AP Euro Enterprise High Name____________________________________ Per____ Date_____________________ FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON WEBQUEST Directions: Use the given websites to answer the following questions on your own paper. The palace of Versailles was the King’s country home. http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/100_Plan_du_Domaine_de_Versailles.php 1. In 3-4 minutes, take a quick tour of the palace (Once you click on a portion of the palace, there are more pages if you click the numbers on the bottom of screen). How do you think the French people felt about the lifestyle of the king and French nobility based on their view of Versailles? The Social Contract and Jean-Jacques Rousseau http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jun/rousseau.html 2. What is the social contract theory? 3. What did Rousseau argue should be the 3 goals of government? 4. In Rousseau’s mind is the majority always right? Why or why not? 5. Why would Louis XVI have been threatened by Rousseau? The Estates General meets. http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/revolution/the_estates.shtml 6. Which was the largest Estate? Who made up this Estate? 7. Who paid most of the taxes? 8. Why was the voting system of the Estates General unfair to the Third Estate? The Tennis Court Oath. http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/revolution/tennis_court_oath.shtml 9. Why did the Third Estate meet on a tennis court? 10. Looking at the quote by Mounier on the right side of the webpage, what did the member pledge to do? 11. What was the significance of the Tennis Court Oath? 12. Examine the sketch by J.L. David at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Serment_du_jeu_de_paume.jpg How does the sketch make you feel? Consider the 3 men in the center of the image, the man on the table, the lighting, etc. Be specific and describe the significance of this sketch. The people rage. http://utut.essortment.com/thestormingof_rksu.htm 13. What day do the French celebrate their Independence Day? What is the name for this day? 14. What did the people of Paris want from the Bastille? 15. What did they Bastille represent? 16. How did the people open the gates of the Bastille? 17. Although only 7 prisoners were released, what did the storming of the Bastille accomplish? Declaration of Rights of Man http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/revolution/declaration_rights.shtml 18. According to the Declaration of the Rights of Man, what were governments to be based on? 19. Where did many of the ideas from the Declaration come from? Don’t lose your head! (Study the “Development” and “Guillotine in France” sections) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine 20. What was the basis for the machine’s success? 21. What was the period from June 1793 to July 1794 in France referred to? 22. What famous people were executed in 1793? 23. Who became the figure most associated with the terror? 24. How many people were killed by the guillotine during the Reign of Terror? The “little Corsican” http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/n_time/html/page_2.html# Click on date, then if you want more information click on the event (will take you to event-specific pages) 25. Where and when was Napoleon born? 26. What did he do in October, 1795? And what title did he receive? 27. Under Napoleon as general, the French fought a prolonged war in 1795-6 with whom? (click on specific battles/victories to find out) http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/n_politic/people/page_1.html Use the arrows the bottom of the screen to navigate the page and move forward when you are ready. 28. Read Napoleon’s quote from Wolloch (at bottom). What was so appealing about Napoleon? What did he offer? 29. What agreement did Napoleon sign with the Pope in 1801 and what did it say? 30. What was the Civil Code? 31. What did Napoleon do in 1802 to give himself more power? 32. What happened on December 2, 1804? Considering the French Revolution and what happened to Louis XVI, why is that ironic? 33. According to Bertaud (in red), why was it important that the Pope came to Paris for the ceremony? Battle of Waterloo http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/waterloo/index_embed.shtml 34. Win the game as Napoleon 35. Win the game as Wellington Final Quiz http://quizlet.com/261054/mr-ds-ap-euro-review-french-revolution-napoleon-flash-cards/ 36. Score a perfect score on the quizlet .