French Revolution Study Guide by Vanessa Landa https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm en-us 2016-11-03 18:17:01 UTC 2026-01-17 03:34:49 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Describe the economic, political, and social conditions that gave rise to the French Revolution. (i.e. inequality among the estates, corrupt leaders, rise in Enlightenment ideas among the bourgeoise, unfair tax system) 348430 https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135195596 2016-11-03 18:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135195596 2. How were the American Revolution and the French Revolution they same? How they were different? 348430 https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135196108 The differ from another in many ways, but also have things that are the same, such as them both being Revolutions. These revolutions both wanted their independence from their rulers. A difference between these two revolutions is that the American revolution dealt with issues of power being tooken control of over seas and the French didn't.]]> 2016-11-03 18:22:54 UTC https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135196108 3.What was The Declarations of the Rights of Man? (make sure to include its importance and what it was inspired by) 348430 https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135196505 It was the rights to the French people. For example, Men are born free and have equal rights. These rights are important because they said what the people were allowed to do and what not to do. These rights were accepted and passed on, on August 26, 1789. They were written by the National Constituent Assembly. ]]> 2016-11-03 18:23:55 UTC https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135196505 4. What was the Estates-General and what issue called it to meet for the first time in 175 years 348430 https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135196688 The Estates-General of 1789 was met up in favor of the French estates of realm. They met up to discuss and try to come up with a solution of how to fix all the governments finisnial problems which were caused my King Louis. ]]> 2016-11-03 18:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135196688 5. What was the Reign of Terror and who was its leader? 348430 https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135196871 The Reign of Terror was a period of time during the French Revolution in which many deaths occurred due to the guillotine and the unfair ruling that was occurring. The leader of the Reign of Terror was Maximilian Robespierre. ]]> 2016-11-03 18:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135196871 6. Who was Napoleon? What he was able to accomplish during peacetime? What was his Napoleonic Code? 348430 https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135197168 He was a political and French Military  leader that took control over many of his campaigns.  The Napoleonic Code was a civil code that enacted a new legal framework for France]]> 2016-11-03 18:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135197168 7. What was the Congress of Vienna was and its effects thereafter? 348430 https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135197317 The Congress of Vienna were meetings in which their goals were to restore Europe order after the French Revolution and Napoleons rule. Balance of power was resorted thereafter. ]]> 2016-11-03 18:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135197317 8. What did the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 had their roots in? 348430 https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135197457 The belief that they'd be combined because of their similar history, culture, and land.  They were triying to bring Italy and Germany into one united nation.]]> 2016-11-03 18:26:19 UTC https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135197457 9. Explain some of Napoleon’s most lasting achievements and why they are significant 348430 https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135197612 Some of Napoleon's most lasting achievement are the four grades of school he created, his belief in separation between church and state , and the Napoleon Code. They're significant because many of them were influential on what we have today. ]]> 2016-11-03 18:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135197612 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. 348430 https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135197774 Social Contract: A political contract made during the Enlightenment made by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke: An English philosopher and physician known to be one of the most influential people of the Enlightenment thinkers. He was called the "Father of Liberalism"
Great Fear: A general panic that began at the start of the French Revoultioin
Three Estates: First: Clergy , Second: Nobility, Third: Commoners
Old Regime: A political system that was made and established in the Kingdom of French
King Louis XVI: King of France through the years of 1744 to 1793 after he was executed on the guillotine 
Natural Rights: The rights in which everyone is born with; life, liberty, and property
Tennis Court Oath: A pledge that was made by the members of the National Assembly ]]> 2016-11-03 18:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/348430/gscp4z195bpm/wish/135197774