Warmup 3/2 Do you feel like the French Revolution was successful? What did the revolutionaries want? How much did they actually get?
Age of Revolution: 1789-1848 The French Revolution inspired dozens of Revolutions over the next half century. These almost all occurred in Europe and Latin America.
The European Revolutions Next week we will look at the American Revolutions Today we will focus on the revolutions of Europe.
The European Revolutions Most of these revolutions wanted: Democracy Constitutions Equal laws Unification of all people who spoke same language Reduction in poverty
ASSIGNMENT: Age of Revolutions You are going to research and teach your fellow students about a revolution. You can work with partner or on your own.
ASSIGNMENT: Age of Revolutions You will choose one of these Irish Rebellion (1798) Belgian Revolution (1830) Swiss Ustertag (1830) Hungarian Revolution (1848) Young Irelander Rebellion (1848) Serbian Revolution (1804-1835 Polish November Uprising (1830) Krakow Uprising (1846) French Revolution of 1848 Greater Poland Uprising (1848) Greek War of Independence (1821-1832) French July Revolution (1830) Wallachian Revolution (1848) German Revolutions of 1848-49 Moldavian Revolution (1848) Portugese Civil War (1828-38) Italian Revolution of 1830 Italian Revolutions (1848) Hapsburg Revolutions (1848) Polish January Uprising (1864)
ASSIGNMENT: Age of Revolutions Research questions: What were these people fighting for? What caused the Revolution? What actually happened? How successful was the Revolution in getting what it wanted? Explain your answer
ASSIGNMENT: Age of Revolutions pt 2 Make this chart: Revolution Name (date) What did it want? What happened? How successful was it? 1 2 3 4 5 6
ASSIGNMENT: Age of Revolutions pt 2 Example: Revolution Name (date) What did it want? What happened? How successful was it? French Revolution (1789-1799) Democracy Equality Fair laws Constitution Tax reform Government overthrown. Country ruled by revolution for 10 years. Eventually replaced by dictator Mixed. Tax reform occurs and fair laws put into place. No democracy after 1799 2 3 4 5 6
ASSIGNMENT: Age of Revolutions pt 2 Find 6 other people to exchange information with. It should take you about 3 minutes per group.