What caused the French Revolution? What role did Enlightenment ideas play in the French Revolution?

How was the French Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen similar to and different from the U.S. Declaration of Independence?

Why did the French Revolution become so violent? What impact did this violence have on the French people? How did it finally end?

How was the French Revolution similar to and different from the American Revolution?

How did Napoleon Bonaparte come to power? How his rule similar to / different from the previous French monarchs?

Despite controlling most of Europe, Napoleon's power was short-lived. What led to Napoleon's downfall?