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Chapter 3.1 Activity Package
I. Please read the Introduction found on page 56 of Crossroads. Also read pages
through 61of Crossroads
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II. Complete a set of 10 Cornell notes from these readings
III. In your own words provide definitions for the following terms.
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Feudal system
illiterate
Tithe
Infrastructure
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artisan
inflation
Monopoly
tariff
toll
IV. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
a. What geometric shape is reflective of a hierarchical society?
b. What percentage of peasant income was given to the Catholic Church?
c. To what disasters were France’s peasants often subjected?
d. What was the only large urban center in France?
e. What economic problem plagued Paris?
f. What name was given to the French middle class?
g. What problems restricted the profitability of the French middle class?
V. Complete Eye Witness Account from page 60 parts 1, 2 .
VI. Complete Activities 2 and 3 from page 61 of Crossroads.
Due Date for these Questions: _______________________
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Chapter 3.2 Activity Package
I. Read pages 62 through 67 of Crossroads
II. Prepare a set of 10 Cornell notes from these readings.
III. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
a. Why did Louis XIV call himself the “Sun King”?
b. What does “L’etat c’est moi,” reveal about the character of Louis XIV?
c. What royal palace complex did Louis have constructed?
d. Compare and contrast the portraits of Louis XIV found on pages 63 and 50 of
Crossroads.
e. What name was given to the French Protestants that Louis XIV persecuted?
f. How did the location of his palace at Versailles have a negative impact on Louis XVI
ability to understand the problems being experienced by the French people?
g. Outline three problems that contributed to the huge economic problems facing France.
IV. Complete the Character Portrait found on page 65 parts 1 and 2.
V. Read Viewpoints in Conflict on page 67 of Crossroads and explain why it may never be
possible to have an accurate character description of Marie Antoinette.
Due Date for these Questions: _______________________
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Chapter 3.3 Activity Package
I. Read pages 68 through 71 of Crossroads
II. Prepare a set of 10 Cornell notes.
III. In your own words provide definitions for the following terms
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Catalyst
philosophes
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reason
Enlightenment
salon
IV. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
a. What was the primary objective of the philosophes?
b. Philosophically what was needed to support a belief?
c. What was the foundation thinking of empiricism?
d. What was the attitude of the philosophes towards the Church?
V. Create Hockey Cards for the following people and outline the philosophical thinking of
each of the following:
John Locke
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Rousseau
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The Revolution Begins- Activity Package 3.4
I. Read pages 72 through 78 of Crossroads.
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II. Prepare a set of 10 Cornell Notes
III. Provide definitions for the following terms:
 Bankrupt aristocracy
 republican government
 Estates-General
 Second Estate
 Tennis Court Oath
 Bastille
 emigres
 radicals
IV. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
a. Prior to the Revolution what were the main sources of French government revenues?
b. To what country did the French middle class look as an example of democracy?
c. Besides government bankruptcy what other problem plagued France during the 1780s?
d. What impact did the English industrial revolution have on the people of France?
e. Why did Louis XVI call a session of the Estates-General?
f. Before 1789 when was the previous session of the Estates-General?
g. How did the rules of voting within the Estates-General give power to the aristocracy and the Church?
h. In what French town was the Estates-General conducted?
i. Who led the call for the creation of a National Assembly to replace the Estates-General?
j. Describe the Tennis Court Oath.
k. What was the purpose of the Parisien mobs storming of the Bastille?
l. What replaced foreign mercenaries as the army of France?
m. How did peasants in the countryside react to events in Parisd?
n. What did the National Assembly do on August 4, 1789?
o. When did the government of France return to Paris from Versailles?
p. What freedoms were guaranteed by the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
q. Why did Louis XVI try to escape from France?
r. What three options did the Legislative Assembly established in 1791 have with regard to the structure
of France’s government?
V. Prepare a timeline of significant events of the French Revolution starting in 1789 and ending in 1799.
Please see your Timeline Rubric for how you will be assessed
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Chapter 3.5 Activity Package
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I. Read pages 80 through 85 of Crossroads
II. Prepare a set of study notes for the above readings.
III. In your own words provide definitions for the following terms
Moderates
Reign of Terror
Sans-culottes
Directory
IV. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
a. How did revolutionaries of like thinking organize themselves during the Revolution?
What would call such organizations today?
b. Name two of the most important political clubs?
c. Which club was responsible for the Reign of Terror?
d. What happened to the Girondists?
e. The sans-culottes probably originated from what social class?
f. Who murdered Marat? Why?
g. What eventually happened to both Danton and Robespierre?
h. In what name was Louis XVI executed?
i. In what years was the Reign of Terror conducted?
j. What government replaced the rule of Robespierre?
k. What eventually replaced the Directory as the government of France?
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Chapter 3 Test
Essay Questions
On your test you will be given a choice of 1 of 4 of these questions. Prepare to be able to
answer a few in detail by reviewing your course notes.
1. Describe conditions for peasants in France before 1789.
2. In what ways did the economic structure of France restrict the activities of
merchants?
3. Explain how the actions of Marie Antoinette damaged the functioning of the French
government.
4. Compare and contrast the views of Voltaire and Rousseau.
5. Explain why Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates General in 1789.
6. Explain how the actions of the Third Estate began the French Revolution.
7. Discuss how the actions of ordinary people forced politicians to act more forcefully
during the early part of the French Revolution.
8. Justify the execution of Louis XVI.
9. Discuss how the conflicts within the radical elements of the Jacobins led to the Reign
of Terror.
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