FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON

 

1. Compare and contrast the causes of the English Revolution (1640-1689) and the French Revolution (1789-1795).  Evaluate the impact of each revolution on the government and institutions of society.
2.  Defend or refute the following statement.  The outbreak and much of the course of the French Revolution should be understood as a struggle between the nobility and the middle class rather than between the king and people. 
3. It is often said that revolutions eat their own children.  To what extent is the statement true of the French Revolution? 
4. Compare and contrast the goals, methods, and impact of Oliver Cromwell and Maximilian Robespierre.   
5. To what extent did the French Revolution fulfill the ideals of the Enlightenment?  How did the course of the Revolution create a new set of both revolutionary and reactionary ideals? 
6. Compare and contrast Enlightenment and Romantic views of nature, with reference to specific individuals and their works. (2011)
7.  Analyze how the political and economic problems of the English and French monarchies led to the English Civil War and the French Revolution. (2011) 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21

 

(see previous unit for today's plans)

 

HW:  Print and read this document Brinton Anatomy of a Revolution.doc  (I pulled it from the website I mentioned in class to save you the cut/paste editting) 

 

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22

 

TOPIC:  Brinton's Anatomy of a Revolution and the Elements of the Old Regime

 

 

 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23

 

Watch video:  French Revolution

 

Ancien_Regime Revolt of Nobles.ppt

 

History Guide: Origins of the French Revolution

 

Coffin pages 637-642

 

 

 

HAVE A GREAT BREAK!!!!

 

                   

 

 

TUESDAY, JANUARY 3

TOPIC:  OUTBREAK (1789) & THE MODERATE STAGE OF REVOLUTION (1789-1792)

 

How did the financial crisis become a political crisis?

How did popular forces impact the political revolt of 1789?

 

REVIEW:  Brinton's Stages (on board timeline with dates relevant to French Rev)

 

REVIEW:  The Old Regime and the Revolt of the Nobles (see ppt below)

 

Ancien_Regime Revolt of Nobles.ppt

 

MINI "LECTURE":  The Meeting of the Estates General

 

Primary source readings: 

Social Grievances on the Eve of the Revolution (coffin 649)

What is the Third Estate (coffin 643)

 

 

HW: Read Coffin pages 642-650 to complete this chart  Moderate Stage Events Chart.xls

 

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4

TOPIC:  THE ONSET OF THE RADICAL STAGE OF REVOLUTION 1792-1794

 

Which events of the moderate stage inspired radicalism?  Which events inspired counterrevolution?

What social, economic, political changes did the radicals espouse?  What issues caused division among the radicals?

 

Use your completed chart to decide which events/reforms 1) represented the bourgeosie acting in their own interest 2)  inspired radicals to call for further reforms 3) caused counter revolutionaries, or reactionaries, to conspire to "roll back" the revolutionary reforms.

 

HANDOUT:  General info packet:  Timeline of Revolution, Map of Revolutionary Europe, Radical Stage chart (for notes in class tomorrow)

 

MINI "LECTURE":  Political Clubs and Factions: Girondists vs. Montagnards; Jacobins 

 

HW:  Coffin 654-657 Reign of Terror and Legacy of the Second (Radical) Revolution

 

 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 15

TOPIC:  THE COURSE OF THE RADICAL REVOLUTION 1792-1794

 

What events allowed for the rise of radicals?  How did foreign threats impact the course of the revolution?  What further revolutionary changes were enacted by the National Convention? 

 

LECTURE:  The Radical Stage

 

HW: SPRITE CHART:  REIGN OF TERROR (Coffin pages 650-657)

 

 

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6

 

DBQ

 

HW:  Primary Source:  Robespierre's Republic of Virtue

(read the primary source and answer the following questions)

 

Robespierre paints a "before and after" picture of France.  He describes what was before 1789 and what should be after 1793.  Make a two column chart of these two descriptions, one column for "before" and a second for "after."

 

MONDAY, JANUARY 9 

 

Explain the rationale behind the reforms and actions of the national convention.  Analyze the response to these reforms and actions.  What prompted the Thermidorian Reaction?

 

SPRITE chart review.  Choose a significant event for each column.  Discuss the answer to the first question above.

 

DBQ analysis.

 

Document discussion:  Republic of Virtue

 

Closing question:  Which philosophe's ideas informed the thoughts and actions of Robespierre.  Explain your answer.

 

HW:  Coffin 658 - 663.  From Terror to Bonaparte: The Directory.  As you read, make a timeline of events marking the rise of Napoleon, title it RISE OF NAPOLEON.   On the back of that timeline, keep a list of NAPOLEON'S IMPACT AND REFORMS.

 

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10 

 

Evaluate the actions and motivations of the radicals of the National Convention

 

Discussion of DBQ analysis.  Focus on how the context determined the tone of the documents (be aware of the "Reign of Terror effect")  Recognize that the New Calendar was implemented for both practical (economic, back to work) reasons as well as ideological (erase Old Regime fanaticism and religion, impose rationalism and science). 

 

Document discussion: Republic of Virtue

 

ANSWER:  Which philosophe's ideas informed the thoughts and actions of Robespierre. ROUSSEAU OF COURSE! (But can you explain the connection?) 

 

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11  

 

What events, foreign and domestic allowed for the rise of Napoleon.  Describe Napoleon's military successes.

 

 

HANDOUT: The Rise of Napoleon 

 

In class reading day:  Use Palmer Colton and Kagan to answer the seven key questions on the handout.   Incorporate the Coffin reading you have already completed.  

 

 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12

 

What reforms were instituted by Napoleon? Explain the rationale for the reforms. What events lead to the collapse of the Napoleonic Empire?

 

Napoleonic Reforms:  How did Napoleon deal with extremism?  The economy?  The Church? 

 

LECTURE:  The Collapse of the Napoleonic Empire

 

HW: Print and read this powerpoint. Napoleon's Empire collapsed.ppt 

 

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13

 

QUIZ:  French Rev and Napoleon

 

HW:  DUE TUESDAY!!!  PRINT AND READ THIS ONLINE LECTURE:  http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture16a.html

 

Additionally, this Coffin reading will be due next week, you can begin if you like.  The ideas and themes of the online lecture overlap with this textbook reading, but both offer different analysis of the Romantic Era.