Revolution brings Reform and Terror (Blog #17)

With the great fear sweeping through France and the Revolution fully at hand many people were eventually put to death because of their opposition.

Your assignment:

1.) Identify who Maximilien Robespierre is.
2.) Summarize the quotation from Robespierre on page 660.
3.) What does the large number of executions among the urban poor and middle class suggest about support for the revolution?

Due: Sunday 12/19/10 by no later than 11:59pm

National Assembly and the Bastille (Blog #16)

Throughout history economic and social inequalities have at times led people to revolt against their governments.


Your Assignment:

1)Describe the creation of the National Assembly and the storming of the Bastille.


Due: Sunday 12/12/10 by no later than 11:59pm

The French Revolution (Blog #15)

The causes of the French Revolution surround two main areas of interest. Those two areas include social and economic inequalities in the Old Regime.

Your Assignment:

1). Name the three social classes present in France during the late 18th and early 19th century.
2). Explain what groups of people made up each of these classes.
3). State reasons why the classes, and the discord among some, helped lead to the French Revolution.

Due: By Sunday 12/5/10 no later than 11:59p.m.