Introduction

In Unit 5, you studied the French Revolution and the way it morphed from a desire to gain rights of the citizen to a Reign of Terror into a series of wars for the conquest of Europe by Napoleon. You have already seen various maps of the many nations he conquered, allied to France or was unable to conquer.

The Europe Map in 1812 text version | Open The Europe Map in 1812 in a new tab

Notice the legend in the upper right of the map. The gold color of France was its original size in 1789—the year the French Revolution began. As his wars for conquest continued, notice those countries who became dependent upon France, those who allied themselves to him and the scope of the distances of the battles Napoleon fought—the failures in Egypt early on and the later disaster in Russia. You can see how the French Empire grew.

 

Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to:

  • Describe the impact of European nationalism and Western imperialism as forces of global transformation, including the unification of Italy and Germany, the rise of Japan's power in East Asia, economic roots of imperialism, imperialist ideology, colonialism and national rivalries, and United States' imperialism.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: World History: 1500 to the Present Objective(s): 11.

This lesson incorporates the following Literacy Standard(s):

 

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