The French Revolution

Student Task

Overview 1

Ovierview 2

TimeLine

Research Web Sites

Causes of the French Revolution

Source 1 - Intranet - http://www.thecorner.org/hist/f3/fr_revo_causes.htm

Source 2 - Brief Essay - http://www.cyberessays.com/History/108.htm

Source 3 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_the_French_Revolution

 Source 4 - Intranet Fordham University Lecture - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/lect/mod10.html

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Information on the Enlightenment

http://www.mrdowling.com/705-enlightenment.html

 The French Revolution- Good site for information

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

Brief information sites - Preliminary research tools.

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/frenchrev/

http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/default.shtml

http://www.historywiz.com/frenchrev.htm

 Modern Sourcebook-  Primary source documents on the French Revolution

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html

Feudalism and Unfair Taxation

Key People & Terms

France’s Financial Crisis: 1783–1788

The Estates-General: 1789

Escalating Violence: 1791–1792

The Reign of Terror 1792–1795

Napoleon Bonaparte -

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