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The French Revolution Viewing Guide

As we watch the History Channel’s The French Revolution, answer the following questions. Be
prepared to discuss these questions with the class.

1. Why did the French people have such negative feelings toward Marie Antoinette and
Louis XVI?

2. What do you think the majority of French people wanted to see changed as a result of
the Revolution? Why were they so upset?

3. What is the Bastille and what does it symbolize?

4. What kind of government did the National Assembly demand after the Declaration of
the Rights of Man?

5. Who is Jean Paul Marat?

6. What happened once the Women’s March got to Versailles?

7. Why did Louis XVI and his family try to flee? How did the people react to this event?

8. Why was the guillotine considered a more humane form of punishment?

9. Why did Robespierre argue that Louis XVI must die?


10.Why and how was Marat murdered?

11.What are some reasons people were killed during the Reign of Terror?

12.During the Reign of Terror, how did Robespierre go against his initial beliefs from the
beginning of the revolution?

13.How did revolutionaries replace Christianity with Revolutionary ideas?

14.What are the legacies of the French Revolution? (What ideas come out of the French
Revolution? How does it influence the future of the world?)

15. Question - how much violence is justified in achieving a better society?

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