10 Things to know about the French Revolution by Juan Ticas https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4 Study Guide en-us 2016-11-03 16:14:02 UTC 2016-11-04 16:09:21 UTC hello@padlet.com 348720 https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135142365 2016-11-03 16:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135142365 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) 348720 https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135142394 The financial strain of servicing old debt and the excesses of the current royal court caused dissatisfaction with the monarchy, contributed to national unrest, and culminated in the French Revolution of 1789.]]> 2016-11-03 16:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135142394 2. How were the American Revolution and the French Revolution they same? How they were different? 348720 https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135142534 For being similar they are the consequences of the "Lumières" (Enlightenment), with some ideals of constitution, liberty, self government, etc. But, there are also very different, the American Revolution is more a revolt (against taxes) which became a war (it is a war of independence more than a revolution), ]]> 2016-11-03 16:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135142534 3. What was The Declarations of the Rights of Man? (make sure to include its importance and what it was inspired by) 348720 https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135142622 The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights. The Declaration was directly influenced by Thomas Jefferson, working with General Lafayette, who introduced it. ]]> 2016-11-03 16:15:58 UTC https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135142622 4. What was the Estates-General and what issue called it to meet for the first time in 175 years? 348720 https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135142717 The Estates-General was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General. It was summoned by King Louis XVI to propose solutions to his government's problems. ]]> 2016-11-03 16:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135142717 5. What was the Reign of Terror and who was its leader? 348720 https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135142907 The Reign of Terror was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution. The Reign of Terror during the French Revolution was led by Jacobin Leader Maximilen de Robespierre.  ]]> 2016-11-03 16:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135142907 6. Who was Napoleon? What he was able to accomplish during peacetime? What was his Napoleonic Code? 348720 https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135143027 Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century.  He established a national bank in France, converted France to the metric system, built new roads, reformed the army, attempted to rebuild the navy, brought France out of bankruptcy, codified a new legal system, incorporated Frances new territories and worked to legitimatize his reign.The civil code gave post-revolutionary France its first coherent set of laws concerning property, colonial affairs, the family, and individual rights. ]]> 2016-11-03 16:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135143027 7. What was the Congress of Vienna was and its effects thereafter? 348720 https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135290407 The Congress of Vienna was convened in 1815 by the four European powers which had defeated Napoleon. The first goal was to establish a new balance of power in Europe which would prevent imperialism within Europe, such as the Napoleonic empire, and maintain the peace between the great powers.]]> 2016-11-04 06:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135290407 8. What did the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 had their roots in? 348720 https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135290411 A couple of controversial decisions triggered the cause of the French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution. After suffering from defeat in 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated the throne of France. This led to the restoration of Louis XVIII to power as decided by the Congress of Vienna. After the revolution of 1830, Louis Philippe took over the throne in place of Charles X. Louis Philippe sat at the head of a moderately liberal state controlled mainly by educated elites.]]> 2016-11-04 06:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135290411 9. Explain some of Napoleon’s most lasting achievements and why they are significant. 348720 https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135290416 The Code Napoléon: When Napoleon became the leader of France, one of his top priorities was to reorganize the entire legal structure. By the time he was done, France had a unified, progressive legal system, which Napoleon then gave to other parts of his empire. Today, the Code Napoléon is the basis of law in France and a number of other countries, as well as in the state of Louisiana!]]> 2016-11-04 06:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135290416 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. 348720 https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135290420 Social Contract: an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection. 
John Locke: A seventeenth-century English philosopher. Locke argued against the belief that human beings are born with certain ideas already in their minds. 
Great Fear:  a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumors of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate.
Three estates: Refer to the three divisions of European society in the Middle Ages: the nobles (first estate), the clergy (second estate), and the commoners (third estate).]]> 2016-11-04 06:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135290420 10. Continued. 348720 https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135291076 Old Regime: Was the monarchic, aristocratic, social and political system established in the Kingdom of France from approximately the 15th century until the latter part of the 18th century.
King Louis XVI: In 1789 he summoned the Estates-General to undertake fiscal reforms, an event that eventually led to the French Revolution. Louis was convicted of treason by the revolutionary government and executed in 1793.
Natural Rights: Rights that people supposedly have under natural law.
Tennis Court Oath: On 20 June 1789, the members of the French Estates-General for the Third Estate, who had begun to call themselves the National Assembly, took the Tennis Court Oath vowing "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established. ]]> 2016-11-04 07:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/348720/xpse90j8ceb4/wish/135291076