Chapter19keytermsandessays

**A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon** Key Terms and Essays Western Civilization—Jackson Spielvogel text Identify and explain the historical significance of each of the following. (In other words, describe what it is or who it is and explain **why** it matters.)
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 * //__Key Terms__//**

The Treaty of Paris (1783) The United States Constitution The Bill of Rights George Washington marquis de Lafayette
 * //The Beginnings of the Revolutionary Era: The American Revolution//**

the First Estate the Second Estate the Third Estate bourgeoisie (outline the causes of the French Revolution)
 * //Background to the French Revolution//**

the Estates-General the National Assembly //cahiers de doleances// the Tennis Court Oath Louis XVI the Bastille agrarian revolts the Great Fear Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen the March on Versailles the Civil Constitution of the Clergy the Constitution of 1791 Jacobins sans-culottes the National Convention The Girondins the Mountain the Committee of Public Safety Maximilien Robespierre the Reign of Terror de-Christianization Toussaint L’Ouverture the Directory
 * //The French Revolution//**

Napoleon Bonaparte the Concordat (1801) the Code Napoleon (Civil Code) prefects the Third Coalition the Continental System nationalism the Great Retreat Waterloo
 * //The Age of Napoleon//**

You will write a response to ONE of the following Short Answer Questions (SAQ) in class:
 * //__Essays:__//**

1) Explain two causes for the French Revolution and argue why one of those causes was more significant that the other.

2) Explain two ways that Napoleon’s policies repudiated the accomplishments of the French Revolution and one way that it strengthened them?

Remember, these are two be done in 3 parts and your responses shouldn't be longer than a page.