1. In what ways did the legal division of society under the Old Regime fail to reflect the actual political and social conditions of France?  What observations may be made about the existing property system?

2. Describe the changes taking place in both the nobility and bourgeoisie prior to the Revolution.  How did these changes contribute to the Revolution?

3. Assess the machinery of government established by the Constitution of 1791.

4. Describe the legislation introduced by the Consistent Assembly with respect to (a) public finances (b) church lands, (c) guilds and labor organizations.

5. What were the reactions of various European governments to the revolutionary events in France

6. Why may the insurrection of August 10, 1792, be called the “second” French Revolution

7. How do you explain Napoleon's rise to power? What role did luck, public relations, and conspiracy play in his ascendancy?

8. Explain the origins, purpose and nature of Napoleon’s Continental System.  What effect did Napoleon’s setbacks in Spain have of other countries in Europe?

9. Analyze Napoleon's domestic policies. Did he repudiate the Revolution, or did he solidify and institutionalize it?

10. What appeal did the Napoleonic system have in Europe?  To what extent was repression employed?

11. Describe the principal territorial arrangements adopted at the Congress of Vienna.  What attitudes were taken toward the peace settlement by (a) Prussia, (b) Russia, (c) Great Britain, (d) Austria?  How was the dispute over Poland settled?

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French Revolution
Bastille natural rights the marquis de Lafayette First and Second Estates the taille Third Estate the bourgeoisie French Parlements Abbe Sieyes the National Assembly Oath of the Tennis Court  Great fear of 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen	the Tennis Court Oath Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen Olympe de Gouges Civil Constitution of the Clergy the Jacobins escape to Varennes Declaration of Pillnitz Paris Commune émigrés Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man	Georges Danton National Convention Girondins and the Mountain the Vendee Committee of Public Safety Maximilien Robespierre Reign of Terror Thermidorean Reaction Directory Gracchus Babeuf Leopold II Francis II Brunswick Manifesto "September massacres" "active"/"passive" citizens nonjuring clergy