Step 1: Analyze each source. (Remember to write a short paragraph of complete
sentences for each question!)
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Sources
Analysis
How does the source depict the
identity and character of
individuals during this era?
The French Revolution Era, 1792.- A chained member of the
Third Estate rises up against the clergy and nobility. Source
saids during the French revolution era, highlighting the
oppression faced by the common
Had France remained at peace, her peaceful citizens, her idle
warriors would have observed the (emperor], would have
judged him, and would have communicated their judgments to
him. Truth/would have passed through the ranks of the people.
Usurpation would not have long withstood the influence of
truth. Thus [Napoleon] Bonaparte was compelled to distract
public attention by [war]. War flung onto distant shores that
part of the French nation that still had some real energy. It
prompted the police harassment of the timid, whom it could not
force abroad. It struck terror into men's hearts and left there a
certain hope that chance would take responsibility for their "
deliverance: a hope agreeable to fear and convenient to [the
current government). How many times have I heard men who
What perspective do you think the
cartoonist had? How might the
cartoon have been drawn
differently if they had the
opposite perspective?
How does the source depict the
identity and character of
individuals during this era?
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What do you think Benjamin
Constant thought of Napoleon and
why?
how does the source depict the identity and character of individuals during this era?