Global Context	Fairness and development
Key Concept	Change
Related Concepts	Causality (cause and consequence), innovation and revolution
Statement of Inquiry	Unfair distribution of power and privilege can cause revolutionary change.

Lesson 1: Introduction to Modern History

Lesson 2: The Ancien Regime and the Three Estates

Lesson 3: The House that Louis Made – France and the Age of Absolutism

Lesson 4: “Dare to know!” – The Enlightenment

Lesson 5: “The weight of the taxes crush us!” – Economic Hardship and the Harvest Failures of 1788

Lesson 6: The Estates General of 1789

Lesson 7: Building a New Government (1789-1792)

Lesson 8: “Citizens, did you want a revolution without a revolution?” – Forging a New Society (1792-1793)

Lesson 9: “I am a monarch of God’s creation…” – The Revolution Ends (1793-1816)

Lesson 10: Success or Failure? – Measuring Historical Significance

Test Review and Preparation