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Western Civilization II
1648 to the Present
Unit 3: The French Revolution; The Industrial Revolution
Updated October, 2006

Freeuniv home The French Revolution and Napoleonic Europe (10-13%)

Revolution of 1789
Revolution and Europe
Terror
Constitutional Republic
Consulate
French Empire
Continental system
Overthrow of Napoleon
The Congress of Vienna

The Industrial Revolution (7-9%)

Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Impact of industrialization on the working and middle classes
The advent of the "isms"
British Reform Movement
Video
From: The Western Tradition
The Death of the Old Regime
In France the old order collapsed under revolutionaries' attacks and the monarchy's own weakness. (Broadband Video on Demand) 

The French Revolution
Liberty, equality, and fraternity skidded into a reign of Terror. (Broadband Video on Demand) 

The Industrial Revolution
Technology and mass production reduced famine and ushered in higher standards of living. (Broadband Video on Demand) 

The Industrial World
A consumer revolution was fueled by coal, public transportation, and new city services. (Broadband Video on Demand) 

From: Art of the Western World
A Fresh View - Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Part I: Courbet and his followers rejected the standard academic themes and techniques, Manet shocked Paris, and Impressionists represented the world bathed in color and changing light. Part II: Post-Impressionists Seurat, Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cézanne broke new ground with daring and imaginative use of color and approaches to form. (Broadband Video on Demand) 

Text

The French Revolution (1789-1799) (Sparknotes)
Napoleonic Europe (1799-1815) (Sparknotes)

Chapter 3 The Era of Revolutions, War and Dictatorship (1708 - 1835) (Pink Monkey)

      3.0 Introduction
      3.1 The Seven Years’ War
      3.2 Catherine, the Great
      3.3 The Industrial Revolution
      3.4 The French Revolution
      3.5 France as a Republic (1795-1799)
      3.6 Napoleon Bonaparte
      3.7 Points to Remember

Lectures

From The History Guide by Steven Kreis:
Lectures on Modern European Intellectual History

Lecture 11: The Origins of the French Revolution
Lecture 12: The French Revolution: The Moderate Stage, 1789-1792
Lecture 13: The French Revolution: The Radical Stage, 1792-1794
Lecture 14: The Language of Politics: England and the French Revolution
Lecture 15: Europe and the Superior Being: Napoleon
Lecture 16: The Romantic Critique of the Enlightenment
Lecture 17: The French Revolution and the Socialist Tradition: Early French Communists (1)
Lecture 18: The French Revolution and the Socialist Tradition: English Democratic Socialists (2)

Quiz

Take the Sparknotes quiz associated with each unit.
Questions (Pink Monkey)

Library

309.14 BARN Nationalism, Industrialization, and Democracy 1815-1914

Bibliography (Pink Monkey)

Resources

Reading About the World, Vol. 2 (Brians)


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