Unit VII - The Enlightenment and the French Revolution Mr. Giordano
During the 1500 and 1600s, European monarchs struggled to centralize their power. As they vied for power, the center of world civilization shifted to Europe. Revolutionary ideas brought dramatic changes to Europe and the Americas. People of these regions wanted have a say in their government and overthrow the Monarchy. The Enlightenment was a movement in Western Europe and North America that sought to discover natural laws and apply them to social, political, and economic problems. Since the 1700, Enlightenment ideas have spread around the world. Between the years 1789 and 1815, the French Revolution destroyed an absolute monarchy and disrupted a social system that had existed for over one thousand years. The people of France, taking their lead from the United States, overthrew their leaders and remade their society. Out of this chaos, a dictator named Napoleon rose to prominence. Napoleon would eventually conquer almost all of Europe.
By the end of this unit, you will be able to answer the following: 1. How did absolute monarchs centralize their power? 2. How did the Enlightenment challenge the traditional order in Europe? 3. Why did Enlightenment ideas, at first, affect only the upper levels of European society? 4. How did Constitutional Government evolve in Britain and the U.S.? 5. What beliefs and attitudes inspired the French Revolution? 6. How did the French Revolution reshape social and political institutions? 7. What were the temporary and lasting effects of the French Revolution? 8. Who was Napoleon and how did he remake European society? Name______Due_11_May___ Homework 1 - Absolute Rulers and France, Russia and England Pages 422 – 443
1. Absolute Monarch
2. Divine Right
3. Edict of Nantes
4. Versailles
5. Limited Monarchy
6. Fredrick the Great
7. Catherine the Great
8. What did Louis XIV mean by the phrase “I am the State”?
9. How long was Louis XIV the king?
10. Describe Louis XIV’s actions and wars to expand French territory and dominate Europe.
11. What was Parliament’s response to James I claims to absolute power? 12. Who was Oliver Cromwell?
13. How long was England without a king? How was the new king different from his father?
14. What was the English Bill of Rights?
15. How did Peter the Great bring about reforms?
16. Describe some similarities between Peter the Great and Catherine The Great. Name______Due__18_May__ Homework 2 - Philosophy in the Age of Reason – Pages 456 – 460
1. Social Contract
2. Natural Rights
3. Laissez Faire
4. Free Market
5. Thomas Hobbes
6. John Locke
7. Voltaire
8. Adam Smith 9. How did the views of Locke and Hobbes differ?
10. How did Montesquieu influence the United States Constitution?
11. What are Rousseau’s views about people and society?
12. Explain Laissez Faire economics. Name______Due__25_May__ Homework 3 – Revolution and the New France - Page 480 – 494
1. Bastille
2. Bourgeoisie
3. Marquis de Lafayette
4. Jacobins
5. Nationalism
6. Robespierre
7. Committee of Public Safety
8. Directory
9. How did deficit spending lead to the peasants revolting?
10. What happened on July 14, 1789? 11. What was the “Great Fear”?
12. What actions did the National Assembly take, and how did it parallel actions elsewhere in the world?
13. What did French women want, and what did Marie Antoinette reportedly respond?
14. What was the “Reign of Terror”? Name______Due__1_June_ Homework 4 – The Age of Napoleon - Pages 494 – 503
1. Napoleonic Code
2. Battle of Trafalgar
3. Concordat of 1801
4. Waterloo
5. Guerilla Warfare
6. What kinds of reform did Napoleon institute?
7. What was the extent of Napoleon’s “Grand Empire”? 8. Describe the biggest challenges to Napoleon’s Empire.
9. What happened to Napoleon after he abdicated?
10. What was the chief goal of the Congress of Vienna?
11. Describe the Vienna Settlement.