Nov. 11/14: The French Revolution

"So you say you want a revolution..." 

For the first part of today's class, we will take a look at what a revolution really is (how is this different from a war?), what causes revolutions, some examples of revolutions and how we go about studying the causes, processes and consequences of revolutions (and maybe why they are worth studying)... after that... we'll take a look at the French Revolution.
Helpful Resource Links for Today's Class:

• Intro to Revolutions Presentation (Google Slides)
• French Revolution Presentation (Google Slides)
• Model of a Revolution - French Revolution: Student Template (1 member of your group makes a copy)

HW: Read "European Revolutions"; Due 11/15 (A Blocks); 11/16 (B Blocks)

Read through the below textbook pages (you can also use additional resources) to help you answer the following questions:

1. ​What was the most common political causes for revolutions in Europe?  ... economic causes?  ...  social causes?
2. Did all of the revolutions result in positive outcomes (consequences)? What were some of the positive changes? What were some of the negative changes?

Resources to answer these questions:

• Chapter 24 "Europe Faces Revolutions", pages 687-691 and 706-711
• Chapter 30 "Revolutions in Russia", pages 867- 879