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CH 19 The Revolution in Politics

The document is a review guide for AP European History focusing on the French Revolution from 1775 to 1815, outlining key causes, phases, and outcomes of the revolution. It includes focus questions on the social, political, and economic factors, the role of various groups, and significant events and figures. Additionally, it provides a list of important terms and people relevant to the study of this historical period.

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CH 19 The Revolution in Politics

The document is a review guide for AP European History focusing on the French Revolution from 1775 to 1815, outlining key causes, phases, and outcomes of the revolution. It includes focus questions on the social, political, and economic factors, the role of various groups, and significant events and figures. Additionally, it provides a list of important terms and people relevant to the study of this historical period.

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AP Euro Review Guide Name:______________________________

Chapter 19 – The Revolution in Politics, 1775 - 1815


Focus Questions:
1. Identify the multiple causes of the French Revolution. Evaluate the relative importance of social, political,
ideological, and economic causes.
2. Describe what happened during the four phases of the French Revolution: liberal phase, radical phase,
Directory rule, and the Napoleonic era.
3. Identify what features of the “Old Regime” were swept away by the French Revolution between 1789 and
1793.
4. Explain why the French Revolution became increasingly violent between 1791-1794 and why Robespierre
and the Reign of Terror were subsequently overthrown.
5. Explain why the middle class in France was the main motor and beneficiary of the French Revolution.
6. Identify events in which the masses decisively influenced the direction of the revolution.
7. Determine what role women played in the French Revolution.
8. Explain how Napoleon came to power and describe both his domestic and his foreign policies.
9. Debate the extent to which Napoleon was an authoritarian ruler versus a child of the Enlightenment.
10. Explain the outcome of the French Revolution.

Terms and People


Louis XV (r. 1715-1774) Jacobins
estates: First Estate, Second Estate, Third Estate Girondists
bourgeoisie the Mountain
parlements / Parlement of Paris sans-culottes
Estates General Maximilien Robespierre
Louis XVI (r. 1774-1792) Georges Danton
Marie Antoinette Committee of Public Safety
National Assembly total war
Oath of the Tennis Court planned economy
storming of the Bastille Reign of Terror (1793-1794)
Great Fear guillotine
August Decrees Thermidorian Reaction (1794-1795)
Declaration of the Rights of Man Directory (1795-1799)
women’s march on Versailles Napoleon Bonaparte
Civil Constitution of the Clergy coup d’etat
Edmund Burke / Reflections of the Revolution in France Civil Code of 1804 (Napoleonic Code)
Mary Wollstonecraft / A Vindication of the Rights of Man Concordat of 1801
(1790) Woman (1792) Battle of Trafalgar
Olympe de Gouges / Declaration of the Rights of Woman Battle of Waterloo
(1791) continental system
Constitution of 1791 Hundred Days
Legislative Assembly Louis XVIII (r. 1814-1824)
September Massacres Constitutional Charter (1814)
National Convention

Note: You do not need to know the events of the American and Haitian revolutions. For the
American Revolution, just know that (a) it inspired the French and (b) it contributed to
the French debt. For the Haitian Revolution (i.e. events in Saint-Domingue), just know
(a) that the French Revolution inspired the Haitians to fight for the abolition of slavery,
political rights, and independence, (b) what rights the National Assembly and National
AP Euro Review Guide Name:______________________________
Convention granted to Haitians, and (c) that in 1804 Haiti was successful in obtaining
independence from France.

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