Chapter 20
The Revolution in Politics
problem
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ideal
Anatomy of a Revolution
chaos
Background to Revolution 620-625
How did the social structure of France create imbalance and conflict?
Background to Revolution 620-625
How did the social structure of France create imbalance and conflict?
Background to Revolution 620-625
How did the social structure of France create imbalance and conflict?
Background to Revolution 620-625
• What was the long-standing historical interpretation of the conflict in France?
Background to Revolution 620-625
Background to Revolution 620-625
How did the French monarchy lose its prestige?
Background to Revolution 620-625
What was the immediate impact of the American Revolution on France?
Background to Revolution 620-625
What was the immediate impact of the American Revolution on France?
Background to Revolution 620-625
What was France’s economic crisis and what measures were unavailable to Louis XVI?
Background to Revolution
What social, political,
and economic factors
formed the background
to the French
Revolution?
Politics and the People, 1789-1791 625-633
How/why did the formation of the National Assembly begin the French Revolution?
• What is the makeup of the Estates General?
Politics and the People, 1789-1791 625-633
How/why did the formation of the National Assembly begin the French Revolution?
• What issue divides the Estates General?
Politics and the People, 1789-1791 625-633
How/why did the formation of the National Assembly begin the French Revolution?
• What is the first act of revolution?
Politics and the People, 1789-1791 625-633
What was the first act of violent revolution by the
common people, and what were its implications?
Politics and the People, 1789-1791 625-633
How did the Revolution gain momentum in the
countryside and in the National Assembly?
Politics and the People, 1789-1791 625-633
How did the March on Versailles escalate the situation?
Politics and the People, 1789-1791 625-633
How did the National Assembly begin to drastically
change France's government and society?
Politics and the People, 1789-1791 625-633
How did the National Assembly begin to drastically
change France's government and society?
Politics and the People, 1789-1791 625-633
• What disagreements arise over the new legislation?
Politics and the People, 1789-1791 625-633
How did the events in France frustrate Saint-Domingue?
Politics and the People, 1789-1791
How did the events of 1789
result in a constitutional
monarchy in France, and how
did the new constitution affect
the various members of
French society at home and in
the colony of Saint-Domingue?
World War and Republican France, 1791-1799 633-644
How were events in France debated outside of its borders?
World War and Republican France, 1791-1799 633-644
• How did Louis XVI arouse the French people and seal his fate?
World War and Republican France, 1791-1799 633-644
How/why did the first Revolutionary War begin?
World War and Republican France, 1791-1799 633-644
• How do the initial stages of the war
drastically alter France’s government?
How/why did the first Revolutionary War begin?
World War and Republican France, 1791-1799 633-644
What were the causes and impacts of the Second Revolution?
World War and Republican France, 1791-1799 633-644
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What were the causes and impacts of the Second Revolution?
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World War and Republican France, 1791-1799 633-644
What were the causes and impacts of the Second Revolution?
World War and Republican France, 1791-1799 633-644
How/why did the Revolution radicalize into the Reign of Terror?
World War and Republican France, 1791-1799 633-644
How/why did the Revolution radicalize into the Reign of Terror?
World War and Republican France, 1791-1799 633-644
How did events in Saint-Domingue also radicalize?
World War and Republican France, 1791-1799 633-644
What was the Thermidorian reaction
and how did it seek to stabilize France?
World War and Republican France, 1791-1799 633-644
What was the Thermidorian reaction
and how did it seek to stabilize France?
World War and Republican France, 1791-1799
How and why did the
Revolution take a
radical turn at home
and in the colonies?
Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815 644-651
Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815 644-651
How did Napoleon change France internally?
Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815 644-651
How did Napoleon create an empire that dominated Europe?
Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815 644-651
How did Napoleon fail in Haiti?
Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815 644-651
In the long run, why was Napoleon's personality his downfall?
Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815 644-651
In the long run, why was Napoleon's personality his downfall?
Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815 644-651
In the long run, why was Napoleon's personality his downfall?
Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815 644-651
In the long run, why was Napoleon's personality his downfall?
Peninsular War
Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815 644-651
In the long run, why was Napoleon's personality his downfall?
Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815 644-651
In the long run, why was Napoleon's personality his downfall?
Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815 644-651
In the long run, why was Napoleon's personality his downfall?
Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815
Why did Napoleon
Bonaparte assume control of
France, and what factors led
to his downfall? How did the
new republic of Haiti gain
independence from France?
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To what extent was
Europe revolutionized
from 1789 to 1815?