French Revolution Webquest
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FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON WEBQUEST
Directions: Use the given websites to answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper.
The Palace of Versailles http://www.stockholm360.net/list.php?id=versailles 1. Take a quick tour of the palace. How do you think the French people felt about the lifestyle of the king and French nobility based on their view of Versailles?
The Social Contract and Jean-Jacques Rousseau http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jun/rousseau.html 2. What is the social contract theory?
3. What did Rousseau argue should be the 3 goals of government?
4. In Rousseau’s mind is the majority always right? Why or why not?
5. Why would Louis XVI have been threatened by Rousseau?
The Estates General Meets http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/revolution/the_estates.shtml 6. Which was the largest Estate? Who made up this Estate?
7. Who paid most of the taxes?
8. Why was the voting system of the Estates General unfair to the Third Estate?
The Tennis Court Oath http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/revolution/tennis_court_oath.shtml 9. Why did the Third Estate meet on a tennis court?
10. Looking at the quote by Mounier on the right side of the webpage, what did the member pledge to do?
11. What was the significance of the Tennis Court Oath?
12. Examine the sketch by J.L. David at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Serment_du_jeu_de_paume.jpg How does the sketch make you feel? Consider the 3 men in the center of the image, the man on the table, the lighting, etc. Be specific and describe the significance of this sketch.
The People Rage http://www.essortment.com/storming-bastille-61070.html
13. What day do the French celebrate their Independence Day? What is the name for this day?
14. What did the people of Paris want from the Bastille?
15. What did they Bastille represent?
16. How did the people open the gates of the Bastille?
17. Although only 7 prisoners were released,
FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON WEBQUEST
Directions: Use the given websites to answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper.
The Palace of Versailles http://www.stockholm360.net/list.php?id=versailles 1. Take a quick tour of the palace. How do you think the French people felt about the lifestyle of the king and French nobility based on their view of Versailles?
The Social Contract and Jean-Jacques Rousseau http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jun/rousseau.html 2. What is the social contract theory?
3. What did Rousseau argue should be the 3 goals of government?
4. In Rousseau’s mind is the majority always right? Why or why not?
5. Why would Louis XVI have been threatened by Rousseau?
The Estates General Meets http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/revolution/the_estates.shtml 6. Which was the largest Estate? Who made up this Estate?
7. Who paid most of the taxes?
8. Why was the voting system of the Estates General unfair to the Third Estate?
The Tennis Court Oath http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/revolution/tennis_court_oath.shtml 9. Why did the Third Estate meet on a tennis court?
10. Looking at the quote by Mounier on the right side of the webpage, what did the member pledge to do?
11. What was the significance of the Tennis Court Oath?
12. Examine the sketch by J.L. David at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Serment_du_jeu_de_paume.jpg How does the sketch make you feel? Consider the 3 men in the center of the image, the man on the table, the lighting, etc. Be specific and describe the significance of this sketch.
The People Rage http://www.essortment.com/storming-bastille-61070.html
13. What day do the French celebrate their Independence Day? What is the name for this day?
14. What did the people of Paris want from the Bastille?
15. What did they Bastille represent?
16. How did the people open the gates of the Bastille?
17. Although only 7 prisoners were released,