Hodder Education
Access to History: France in Revolution 1774–1815 Sixth Edition
Dylan Rees, Duncan Townson
Access to History: France in Revolution 1774–1815 Sixth Edition
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Exam board: AQA; Pearson Edexcel; OCR
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2015
First exams: Summer 2016 (AS); Summer 2017 (A-level)

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Language
English
ISBN
9781510457522
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Title Page
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Contents
Dedication
Introduction: about this book
Chapter 1 Context
Chapter 2 The origins of the French Revolution
1 Long-term causes of the French Revolution
2 Short-term causes of the French Revolution
3 Key debate
Question practice
Chapter 3 1789: The end of the ancien régime
1 The Estates-General
2 Revolt in Paris
3 Revolution in the provinces
4 Dismantling of the ancien régime
5 Reaction of the monarchy
6 Key debate
Question practice
Chapter 4 Constitutional monarchy: reforming France 1789–92
1 Reform programmes of the National Assembly
2 Rise of the Jacobins and the Cordeliers
3 Emergence of the republican movement
4 Key debate
Question practice
Chapter 5 War, revolt and overthrow of the monarchy 1792–3
1 Outbreak of war
2 Overthrow of the monarchy
3 The Republic at war 1792–3
4 Key debate
Question practice
Chapter 6 Government by Terror 1793–4
1 Emergence of government by Terror
2 Dominance of the sans-culottes
3 The impact of the Terror
4 The dictatorship of the Committee of Public Safety
5 Overthrow of Robespierre
6 Key debate
Question practice
Chapter 7 Thermidorian reaction and the Directory 1794–9
1 The Thermidorian reaction
2 The Directory
3 The Coup of Brumaire and the overthrow of the Directory
4 Key debate
Question practice
Chapter 8 The impact of the Revolution
1 Dismantling of the ancien régime
2 The economy
3 French army and warfare
4 Territorial impact of the Revolution
5 Ideological impact of the Revolution
Chapter 9 Napoleon: Consulate and Empire
1 The Napoleonic system in France
2 Establishment of the Napoleonic Empire
3 Creation of the Napoleonic Empire in Europe
4 Defeat and downfall of the Empire
5 Key debate
Question practice
Appendix: The Napoleonic family tree
Exam focus
Timeline
Glossary of terms
Further reading
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