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Year 8

The French Revolution: How did Europe respond to the French Revolution?

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  • Power, government and religion

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In this unit, pupils learn about British responses to the French Revolution and Napoleon's rise. They examine how revolutionary ideas spread to Ireland and end the unit by learning about the Napoleonic Wars and how this period was represented in political cartoons of the day.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge from the unit about the Enlightenment. It refers to and develops to Enlightenment thinking, charting the practical impact this had in France in the late eighteenth century. This unit prepares pupils for the next unit about the Haitian Revolution, where pupils' knowledge of eighteenth century political developments in France are key to understanding events in Haiti.

  1. British responses to the French Revolution
  2. The spread of radical revolutionary ideas from France to Ireland
  3. The rise of Napoleon and his fight for the new French Republic
  4. The reign of Napoleon: war and legal reforms
  5. Britain and the Napoleonic Wars
  6. Understanding the Napoleonic era through political cartoons

  • Pupils know that kings had lots of power over their subjects.
  • Pupils know that the lives of the rich and the poor were very different.
  • Pupils know that the power of the king had been challenged through rebellions and uprisings.
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