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Chapter 21 Homework Assignments
1st
Read Entire Chapter. Pages 691 to 720 and look at my power point on the
French Revolution.
2nd
Write out definitions to all Key Terms found on pg. 720
3rd
Answer the following questions thoroughly:
1.
What kind of Revolution was the American Revolution? Did the American
Revolution start from the bottom up?
2.
Who aided America in the struggle for independence? Why? What role did
the French play in the American Revolution?
3.
Was Britain merely fighting a rear-guard action against the American
colonials? Had the British marshaled their total military resources against
the Americans, could they have suppressed the Americans? Explain.
4.
What role did blacks play in the American Revolution?
5.
The social history of the French Revolution. What was life like for the
Parisian poor in 1789? How did their lot compare with that of the peasants
in the provinces?
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What role did fear play in the outbreak of the French Revolution?
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How did Napoleon rise to power?
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To what extent was Napoleon the greatest of the Enlightened despots?
9.
To what extent did Napoleon preserve rather than betray the gains of the
French Revolution?
To what extent was Napoleon a “liberator” as much as a “conqueror”?
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Check out this website for further help. It’s a great resource:
www.napoleon.org/en/home.asp
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4th: Print out the map on the following page and the do the following:
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Label the countries of Europe
Shade in French Territory, Napoleonic allies, and Napoleonic enemies in
1810 and show on the map the 7 battles between Napoleon and Europe and
the year they took place and the outcome of the battle:
a.
Waterloo
b.
Jena
c.
Leipzig
d.
Austerlitz
e.
Borodino
f.
Corunna
g.
Trafalgar
Create a legend showing the above info.
Shade in the oceans and label them
For help with this look at:
www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_europe.html
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5th:
Final assignment (woooohoooo)!
This assignment is your test and
it is worth 50 points.
Causes and Developments of the French Revolution
Political, Socioeconomic or Intellectual
Write an essay on the following:
“Ideas more than political or economic concerns, drove the French Revolution
up to the summer of 1794.” Analyze to what extent you agree with the above
quotation.
An “A” Essay will see all three: (ideas, politics and economics as major
contributors but will find one dominant cause). An “A” essay will be able to
successfully analyze the complexity of the revolution, seeing causes
overlapping and see a combination of ideas, politics and economics. The “A”
essay will distinguish long term vs short term. It will note any shift from one
cause to another as the revolution takes its course in the five years between
summers of 1789 and 1794. Finally, the “A” essay will reflect ample study of
outside reading on the French Revolution.
A chronological essay would discuss the revolution as it unfolded analyzing
the respective ideational, political and economic explanations of each.
Good luck with all of this, you can email me if you have any questions. It
should take you about a week and a half to finish everything.