TY - BOOK AU - Connolly,Sean TI - The French Revolution T2 - Witness to history SN - 1403409730 (HC) AV - DC148 .C736 2003 U1 - 944.04 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Chicago, Ill. PB - Heinemann Library KW - France KW - History KW - Revolution, 1789-1799 KW - Juvenile literature N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 53) and index; Introduction -- How do we know? -- The Old System -- Election fever -- The National Assembly -- The Tennis Court Oath -- The king responds -- Storming the Bastille -- Confusion and order -- The Rights of Man -- Defining the new country -- Controlling the king -- Calls for war -- The "September Massacres" -- The king is dead -- Wars on all fronts -- The Committee of Public Safety -- The Reign of Terror -- The fall of Robespierre -- The Directory -- The rise of Napoleon -- Transforming the Revolution -- What have we learned from the French Revolution? ER -