Unit 6: Age of Revolutions

Chapters 18 & 20

The glorious ideas of the Enlightenment spread across Europe like a plague infecting country after country theatening to strike down every monarch it comes in contact with beginning with Lious XVI of France. France will undergo drastic changes and some dangerous and difficult times taking many lives along the way, leaving in its wake a very different society and government than it found. The world will never be the same and within a hundred years it will be embroiled in a series of wars.

Study Tools

Online Textbook Resources

These pages contain links to online content for studenty practice. It includes worksheets, section summaries, note taking guides, self-tests and self-quizzes.

Chapter Resources

• Chapter 18 Resources: The French Revolution and Napoleon (1789–1815)
  
• Chapter 20 Resources: Revolutions in Europe and Latin America (1790–1848)
  

Self-Tests

• Chapter 18, Section 1: On the Eve of Revolution
  
• Chapter 18, Section 2: The French Revolution Unfolds
  
• Chapter 18, Section 3: Radical Days of the Revolution
  
• Chapter 18, Section 4: The Age of Napoleon
  
• Chapter 18: The French Revolution and Napoleon
  
• Chapter 20, Section 1: An Age of Ideologies
  
• Chapter 20, Section 2: Revolutions of 1830 and 1848
  
• Chapter 20, Section 3: Revolts in Latin America
  
• Chapter 20: Revolutions in Europe and Latin America
  

Geography Interactive

• Napoleon's Power in Europe, 1812 (Section 18.4, p. 595)
• Europe After the Congress of Vienna, 1815 (Section 18.4, p. 599)
• Latin American Independence (Section 20.3, p. 649)

History Interactive

• The Reign of Terror (Section 18.3, p. 588-589)
• The French Revolution and Napoleon (1789–1815) Interactive Timeline (Chapter 18, p. 602-603)
• Revolutions in Europe and Latin America (1790–1848) Interactive Timeline (Chapter 20, p. 652-653)

Vocabulary

Quizlet

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• Unit 6 Vocabulary Quiz on Quizlet

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PowerPoint Presentations

The Reolution Begins

Setting the stage for the French revolution looking at social and economic conditions of France in the eve of the revolution.

Radicalism in France

The French Revolution becomes violent and turns against itself. Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety are anything but.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon not only impacted the history of France but created the situation that contribute to World War I.

"When France Sneezes..."

After the French Revolution, a series of revolutions will grip Europe threatening the status quo.

Latin American Wars for Independence

Events in Europe made the time right for Revolution to spread to Latin America.

Videos!

Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration

Creative music video based on the song "Apologize" by One Republic. Here the founders are telling the King that it is too late to apologize for all that he had done to the colonies. It is time to declare independence.

Crash Course World History #29: "The French Revolution"

Cleverly made videos that summarize key historical information using fun graphics and witty descriptions. The American Revolution intiated big changes around the world, not so much on its own, but the spread of Enlightenment ideas around the world.

Crash Course World History #30: "Haitian Revolutions"

Cleverly made videos that summarize key historical information using fun graphics and witty descriptions. This video explores sea trade of the 1400s, not only from Europe, but from Asia, too!

Crash Course World History #31: "Latin American Revolutions"

Cleverly made videos that summarize key historical information using fun graphics and witty descriptions. This video explores the Atlantic Slave Trade, or the Middle Passage. John Greene respectfully keeps the amount of jokes to a minimum.

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