Man
• 13. Jean Paul Marat
• 14. The Fish Ladies
• 15. The Guillotine
• 16. George Danton
• 17. The Terror
• 18. The Committee of Public Safety
• 19. De-christianization
• 20. A Republic of Virtue
• 21. The Fall of Robespierre

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The French Revolution Part 1

• 1. The French State
• The Thirty Years War 1618-1648
• The French Army
• 2. Louis XIV 1643-1715
• Intendants
• Nobility of the Robe
• Versailles
• Sun King
• 3. Louis XV 1715-1774
• Emergence of Bourgeoisie
• Colonial Wars
• Seven Years War 1756-63
• Aristocratic Privilege

• 4. French Enlightenment
• Philosophes
• Bourgeois values
• Literacy
• Coffee Houses
• Salons
• 5. Revolution 1789-94
• National Assembly
• New Political Vocabulary
• The Bastille
• Popular Sovereignty
• Revolutionary Government
• Church Land
• Bureaucracy of Merit
• Freedom of Expression
• Terror
• Invasion
• Counter-Revolution

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The French Revolution Part 2

• 6. The Directory 1794-1799
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• No. Italy 1796-1797
• Consulate 1799-1804
• Treaty of Amiens 1802
• Concordat 1801
• Napoleonic Code 1804
• 7. Imperial Period 1804-1814
• Emperor for Life
• Military Victories
• Ulm, Jena, Austerlitz
• Satellite States
• Continental System
• Treaty of Tilsit 1807

• 8. Resistance Defeat
• Spanish Rebellion
• Invasion of Russia 1812
• Scorched Earth
• Leipzig 1813
• Waterloo 1814
• 9. Congress of Vienna 1815
• Klemens von Metternich
• Revolution
• Nationalism

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• Lecture Question 1
• How did the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) affect
  France?

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• Lecture Question 2
• How did Louis XIV demonstrate his ideology of
  absolute royal power?

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• Lecture Question 3
• What sort of changes and challenges did the
  Bourbon monarchy face in the 18th century?

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• Lecture Question 4
• What were the long-term results of the wars
  between France and its European rivals?

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French 18th century coffee house
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French 18th century salon
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• Lecture Question 5
• How did the Enlightenment in France express the
  interests of the bourgeoisie?

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• Lecture Question 6
• Why did Enlightenment ideas spread relatively
  widely and have the greatest impact in France?

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• Lecture Question 7
• What were the circumstances that led to the
  creation of the National Assembly?

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• Lecture Question 8
• What new political ideas are expressed in the
  storming of the Bastille and the promulgation of
  the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

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• Lecture Question 9
• What are the three most significant acts by the
  early revolutionary government and why?

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• Lecture Question 10
• Why do many historians believe the revolutionary
  leaders had to resort to terror?

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• Lecture Question 6
• How did Napoleon come to power?

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• Lecture Question 7
• How did Napoleon consolidate some of the most
  important achievements of the French Revolution?

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• Lecture Question 8
• What was the nature and purpose of Napoleons
  Continental System?

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• Lecture Question 9
• How did the Continental System unravel?

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• Lecture Question 10
• How did Russia defeat Napoleons invasion in
  1812?

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• Lecture Question 11
• What were some of the long term consequences of
  Napoleons rule?

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• Lecture Question 12
• What was the purpose of the Congress of Vienna?