Y12 History What do you know about the French Revolution and Napoleon 5 facts

Key players Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte King Louis XVI Queen Marie Antoinette

Watch video –make a note of key events and people French Revolution Watch video –make a note of key events and people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQKziid5ubE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emhk-O0ufWE https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=205&v=rstkm15cUFY

Course outline The Causes of the French Revolution 1774-1789 (Interpretation) The Revolution from October 1789-to the Directory, 1795 Napoleon Bonaparte 1795-1807 Decline and fall of Napoleon 1807-15

Assessment and exams 1 and half hr exam 1 essay 50 mins –worth 30 marks Choose 1 from 2 questions e.g Assess the importance of financial factors in bringing about revolution in France in 1789? I interpretation question 40 mins worth 20 marks (no choice) “Had the enlightenment put forward a real programme of political change? Probably not, but there is no denying that the Enlightenment encouraged probing criticism and led to calls for reform” -Francis Ford –Europe 1780-1830 Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of this interpretation, making reference to other interpretations that you have studied

Research the following areas: Ancien Regime French Society before the Revolution (The Three Estates) The Causes of the French Revolution - Political - Financial - Economic - Social - Ideological -Enlightenment 1789-The Meeting of the Estates General The Great Fear The Storming of the Bastille The Declaration of the Rights of Man 1793-The Terror- led by Maximilien Robespierre 1799- Napoleon takes over Investigate these key factors What happened during these events? What role did the key figures contribute to these events?

Holiday task 1)Create a time line of most important events of the French Revolution and the rule of Napoleaon1774-1815 2)Write a biography of 2 of main participants in the Early years of the Revolution Louis XVI Marie Antoinette Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot Jacques Necker Charles de Calonne The Philosophes –Diderot, Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau, John Locke Robespierre Napoleon