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Chapter 23
The French Revolution and Napolean
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Select one of the causes you listed and explain how it contributed to the French Revolution? | Rising debt, new taxes, weak leadership, citizens feeling that they weren’t represented by the government/ were losing their rights, rand the rise in bread prices. The rise in bread prices helped spark the Revolution because it weighed heavily on the poor |
| Why were members of the Third Estate dissatisfied with life under the Old Regime? | The members of the Third Estate had little political power. |
| How did Louis XVI’s weak leadership contribute to the growing crisis in France? | Louis XVI’s let political problems and mounting debt get really bad for his country. |
| How did the purpose of the meeting the Estates-General in 1789 change? | It changed from a debate on new taxes to an effort to reform the entire political system of France. |
| Did you think that changes in the French government were inevitable? Explain. | Yes- Economic conditions were bad and Enlightenment ideas were powerful and brought about a change in thinking. No- better leadership and sharing power could have kept the peace. |
| Why do you think some members of the First and Second Estates joined the National Assembly and worked to reform the government? | The members of the First and Second Estates hoped to avoid radical steps; they genuinely sympathized with the problems of the Third Estate. |
| How were the storming of the Bastille and the women’s march on Versailles similar? How were they different? | Similar-Both were spontaneous acts. Differences- The storming of the Versailles was to get arms and the women’s march on Versailles was to demand bread. |
| Do you think this change of events could have been changed in any way? Explain. | War with Prussia and Austria; monarchy abolished; Reign of Terror; Directory governs. Events changed; Yes- If conservatives had been willing to compromise and if moderates had spoken out more strongly. |
| What major reforms did the National Assembly introduce? | The National Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen and reformed the Church. |
| What did the divisions in the Legislative Assembly say about the differences in French society? | The political changes did not wipe out the deep divisions of the Old Regime. |
| How did the Reign of Terror come to an end? | Fearing for their safety, leaders turned on Robespierre. |
| How did the slogan “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” sum up the goals of the Revolution? | The slogan sums up the French Revolution; the desire for freedom from old class structure, equal rights for all citizens, and unity among the French people. |
| What similarities and differences do you see between the political factions in the Legislative Assembly and those in the U.S. government today? | Both divided by ideology, but fewer extremes exist in Congress. |
| What factors led to Robespierre becoming a dictator? | The Factors were war economic problems; debt and high taxes, struggling political factions, and Robespierre's strong personality. |
| Which of these events do you think had the greatest impact on Napoleon's rise to power? | I think the Napoleonic code because it was his set of laws and his laws are what he followed which eventually led to his rise to power and then his defeat later. |
| How did Napoleon become a hero in France? | The National Convention told a young Napoleon to defend the delegates. Napoleon greeted thousands of royalists with a cannonade and within minutes, attackers fled the field in panic and confusion. He was known as the hero of the hour. |
| What did Napoleon consider his greatest triumph in domestic policy? | His Napoleonic Code. |
| How was Napoleon able to control the countries neighboring the French Empire? | He fought them and in a series of brilliant battles, he crushed the opponent and forced the other countries to sign peace treaties. |
| In your opinion, was Napoleon the creator or the creation of his times? | He was the creator because he was doing things that some people had not done before and he succeeded in some of them. |
| Napoleon had to deal with forces both inside and outside the French Empire. In your judgement, which area was more important to control? | I think inside the French Empire because he is the ruler and he should keep his area safe and peaceful and going right instead of controlling forces outside of France even though that was also important. |
| If you had been a member of the bourgeoisie, would you have been satisfied with the results of Napoleon’s actions? Explain. | No, even though he did things that were beneficial to France, he made three very unsmart choices that cost him everything and he eventually was exiled and left to die. |
| Which of Napoleon’s mistakes was the most serious. Why? | I think the worst was when he tried to take over russia because during that period of time he lost over 10,000 of his men and he stayed in Russia for an extra month. So he himself was suffering from the weather and lack of food. This also cost him because |
| How did Great Britain combat Napoleon’s naval blockade? | Great Britain responded with their own set of blockades and still ignored Napoleon's blockade and smuggled goods into France anyway. |
| Why did Napoleon have trouble fighting the enemy forces in the Peninsular War? | his fleet was split into 2 and captured and he was forced to give up all of his plans to invade Great Britain and was unable to invade Great Britain. |
| Why was Napoleon's delay of the retreat from Moscow such a great blunder? | He had decided to stay longer during the winter months, the weather was extremely harsh and he and his army were not prepared. Due to the scorched-earth policy, they also had no food to eat or drink. Napoleon lost many of his men to do harsh weather condi |
| Why did people in other European countries resist Napoleon's efforts to build an empire? | they didn't want him taking over their country and due to Napoleon's mistakes, he never did take over and he lost. |
| Napoleon had no choice but to invade Russia. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? | I do not agree with this statement at all. Napoleon decided to invade Russia because Russia refused to stop selling grain to Great Britain. Even though he wanted them to stop, there was nothing really that he could do about it but if he had to do somethin |
| Do you think Napoleon was a great leader? Explain. | I think he was an okay leader because he did good things such as put in government run public schools but he also did not so smart things such as allowing slavery again and using his three mistakes which in the end, ended up costing him everything. |
| What was the overall effect of Metternich’s plan on France? | To surround France so they couldn’t take over again and to make all the countries equally strong. |
| What were the three points of Metternich’s plan for Europe? | Wanted to surround France so they couldn’t take over again. Wanted all the countries to be equally strong. Wanted to put royal families back on the throne. |
| Why was the Congress of Vienna considered a success? | They eventually set up a new European order. |
| What was the long-term legacy of the Congress of Vienna? | It maintained a balance of power, diminished the size and power of France, started the spread of Nationalism in Western Europe leading more revolutions and new nations. |
| From France's point point of view, do you think the Congress of Vienna’s decisions were fair? | Yes-in the end they did many things that benefited France such as maintain à balance of power in France. |
| Why did the liberals and conservatives differ over who should have power? | Because if the liberals had the power, they would create new things and ideas but if the conservatives had power, they would want everything to go back to the way it used to be. |
| What do you think is meant by the statement that the French Revolution let the “genie out of the bottle”? | I think it means that everything is fine until someone does something that leads to something bigger that can be both good or bad. In the genie in the bottle, I think everything is okay until someone lets the genie out. He gives you three wishes which you |
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