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Focus Questions: How did Napoleon rise to a position of power
during the French Revolution? And how did he secure his power both internally
and abroad? |
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What were Napoleon's political feelings during the revoluiton?
What was the purpose of Napoleon's foreign campaigns? Why was the
invasion of Egypt a military failure? How did Europe respond to Napoleon?
How did Napoleon come to power? Why was Napoleon so popular among so many
different groups? What agreement was arranged under Napoleon with the Church?
What were its terms? Why did Napoleon crown himself emperor instead
of allowing the Pope to do it? What powerful ideological force
did Napoleon's victories unleash? |
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Focus Question: What was the impact of Napoleon's victories
and the cause of his defeat? |
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How did Napoleon's victories change the map of Europe? Why was the Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
important? How was the British economy able to survive the Continental
System? Why was the Continental System a political blunder for Napoleon?
Why did the Spanish revolt against Napoleon in 1808? Why did Napoleon
have trouble defeating the Spanish? What had the Russians hoped to
obtain from Napoleon? What issues finally led the Tsar Alexander
I finally break with Napoleon? How did the Russians "defeat" the
French invasion of Napoleon? |
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Focus Question: What were the divisions and sources unity
among the "big powers" at the Congress of Vienna? |
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Who were the original "big powers" at the Congress of Vienna?
How did these states hope to contain French power? What principle
of rule was established by the Congress of Vienna? Which question
brought the Congress to a standstill? What promises did Napoleon
make upon his return to France from his exile of Elba? Who defeated
Napoleon in 1815? What was the purpose of the Holy Alliance?
How was France adversely affected by Napoleon's return to power?
What were the chief aims of the Congress of Vienna? Were they successful? |
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Focus Question: Why did the American colonies of Spain and
France revolt against the "mother country"? |
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What was the policy of the Bourbon kings of Spain toward the administration
of the American colonies? What was the impact of the late 18th-century
Bourbon reforms? What happened to European dominance of Latin American
between 1804 and 1824? How did the revolt in Haiti differ from that
in other Latin American countries during the early 1800's? How were
the revolutionary attitudes of the Creoles similar to attitudes of
various groups in North America and in France? What were the sources
of Creole discontent with the Spanish colonial government? What European event prompted the Creoles in Latin America to revolt? Why did the
creoles fear a liberal Napoleonic monarchy in Spain? |
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Focus Question: What were the different paths of independence
in Latin America, and what accounted for them? |
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What factors fostered different paths to independence in Latin America?
Which Spanish American region was the first to revolt? What area
was the greatest stronghold of royalist power in Latin America? How
did San Martin and Simon Bolivar differ as to the type of government they
envisioned for Latin America? Who liberated the southern part of Latin
America, who liberated the northern part? In what respect was the early
revolutionary activity in Mexico unique in Latin America? What were
the goals of these revolutionaries? How did the elite Creole and
Spanish groups react? How was the path of Brazilian independence
different from that in other Latin American countries? How did the
Creole attitude differ from that of the Brazilians in regards to slavery?
What was the economic and political condition of the new Latin American
republics at the close of the era of the wars of independence? |
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Focus Question: How and when was Transatlantic Trade Slavery ended?
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Where did the eighteenth-century crusade against slavery originate? Among which religious group did the protest against slavery first arise? Why did reformers first attempt to stop the slave trade rather than abolish slavery outright? When did the British abolish the slave trade? Slavery itself? Which was the last country to have slaves in the Americas? What does Sierra Leone, Libreville and Liberia all have in common? |