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Modern World Civilization Handout Nine Topic: The Fall of the Monarchy OUTLINE IX. The Fall of the Monarchy. A. The Bastille. B. The National Assembly Phase of the Revolution. C. The Fall of the Monarchy. D. The Birth of the First Republic. E. The Reign of Terror. F. The Thermidorian Reaction. G. The Women of the French Revolution. H. The Revolution in the Third World: The Case of Haiti. QUESTIONS 1. What role did the National Assembly play in destroying the Old Regime in France? What contributions did the Assembly make for the future of France? 2. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy contributed to a wave of anti republicanism among the rural French. How did the constitution alter the relationship of church and state in France at that time? 3. How did the Terror transform the course of the Revolution? What instruments did the Jacobins use in order to impose their will on France? 4. The Thermidorians wanted to put a brake on the radicalism of the Jacobins. How did they alter the course of the Revolution? 5. What role did women play in the French Revolution? 6. What factors in Haiti contributed to the outbreak of a revolution on the island? What role did the Revolution play in the process? Explain. 7. It is generally assumed that the philosophes contributed to the coming of the French Revolution. How did those writers, who were unable to make their mark in society, help cause the revolutionary upheaval that swept France? What the social message of the authors of pornography during the late-Enlightenment? 8. Mao Zedong once said in 1927 that “a revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A Revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.” What does Mao mean? How does this apply to the Great French Revolution of 1789? Do those factors apply to other world revolutions? Explain. TERMS Assignats Le Chapelier Law October Days September Massacres Robespierre Directory Committee of Public Safety Petit Blancs Grand Blancs Toussaint-L’Ouventure Revolutionary Tribunal Charlotte Corday Maximum Sans Culottes Committee of General Security Brunswick Manifesto |
