4.3 The French Revolution - IV

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The Time of Wigs and Revolutions

4.3 The French Revolution - part 3

What you will learn in 

this lesson

• how the French Revolution began.
  
• what political changes took place during the French Revolution.
  
• which national changes took place under Napoleon.
  
• In this paragraph you will learn how a large part of Europe came under French rule.
  

In which year does the French Revolution start?

Who is who?

Drag the names to the correct portrait

Robespierre

Lodewijk XVI

Important dates for in your timeline:

1792: Feb:      War with Austria and Prussia ( who wanted to restore the absolute                                      monarchy in France)

          Sept:      end of the monarchy

                        reign of Terror - Robespierre

1793:  Jan 21  Louis XVI executed

1794:               Robespierre is beheaded

The French revolution - a timeline

Create a timeline with only events

I. the reign of Louis XVI

II. the reign of the National Assembly

III. the reign of Robespierre

IV. The reign of Napoleon

- In what way was he an enlightened ruler? And in what way not?

Who ended the French Revolution with his coup d'etat? ( 1 word)

A new leader

Napoleon Bonaparte  was a general who returned to France in 1798 after a military conflict between France and European countries that did not agree with the French Revolution. 

The people of France saw General Napoleon as a hero. 

French revolutionary soldiers in a battle at the First Coalition War. Painting by Horace Vernet (1792).

insert: a young officer named Napoleon Bonaparte

Was napoleon enlighted or not?

Was Napoleon enlighted or not?

not so enlightened measures

enlightened measures

Napoleon crowned himself emporer

Napoleon ended the French Republic

Napoleon introduced a large number of civil laws

Napoleon wanted a separation of church and state

Important dates for in your timeline:

1799:               Napoleon Bonaparte takes the power with a coup d 'etat

1805-1812:      Napoleon conquers large areas in Europe

1812:               Napoleon is defeated in Russia ( and after that in Leipzig)

1815:               Napoleon loses the battle at Waterloo

What is the correct chronological order of the following events?

1 Napoleon commits a coup d'état
2 France gets a constitution and becomes a republic
3 the storming of the Bastille
4 Louis XVI convenes the States General for extra money

1. 4-3-2-1
2. 1-2-3-4
3. 4-3-1-2
4. 3-4-2-1

The French revolution - a timeline

Finish your timeline

or

Continue working on the assignments of 4.3

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Wie was Napoleon? Klik hier.

Slag bij Waterloo. Klik hier.

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