Name____________________________________ Period ____ 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
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Americans have both knowingly and unknowingly surrendered some of their rights and liberties in order to gain the security they so desperately crave. But what are the potential consequences of a people that allows themselves to be dominated by their government in the name of greater security? While these consequences cannot be predicted‚ one can look back in history to similar occurrences such as the French Revolution. The French Revolution was a time of uncertainty in France for both the government and
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Wold History 10th Grade The French revolution’s influence Who would’ve thought that such a small man like napoleon Bonaparte would bring such a big change on the political and economic structure of France? By the 1780s France once prosperous economy was seriously in decline. People were very desperate those times and their government was very unstable. By then‚ people weren’t concerned about their rights and equality anymore‚ they were desperate for someone to come in and establish order in
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1789 document the Rights of Man and Citizen was written by the National Assembly of France‚ which consisted of mostly wealthy bourgeoisies of the third estate. The remaining members of the third estate‚ the peasants and sans-culottes‚ therefore did not have much say in what was being addressed to the public. Enlightenment ideas such as popular sovereignty and civic equality‚ advocated by all three groups of the estate‚ is apparent in the statement. Although this was a step in the right direction for
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The Leading Causes of the French Revolution Thesis: The inequality between estates‚ the rising prices in bread‚ and the creation of the Tennis Court Oath were all main causes of the French Revolution. One of the leading causes of the French Revolution was the inequality between estates. In 1789‚ King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates- General. There‚ the third estate expressed discontent with their current political and social standings in comparison to the other estates. They did
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brothers from the Alba Longa Curiatii family. Theme: sacrifice for the good of the country France financial meltdown‚ Economic crisis‚ initiated by the cost of intervening in the American Revolution‚ exacerbated by a regressive system of taxation “Portrait of Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier‚” 1788 French nobleman known as the “father of modern chemistry” Was accused by Marat of selling watered-down tobacco and other crimes and guillotined “Oath of the Tennis Court‚” 1792 Pledge signed
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“It was the collective effect of all the causes of the French Revolution that finally caused the people to rise up.” History Essay Lara Ismael Nogueira Martha I truly believe it was the collective effect of all the causes of the French Revolution that finally caused the people to rise up. In 1789 the people of France were suffering under the rule of Louis XVI‚ who used the countries money to provide him and his family the most luxurious life imaginable‚ while the people starved. The political
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------------------------------------------------- Tennis Court Oath (French: Serment du jeu de paume) was a pivotal event during the first days of the French Revolution. The Oath was a pledge signed by 576 of the 577 members from the Third Estate who were locked out of a meeting of the Estates-General on 20 June 1789. The only person who did not sign was Joseph Martin-Dauch‚ a politician who would not execute decisions not sanctioned by the king. They made a makeshift conference room inside a tennis court
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of defective old s/m of admn. Country was divided into depts(provinces)‚ cants(dists)‚ and communes(enjoyed complete autonomy). Corrupt judiciary was eliminated and uniform legal s/m was introduced(Later Napoleon codified laws) Declaration of human rights. R to vote was given to all in 1792(repealed in 1795-to be based on property) C of 1791 made FRA leg. Unicameral and C of 1795 made it Bicameral. Economic s/m: Lands confiscated were sold to farmers in cheap rates; artisans and labors got some
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Declaration of the rights of Man & the Citizen in the Reign of Terror Fueled by the Enlightenment ideas‚ the French revolution from 1789 – 1815 is an event of great international importance. Not only did it mark the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte‚ who became one of the greatest emperor in the world history‚ but also marked the destruction of the Old Regime. This was when France changed from a monarchy to a republic‚ the first French Republic. This was the revolution that brought change in the structure
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