EFFECTS OF THE FRENCH REV IN THE 19th CENTURY ATLANTIC WORLD
- also, I've attached the encyclopedia article for Part 5 below if you have trouble accessing the webpage.
Part I: Europe after the Congress of Vienna Directions: Click on the links to the right about the years after the Congress of Vienna to answer the questions below: Links to "Revolutionary Europe Website" and the "Revolutions of 1830 & 1848" You can also use Mr. Sallese's notes on Napoleon, his downfall and the Congress of Vienna HERE
1. From your notes, reading and memory... what were the main goals of Prince Metternich and the Congress of Vienna? 2. Identify (IN YOUR OWN WORDS) what the two major mistakes of the Congress of Vienna were? 3. How would Napoleon's policies have a profound effect on the people of Europe long after his death? 4. How did nationalism play a role in 19th century Europe? 5. What were the driving forces behind the revolutions of 1830 and 1848? 6. Why are these revolutions so important if they didn't technically "succeed"?
Part II: Europe after the Revolutions of 1848 Directions: Use links to the right about Europe after 1848: Link to "Europe after 1848" and map of Crimean War
1. What two burgeoning nations threatened the "balance of power" created by the Congress of Vienna? HOW would they do this? 2. Why did Russia and the Ottoman Empire fight one another in the Crimean War? 3. Why did France and Britain side with the Muslim nation instead of the Christian one? How does this mirror France's decision in the Thirty Years' War?
Part V: Effects of the Revolutions in Latin America Intro: Despite the hope brought by Independence and the best efforts and example of some of the leaders of the new nations, the goals of the revolutions of equality and unity largely went unfulfilled. The fierce sense of Independence that had led to victory over colonial overlords, would cause divisions between the new nations and destroy Simon Bolivar's dreams of a Gran Columbia in South America. Soon after Independence, the unworldly reigns of government were grabbed by men who did not share the sense of equality that had ignited the revolutions.
1) What was the Monroe Doctrine and how did it show the U.S. "controlling" Latin America? (First Paragraph) - Then Again Info 2) Who were the caudillos and what type of government did the set up for the new countries of Latin America? - History World.Net 3) Determine what the terms liberal and conservative mean in the context of the 19th century. - History World.Net
Questions 4-6: Use Encyclopedia Britannica Articleto give DETAILED answers. 4) What happened to the dream of Political unity? Examine some of the difficulties of forming new governments in the quarter century after independence. 5) What was the role of the Catholic Church both socially and politically after independence? 6) Describe (and provide several examples!) of political instability in post-revolutionary 19th century Latin America.