Part One-French Revolution

Question 1

Who are the key people?

Answer 1

Robespierre

Question 2

What are the events?

Answer 2

• November of 1793

- Reign of terror

Question 3

What are the concepts?

Answer 3

• threatened and murdered a mass number of innocent people by sending them to their fate in the guillotine
• motivation is to have the country follow him in fear of the consequences if they don’t

Question 4

What is the perspective?

Answer 4

• It is wrong to gain people’s support through fear because it doesn’t accomplish anything
• Robespierre wants to help the people but he won’t listen to us
• If he is for the people then why is he killing those who have a separate opinion?

Question 5

What is the significance?

Answer 5

• base idea to majority of later revolutions in history
• drove the Austrian revolution in 1848
• large influence for later events caused it to have a large impact on history and for the future
• allows us to see how history has evolved and how we have learned from our mistakes
• there are consequences when you abuse your power
• reflection on personal world view because we get to decide our opinion

Question 6

What are the causes and consequences?

Answer 6

• poor leadership and unfair treatment for the lower class
• King Louis XVI hogged food and didn’t worry about starving country and Marie Antoinette over spent countries money
• caused people to revolt and lead to mass killing of the French population

Question 7

What is the ethical dimension?

Answer 7

• Robespierre’s idea was very wrong because it lead to a major decrease in population
• feeling of fear laid over the country
• wrong to attempt gaining power by fear and death
• people such as journal writer would have same thoughts and positions because she was in a bad position
• Robespierre would think of it as social norm to do anything for power