HIST 101 Final, Fall 2007

History 101, sections 4 Name 30 January 2008 Stdt. No. Final Exam Instructions: In two hours, answer one from Set A, two from Set B, and three from Set C. Take time to organize your answers, be concise, and write neatly. Return this sheet with your test booklet. Set A (50 percent). Write an essay on one of the following: 1. Write an essay in which you explain the achievements and failures of Napoleon’s rule as emperor as a period of enlightened despotism and as an extension of the French revolution. 2. Write an essay in which you explain why European powers continued to regard France as a bastion of revolutionary ideals even after the end of the French Revolution. Explain also the ways in which change and reform was carried out, either directly or indirectly, as a result of the revolution and the Napoleonic era. 3. Why is 1792 a significant date in the French Revolution? Answer this question and write an essay describing the ideals of the French Revolution before and after 1792. You may wish to draw on your knowledge of the political thought of the Enlightenment. Set B (20 percent). Identify and explain briefly the significance of two of the following: 4. The Grand Empire 5. The Hundred Days 6. Prussian reforms 7. The Congress of Vienna and the Treaties of Paris 8. The Continental System Set C (30 percent). Identify and explain briefly the significance of three of the following: 9. The Old Regime 10. “What is the Third Estate?” 11. “The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen” 12. The Brunswick Manifesto 13. The Oath of the Tennis Court