10 Things to Know About the French Revolution by Giovanni Gutierrez https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo en-us 2016-11-04 07:07:47 UTC 2025-10-25 00:57:44 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Describe the economic, political, and social conditions that gave rise to the French Revolution 350808 https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135291777  King Louis XVI took center stage as the king of France. Matters only got worse under his rule. During that time, the king and queen both spent money on useless things that they wanted. Because of this, many lower class people had to go through hard labor to pay off debts. Also, the fact that monarchs had full control of everyone really made the people of France upset. Another cause of debt were the wars King Louis XVI participated in. During this time, peasants had to go through famine due to harvest failures. Robespierre was a leader who always tried to get  what he wants. He thought he was a good leader but still ended up leading the French Revolution into failure and terror]]> 2016-11-04 07:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135291777 2. How were the American Revolution and the French Revolution they same? How they were different? 350808 https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135293077 -  Both the American and French Revolution differ and compare under many circumstances.                       -American people and French people wanted a well organized and dependable government.          - American colonists and people of France wanted individual liberties which could protect them from the government.                                        - French and the American colonists both underwent unjust tax systems by the government.      - In France, people were executed via guillotine, while the colonists were not.                                                       
 - The French revolution was a problem with France itself, while the American Revolution involved both Britain and America. 

- French revolution lasted approximately 10 years while American revolution lasted 18 years.                                                 

       
]]> 2016-11-04 07:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135293077 3. What was The Declarations of the Rights of Man? 350808 https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135293433 This document was inspired by the Declaration of Independence. It was made by Thomas Jefferson.The importance of this document was that it stated the rights of all men, such as" All Men are born free and equal,and it stated the natural rights such as liberty, property, and life."]]> 2016-11-04 07:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135293433 4. What was the Estates-General and what issue called it to meet for the first time in 175 years? 350808 https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135294104 The Estates-General was an assembly of Representatives from all three estates. It called for a meeting for the first time in 175 years to approve a new tax law.

]]> 2016-11-04 07:33:06 UTC https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135294104 5.  What was the Reign of Terror and who was its leader? 350808 https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135294604 Maximilien Robespierre was the leader of a period of repression and bloodshed. The Reign of Terror was the period of the Terror during the French Revolution.]]> 2016-11-04 07:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135294604 6. Who was Napoleon? What he was able to accomplish during peacetime? What was his Napoleonic Code? 350808 https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135295076 -Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769
-He became artillery officer
-He lead soldiers against the  french  who were against the national  covention
-Napoleons changes were he made everything fair which was being fair with taxes ,made public  schools and gave church back their power
- His success were he overtook some parts of Europe failed to conquer land of haiti
-He made three biggest mistake  he put his brother as king in spain , tried to conquer Russia, and the waterloo
- The war of Trafalgar which was Napoleons fall of his empire and of him]]> 2016-11-04 07:40:56 UTC https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135295076 7. What was the Congress of Vienna was and its effects thereafter? 350808 https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135295403 The Congress of Vienna was in 1814. Leaders from nations came together in a series of meetings. In those meetings they made peace plans for Europe. The Congress of Vienna made great peace agreements, the nations with a lot of power fought against one another for 40 years and some for the rest of the century.]]> 2016-11-04 07:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135295403 9. Explain some of Napoleon’s most lasting achievements and why they are significant. 350808 https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135295815
During his time, Napoleon Bonaparte achieved much positive for his people.    Napoleon started lycees which were public schools for citizens.                            He made tax collection more fair which allowed for the government to count on steady supplies of money.                            - Napoleon removed dishonest government workers which bettered the government as a whole.                                He also gained the support of the organized church by giving back some of its power but not all. This was possible only because he signed an agreement to the pope. 

]]> 2016-11-04 07:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135295815 8. What did the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 had their roots in? 350808 https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135296309 The cause of the Revolution of 1848 was the nationalists wanting their own nation-states. Nation states are national governments that are independent from royal rule and serve people and their ideals. Within 20 years, nationalists turned Germany and Italy into two unified nations. The Revolution of 1830 was to overthrow King Charles X.]]> 2016-11-04 07:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135296309 10. Be able to intelligently explain these terms: social contract, John Locke, Great Fear,  Three Estates, Old Regime, King Louis XVI ,Natural Rights and the Tennis Court Oath. 350808 https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135296893 Rousseau was the philosopher who created the social contract. The social contract was an agreement with the individuals that the would have their rights protected.
John Lock was an enlightenment philosopher who made the three natural rights which were life, liberty and property. ]]> 2016-11-04 07:52:47 UTC https://padlet.com/350808/g9bfukl1mowo/wish/135296893