European History Honors
French Revolution Assignments
Mr. Brown
Questions 1: Max, Drew, Walker, Claire, Bridget; Matilda, Mykal, Ben, Carly, Alex, Holly, Ian
Questions 2: everyone else
Day / Topic / Reading / Assignment1 / Crisis of the Ancien Regime / 469-475 / Question 1: Summarize the long term causes of the French Revolution?
Question 2: What factors contributed to the financial crisis?
2 / First Stages / 475-482 / Question 1: What was the purpose of the cahiers de doleances? List some examples of grievances.
Question 2: Why was the Bastille stormed? What was the Great Fear?
3 / Consolidation / 482-490 / Question 1: List some important rights contained in the Declaration of Rights. Why did the women march to Versailles?
Question 2: List and explain the major parts of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. Why was it controversial? List and explain the major reforms made during 1791.
4 / Resistance and War / 490-495 / Question 1: How did the Flight to Varennes impact the Revolution? List and describe reactions to the Revolution in the rest of Europe?
Question 2: What groups promoted the war and why? What groups resisted the war and why? List the major clubs and the political beliefs of its members.
5 / Second Revolution / 495-500 / Question 1: Popular revolts in Paris mark the Second Revolution. What is the storming of the Tuileries? What are the September Massacres?
Question 2: What virtually assured the king’s trial, if not his execution? What are the major political groups vying for power after the execution of the king?
6 / Id Quiz / Study
7 / Terror / 500-507 / Question 1: Where could the counter-revolutionaries be found and why? What types of actions did the Committee attempt in order to replace symbols of the Ancien Regime with new ones?
Question 2: Who were the enrages and why were they executed? Who were the Indulgents and why were they executed? What was the Thermidorian reaction?
8 / The Directory and the Rise of Napoleon / 507-513, 517-520 / Questions 1: What were the social and economic characteristics of the Directory? List and explain the insurrections that occurred during this period prior to 18 Brumaire.
Questions 2: Explain how Napoleon comes to power.
9 / Rise of Napoleon / 522-4, 533-7, document (Napoleonic Code) / Question 1: Why did Napoleon pursue the Concordat? What institutions did Napoleon establish that contributed to the centralization of the imperial foundation?
Question 2: What changes did Napoleon institute in the social structure of France? In what ways does the Napoleonic Code reflect the Revolution and in what ways does it run counter to the revolution?
10 / Tide Turns
/ 539-542, 544-548 / Question 1: Why did Napoleon pursue Spanish territory? How does the Peninsular War turn into a disaster?
Question 2: Why does Napoleon go to war with Russia? What specific factors contribute to his failure in Russia?