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Chapter 21: The Revolution in Politics
AP Euro ~ Mr. Nielsen
Complete the graphic organizers as you read Chapter 21. DO NOT SIMPLY HUNT FOR THE ANSWERS AS DOING SO WILL LEAVE “HOLES” IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEXT. Be sure to include details regarding the political, economic, intellectual, and social/cultural themes. Although this graphic organizer only covers some sections in the chapter, you are responsible for reading the entire chapter.
Background to Revolution pgs. 683-689
A. Legal Orders and Social Change
1. Diagram and explain the social orders or estates in France.
2. What was the traditional view of the tensions between the French nobility and the upper middle class?
3. What is the revisionist historian’s view?
4. What are the three developments revisionist historians point to?
1).
2).
3).
B. The Crisis of Political Legitimacy
1. How was absolutist rule in France challenged after the death of Louis XIV in 1715?
1).
2).
3).
2. How did the parlements challenge monarchial power?
3. How did the monarchy attempt to deal with the parlements?
C. The Impact of the American Revolution
1. Explain the consequences of the American Revolution for France.
1).
2).
3).
D. Financial Crisis Order
1. Diagram and describe France’s financial difficulties in the 1770s and 1780s.
2. What prevented the French government from solving their financial crisis?
1).
2).
3).
Revolution in Metropole and Colony, 1789-1791 pgs. 689-694
A. The Formation of the National Assembly
1. Create a timeline to show how the economic depression of the 1780s led to the start of the Revolution. Be sure to include: Assembly of Notables, Estates General, petitions for change, May meeting, creation of the National
Chapter 21: The Revolution in Politics
AP Euro ~ Mr. Nielsen
Complete the graphic organizers as you read Chapter 21. DO NOT SIMPLY HUNT FOR THE ANSWERS AS DOING SO WILL LEAVE “HOLES” IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE TEXT. Be sure to include details regarding the political, economic, intellectual, and social/cultural themes. Although this graphic organizer only covers some sections in the chapter, you are responsible for reading the entire chapter.
Background to Revolution pgs. 683-689
A. Legal Orders and Social Change
1. Diagram and explain the social orders or estates in France.
2. What was the traditional view of the tensions between the French nobility and the upper middle class?
3. What is the revisionist historian’s view?
4. What are the three developments revisionist historians point to?
1).
2).
3).
B. The Crisis of Political Legitimacy
1. How was absolutist rule in France challenged after the death of Louis XIV in 1715?
1).
2).
3).
2. How did the parlements challenge monarchial power?
3. How did the monarchy attempt to deal with the parlements?
C. The Impact of the American Revolution
1. Explain the consequences of the American Revolution for France.
1).
2).
3).
D. Financial Crisis Order
1. Diagram and describe France’s financial difficulties in the 1770s and 1780s.
2. What prevented the French government from solving their financial crisis?
1).
2).
3).
Revolution in Metropole and Colony, 1789-1791 pgs. 689-694
A. The Formation of the National Assembly
1. Create a timeline to show how the economic depression of the 1780s led to the start of the Revolution. Be sure to include: Assembly of Notables, Estates General, petitions for change, May meeting, creation of the National