Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Girodet Romantic Rebel
A wonderfully detailed exhibition site, developed by the Art Institute of Chicago, devoted to this gifted French painter, whose work is often viewed in opposition to the prevailing neoclassical style of his time. With a career that...
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Just France: History of France
A detailed text-based account of the history of France from earliest times to the present. Included in the history are Gaul, Roman Empire, Franks, Charlemagne, Joan of Arc, French monarchy, French Revolution, establishment of a Republic,...
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Public Establishment of the Museum: Welcome to the Palace of Versailles
Take a fascinating tour of the Palace of Versailles and learn much about French history, art, architecture and culture from the time of the Sun King, Louis XIV, to the French Revolution. Included are beautiful photos of this...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap European: Napoleon & the Conservative Response
AP European History learning module on post French Revolution change during the time of Napolean and Conservative government.
Irelands Eye
The 1798 Rising
The story of the 1798 Rising in Ireland, led by Theobald Wolfe Tone. Inspired by the American and French revolutions, Tone was the founder of "The Society of United Irishmen". However, this uprising was largely unsuccessful.
Tom Richey
Tom Richey: Industry and Isms (1815 1850)
As the conservatives were establishing Conservativism, liberals were finding Liberalism, nationalists were creating Nationalism, and socialists were developing Socialism with their own ideas for a new order to establish on a continent...
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Louvre Museum: Selected Works
A selection of artworks displayed at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Categorized by theme, including Masterpieces, The French Revolution, Travel, Landscapes, and more. Clicking on an artwork leads to a description of the piece and a...
National Archives (UK)
Learning Curve: How Did the British React to July 1789?
Using primary source material from 1789, students can piece together the events leading to the storming of the Bastille.
Hanover College
Documents of the Revolution of 1848 in France
These primary source documents from "Readings in European History" contain texts that describe the provisional government set up in Paris, the second French Republic, and Louis Napoleon's Campaign Manifesto.
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The Haitian Revolution of 1791 1803
This is the first of four linked pages presenting a comprehensive essay on the Haitian Revolution.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Gaspard Monge
This University of St. Andrews page offers an excellent biography on Gaspard Monge, a French mathematician and diversified scientist (1746-1818.) Discusses his life and his contributions to these fields.
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Positive Atheism: Life of Thomas Paine
This site features the complete text of Thomas Clio Rickman's 1819 biography of the chief political philosopher of the American Revolutionary War.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Maximilien Robespierre
A thorough encyclopedia entry on Maximilien Robespierre. Discusses his childhood and early life, his revolutionist actions, his involvement with the Jacobins, the establishment of and information about the Committee of Public Safety, and...
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World History Matters
This is a vast collection of world history resources. Includes photographs and teaching resources.
OpenStax
Open Stax: The New American Republic
From a chapter on the New American Republic. After reading this section, students will be able to identify the major foreign and domestic uprisings of the early 1790s and explain the effect of these uprisings on the political system of...
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The Case of Martin Heidegger, Part Three
The third and final part of this excellent series on Heidegger's Nazi involvement.
The History Cat
The History Cat: History Trekker: The Trial of Marie Antoinette
In this activity, students take on the role of the Revolutionary Tribunal in the trial of Marie Antoinette. Three charges are presented and the evidence given by the prosecution and the defense. Students must weigh the evidence and...
San Jose State University
History of French Economy
Gives a short summary of the French economy including a discussion of the development of industrialization. Covers French economic history from the period of the French Revolution until present.
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Egypt's Uprising Has Characteristics of Past Revolutions
Egypt's bid for democracy is being compared to past revolutions such as the Iranian Revolution, the French Revolution, and even the American Revolution. A brief description of each revolution is provided. February, 2011
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Provided here are the principles and sources of France's Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, a basic charter of human liberty that later led to the French Revolution and the French Constitution.
Tom Richey
Tom richey.net: Washington's Foreign Policy and Farewell Address [Ppt]
Presents key ideas for examining how George Washington responded to international events such as the French Revolution and the long-term impacts it had on America's relations with other countries.
BBC
Bbc: History: Edmund Burke (1729 1797)
A one-page summary of the life and philosophy of influential eighteenth-century Anglo-Irish Parliamentarian Edmund Burke, whose theories of government led him to sympathize with the American colonists against the British crown, to...
Cornell University
Cornell University: Library: Lafayette: Citizen of Two Worlds
This extentsive collection of resources, celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette.
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