Classroom Activity - Know Your Goals

Discussion

Directions: Prepare a response to the discussion questions below. Read each historical event and then choose the goal that best matches the example. The goals are: liberty, fraternity, equality, or nationalism. Follow your teacher's directions to participate in your class discussion.

• The slave trade was outlawed in the French colonies. Which goal do you think was most important in this event? Explain your reasoning.
• All privileges of the estate system ended. Peasants and nobility were treated the same. Which goal do you think was most important in this event? Explain your reasoning.
• King Louis XVI was overthrown in favor of a democratic French Republic. Which goal do you think was most important in this event? Explain your reasoning.
• French citizens united behind their new leader, Napoleon Bonaparte. Which goal do you think was most important in this event? Explain your reasoning.
• What are the similarities and differences between the four goals of the French Revolution?

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