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The Western Experience book cover
The Western Experience, 8/e
Mortimer Chambers, University of California - Los Angeles
Barbara Hanawalt, Ohio State University
Theodore Rabb, Princeton University
Isser Woloch, Columbia University
Raymond Grew, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

The French Revolution

Essay Quiz



1

Do you think it would have been possible for a truly "enlightened" French monarch to institute many of the reforms of the French Revolution and thereby avoid the violence of a revolution? Explain.

2

Once the Revolution had started in 1789, what policies should Louis XVI have followed to gain control over it? Explain.

3

Develop an argument justifying the Terror, in light of the circumstances and the goals of governmental leaders. Counter that argument with one which holds that the Terror was unjustified, even in light of the circumstances and the goals of governmental leaders. Which argument do you think is strongest?