World History Class January 9, 2009
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Transcript of World History Class January 9, 2009
January 9, 2009
Nearly everyone agrees that teen pregnancies must be prevented, but
people disagree as to how. Some say that the best way is to teach “abstinence
only”. This means teaching avoiding sex. What do young people need to know in order to avoid pregnancies?
THE TEROR
• The revolutionary government of France executed thousands
• People lived in fear of being labeled a royalist
JACOBINS
• They were the leading political party during the terror
• Jacobins hold extreme revolutionary views
• They were very fond of the Guillotine
Jean-Paul Marat
• Coined the phrase “enemy of the people”
• A Swiss philosopher• Had people
guillotined for crimes against the state
• Killed in the tub
Reaction to the Terror• Some wanted the revolution to
succeed, some didn’t• Americans were split over it• It was the terror that caused a
loss of support• By 1799 the revolution was over• Again money was an issue• Eventually France felt it needed
a dictator
Napoleon Bonaparte
• He was short• Born in Corsica• Ruled as a dictator• Conquered most of Europe• Had a legal code written• Was interested in science• Lost to the British
Invasion of Russia
• Always a bad idea to invade Russia
• Napoleon lost all but 22,000 of his 500,000 soldiers
• Napoleon has to abdicate
Waterloo
• Napoleon’s comeback
• He loses to the British under Wellington and the Prussians under Blucher
Napoleon
• Dies in exile• Is a hero to France• Is NOT a hero to much
of the rest of the world
Classwork
• Connect to today p. 659 #1, Main idea A p. 657, Main Idea C p. 660
• DBQ p 662, Skillbuilder p. 666, Quiz