Bree-Anna+Brown+Q3

Feb. 3. 2011

Adam Smith

(1) || Below Average (2) || Average (3) || Above Average (4) || Outstanding (5) ||
 * || Poor
 * Charisma ||  ||   || ✓ ||   ||   ||
 * Intelligence ||  ||   ||   ||   || ✓ ||
 * Determination ||  ||   ||   ||   || ✓ ||
 * Ability to Problem-Solve ||  ||   || ✓ ||   ||   ||
 * Decision-Making Ability ||  ||   ||   || ✓ ||   ||
 * Describe the person's leadership style ||  ||   ||   || ✓ ||   ||
 * Significance to others ||  ||   || ✓ ||   ||   ||
 * Evidence of Achievements ||  ||   ||   ||   || ✓ ||
 * Relevance to Contemporary History ||  ||   ||   ||   || ✓ ||
 * Overall Impact on History ||  ||   ||   || Score: || 45 ||
 * Overall Impact on History ||  ||   ||   || Score: || 45 ||

Comments (write a paragraph):

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Revolt vs Revolution > || || || || > || || Please complete the following evaluation of the Great Person visiting the classroom today: > > 1) Report Card for Great Individuals > > || || Poor > (1) || Below Average > (2) || Average > (3) || Above Average > (4) || Outstanding > (5) || > || Charisma || || || || x || || > || Intelligence || || || || || x || > || Determination || || || || x || || > || Ability to Problem-Solve || || || x || || || > || Decision-Making Ability || || || x || || || > || Describe the person's leadership style || || || || x || || > || Significance to others || || || || x || || > || Evidence of Achievements || || || || x || || > || Relevance to Contemporary History || || || x || || || > || || || || || || || > || Overall Impact on History || || || || Score:34 || || > > Comments (write a paragraph): > > _
 * What is the difference between a "revolt" and a "revolution"?
 * Revolt
 * Takes place once or twice
 * One or two people stand up against the government
 * basically a protest,peaceful or violent.Generally,is violent
 * Revolution
 * The complete overthrow of a government
 * A series of revolts
 * A total change in the government system
 * usually very violent
 * Describe the social structure of the old regime
 * The social structure in France before the Revolution was divided into 3 classes or Estates
 * Church and Clergy
 * Nobility
 * Everyone else including the educated bourgeoisie class all the way down to the peasants.
 * Outline why France faced economic troubles faced in 1789
 * Participation in numerous wars led to an increase in debt. The frivolus spending of the French Monarchy. During the Summer of 1789 they experience problems with the harvest of wheat.
 * Explain why Louis XVI called the Estates General.
 * Louis XVI called them together to try figure out how they were going to solve the famine in France
 * Summarize why a Paris crowd stormed the Bastille
 * On July 14, a crowd of people stormed the Bastille because they were tired of being ignored by the King. The Bastille was a political prison that stored grain, armor and important political prisoners. Rumors of military occupation of Paris as well as the possibility of the King's riddance of the 3rd estate

What three(3) factors led to the start of the french revolution?
 * Financial Problems
 * Social Inequalities
 * Enlightenment Ideas cause people to question society

" Man is born free and everywhere is in chains" - Meaning that a man is born with all his rights and what he pleases to do but in some way there are things and stuff you cant do or say. Because it can be used against you in some way.And this relates back to the french revolution because during the " Radical Days" with how the people had to be careful of what said and did because they would be put on the guillotine

__**Primary Source Analysis**__ Pg 222 1. Article 6 states that all men are equal in the eyes of the law. Its significant because the old regime did not guarantee equal rights before the law. 2. The two documents use enlightment ideas. They both have the central idea that men deserve equal rights.

__**Activities**__ >> **Rise to Power** >> - Born in Corsica >> - Minor nobles >> - Trained in France for military >> - Favored Jacobins >> - Successful military career from 1793-1799 >> >> **Rise of political career** >> - Helped overthrow the weak Directory >> - Replaced it with the Consulate >> - New Constitution >> - Took title of First Consul >> - 1802: Consul for life >> - 1804: Crowned himself emperor >> - Plebiscite >> >> **Domestic policy** >> - Strengthened the central government >> - Controlled prices, encouraged new industry and built roads and canals >> - Public school under government control >> - Concordat of 1801: kept church under state control but allowed religious freedom for Catholic >> - Emigres to return >> - Peasants kept lands bought during revolution >> - Jobs "open to all talent" >> - Napoleonic Code: Equality, religious toleration and meritocracy >> - Women lost right of citizenship >> >> **Foreign policy** >> - Annexed Netherlands, Belgium, parts of Italy and Germany >> - Confederation of the Rhine (abolished Holy Roman Empire) >> - Grand Duchy of Warsaw >> - Forced diplomacy >> - Nationalism in France >> >> **Britain holds out!** >> - 1805: Battle of Trafalgar, British Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated French fleet >> - Continental System: Closed European ports to British goods >> - British responded with a naval blockade (led to war with the USA in 1812)
 * 1) What were some of Jacques Neckers Finicial reccomendations to Louis XVI?
 * some of J.N financial recommendations to louuis reduce extravagent spending, abolish unnecessary positions and higher taxes on companies and aslo differnet systems of taxation
 * 1) Why was the committee of public safety created?
 * The committee of public was created during 1793 to defend france against its enemies the committee was put it in place
 * 1) Why did Napoleon rise to power so quickly?
 * Napoleon rose to power quickly because as chaos threatened politicians turned to him as he was a hero in World War |
 * 1) What reforms did Napoleon introduce as leaders of france?
 * The reforms which Napoleon introduced as a leader of france was the civil code where he reformed laws and applied them to all citizens; he revived the french army by bringing it back to its former glory which allowed them to expand there boarders,he improved education by putting up institutions in university for example University of france.
 * 1) if you were a french voter in 1803, how would you have voted on plebiscite to make Napoleon emperor. Explain?
 * i think would vote Yes.
 * 1) How did Napoleon come to dominate most of Europe by 1812
 * Napoleon came to dominate most of europe by successful battling the combined forces of the greatest european powers he took great risks and suffered huge losses.
 * 1) What challenges threatened Napoleons empire and what lead to disaster in russia?
 * Nationalism becomes napoleon's greatest enemies . In russia Napoleon experiences his greater defeat in Moscow
 * 1) How did he impact Europe and the rest of the world?
 * - Napoleon redrew the map of Europe and he wrote the Napoleonic Code which is still used in France, Italy, and Spain
 * 1) In what ways was the decleration of the rights of man ad the citizen similar to the decleration of independece? In what ways it differet