Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Chapter 22 Part II

Why did other countries in continental Europe lag behind England in industrialization?

Once they did industrialize, how did the governments of certain continental European countries aid industrialization (give examples)?

Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg9jdHE5GbA&feature=youtu.be

Chapter 22 Part III

Questions:

There is some historical debate about whether living standards improved or declined for the working class during the Industrial Revolution.  Present evidence for each.

What were some of the earliest reform efforts during the Industrial Revolution?  Were they successful?

How did the Industrial Revolution contribute to a great sexual division of labor?

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=333NJwfAX9k&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwZpN3_vACw&feature=youtu.be

Friday, December 19, 2014

Chapter 22 Part I

Questions:

Why was England the pioneer of the Industrial Revolution?  What sort of advantages did it have over other countries?

What prompted the shift to factories from the cottage industry?

Why did the factories initially experience problems with fueling/energy, and how specifically did steam power solve this?

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUHqPRgF_H0&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIxql0G86yQ&feature=youtu.be

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Chapter 21 Part VI

Terms:

War of Third Coalition/Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Austerlitz
Treaty of Tilsit
Confederation of the Rhine
Continental System
Peninsular War
Russian Campaign
War of the Fourth Coalition/Battle of Leipzig
"First" vs. "Second" Treaty of Paris
Congress of Vienna
German Confederation
Hundred Days/Waterloo

Questions:

Why does Napoleon institute the Continental System on England after its victory in the War of the Third Coalition?

What was Napoleon's motivation for the Russian campaign, and how might it have impacted the War of the Fourth Coalition?

(You did not read about the Congress of Vienna, but we will talk about it in class):  How do you think the leaders of Prussia, Russia, Austria, and Britain will want to treat France and reestablish peace in Europe following Napoleon's abdication?




Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbI7IOHO09s&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7s7rlDsfpA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kV2yByg-LA&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlLPp8BW1jg&feature=youtu.be

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Chapter 21 Part V

Terms:

Napoleonic Code
Concordat of 1801
War of Second Coalition (look up)

Questions:

How does the Napoleonic Code solidify some of the important achievements of the Revolution?

Why does Napoleon issue a Concordat with the church?  How might it have made more people support him?

Describe the outcome of the War of the Second Coalition.  What are Napoleon's goals?  Was he successful?

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbNCSC4i4XI&list=UU2TUxTx43GU5x_sdpaOcMtQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZnSPAzZCu0&feature=youtu.be

Chapter 21 Part IV

Terms

National Convention
The Mountain
Girondins
San-culottes
Charlotte Corday
Committee of Public Safety
Law of Maximum
Reign of Terror
Law of Suspects
Jacques Hebert
Cult of the Supreme Being
Thermodorian Reaction
The Directory
Coup d'Etat Brumaire
plebiscite

Questions

What are the new factions that emerge among the Jacobins in the National Convention? How does this show the revolution taking an even more radical turn?

Who are the sans-culottes and why are they an important influence on the National Convention?

How does the Committee of Public Safety work to bring about economic change and work to strengthen the military?

How did the Reign of Terror work to control internal opposition?

How does the Thermidorian Reaction respond to the radical and anarchistic nature of the Reign of Terror?

How did the Directory work?  To what extent was it effective?

How is the Directory overthrown?

Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMbCdzLE-w4&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT7DONniWN4&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_haq9rUoII&feature=youtu.be


Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Chapter 21, Part III

Terms:


  • Edmund Burke
  • John Locke
  • Legislative Assembly
  • Jacobins
  • Girondins
  • Declaration of Pillnitz
  • War of the First Coalition
  • Brunswick Manifesto
  • Paris Commune
  • September Massacres

Questions:

Why did Edmund Burke and John Locke have such contrasting views about the French Revolution?  What might this suggest about the overall strength of the Revolution and its connection to the Enlightenment?

Why were factions arising among the Legislative Assembly?  Briefly describe the Jacobins and the Girondins.

Why does France begin to go to war with other countries during this time?

How does war affect the French population's view of the king?

How does the Revolutionary government become even more radical during this time (consider the Paris Commune and the September Massacres)?

(Some material comes from outside of the book--you may have to look up some terms to answer them).

Videos on the Reading:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr6sOmtvpI0&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRxcQCvEuGY&feature=youtu.be