French+Revolution

- He didn't pay attention to his people. While the food supply was low, he held parties and ate more then one person needed. Problems were growing, but still continued to live as a king.
 * //1. This program opens with a discussion of Louis XVI’s inexperience as leader. How do you think Louis XVI’s qualities as a leader led to the French Revolution?//**

- Food supply, mainly bread, and disagreements with the Monarchy.
 * //2. What were some of the causes of the French Revolution discussed in this program?//**

- The Enlightenment was a period of free thinking for the countries of Europe. The two most influential writers and thinkers of this time were Isaac Newton and John Locke primarily because of their introduction of the ideas of the natural rights of men.
 * //3. What was the “Enlightenment”? Who were some of its major thinkers and writers?//**

- Marie Antoinette was known notoriously for spending a limitless amount of money on things she did not need. She was a very materialistic person and was ignorant to the demands and needs of her country's people.
 * //4. Why did the French people have such negative feelings toward Marie Antoinette?//**

- It was a list of the rights that were the soul possession of a French Individual, these rights could not be taken by the government. This has its effects on the U.S. Constitution being that the constitution states rights such as freedom of speech and the right of assembly.
 * //5. What was the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen”? How does it relate to the U.S. Constitution?//**

- The third estate was one of the three estates or ranks of France. The Estates separated clergymen from noblemen, and noblemen from peasants. All those who were in the Third Estate had not qualified to be part of the First or the Second Estate. Therefore the members of the Third Estate were lawyers, housewives, and teachers, essentially, peasants.
 * //6. What was the Third Estate? Which groups in French society did it include?//**

- The French Revolution triggered the inspiration of revolutions all over the world. Therefore, it makes sense that the French Revolution had a great impact on the present world making it "the crossroads of the modern world"
 * //7. One of the historians interviewed in this program calls the French Revolution “the crossroads of the modern world.” What do you think this means? Do you agree with this claim?'//**


 * 8. At first, it seemed that King Louis XVI would cooperate with some of the demands of the Third Estate. Why do you think he ultimately reacted so violently against them?**

- Robespierre was the link between the people of the Revolution and people in higher positions of the government. He did a good job of representing the people and found ways to bring it to the attention of higher authority. Robespierre, although an effective leader in the Revolution, caused too much bloodshed, ordering many lives to be lost to the guil lo tine.
 * //9. What kind of leader was Robespierre? Do you think he did a good job of representing the wishes of the French people?//**

- Women were very influential in the Revolution, a group of women did one of the most influential things, marching to Versailles and dragging the French royal family out of the palace, then jailing them in Paris. They also would have made the food, the little that was there, and cared for the injured and sick whose wounds were caused by the Revolution itself.
 * //10. What was the role of women in the French Revolution? Can you think of some examples of their contribution to the Revolution from this program//**?

- They went to extremes with consequences and arrest.
 * //11. Why do you think the initial goals of the Revolution became so distorted during the “Reign of Terror”? Why do you think Robespierre had so much fear of political traitors?//**

- Long term effects;of course, France's present government, the freedom of several other countries whose revolts were inspired by the French. The legacies of the French Revolution ere that of Robespierre, Marat, and even King Louis and Marie Antoinette.
 * //12. What do you think were the most important long-term effects of the French Revolution? What were its legacies?

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1. VERSAILLES 2. AUSTRIA 3. FRANCE 4.SEVEN YEARS WAR 5. 1779 6. MAXAMILLIAN ROBESPIERRE 7. PEASANTS 8. THE ENLIGHTENMENT 9. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 10. THE BASTIL 11. 1789 12. DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MEN 13. VERENNES 14. BEHEADING JACQUEBINES 15. THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY 16. TERROR 17.1794 18. DEMOCRACY 19. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE //**