French Revolution Causes of the Revolution Inequality Old

French Revolution

Causes of the Revolution • Inequality – Old Order • First Estate • Second Estate • Third Estate • Enlightenment Ideas • Financial Crisis – Drought – Food Shortages – American Revolution

Order of Events • • • Spring 1789 - Meeting of the Estates General June 17 th, 1789 National Assembly proclaimed June 1789 - Tennis Court Oath July 14 th, 1789 Storming of the Bastille August 1789 - Declaration of the Rights of Man October 1789 - Bread Riot 1791 - Legislative Assembly formed June 1791 - King and Queen flee Paris 1792 Austria and Prussia sent troops to the French border. The Legislative Assembly declares war. • August 1792 - King and Queen thrown into prison. • National convention assumes power in France

The Republic • Montagnards. Jacobins/Radicals • Girondins/Moderates • Plain/Swing • Maximilien Robespierre • January 21 st, 1793 Louis XVI is executed • National Tribunal • Cult of the Supreme Being • Metric system

Reign of Terror • 300, 000 people arrested. • 17, 000 executed • Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Girondists, Robespeirre • Lasted for 10 Months • 1795 Directory established in France

Quiz • Choose 4 – – – First Estate Second Estate Third Estate Louis XVI Marie Antoinette Maximilien Robespierre • Choose 1 – What were the causes of the French Revolution? – What was the order of events in the French Revolution? – What was the Reign of Terror and how did it end?

Napoleon’s Europe

Napoleon’s Europe • Napoleon Bonaparte- Young General that rose to power in France as a result of the turmoil of the French Revolution. • Admiral Horatio Nelson- trapped French ships and defeated Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. • Coup De’tat- Forced takeover of a government • Plebiscite- Question before the voters • Continental System- Blockade of trade with Great Britain • Nationalism- Pride in your nation or nationality, sense of identity

Napoleon’s Empire in 1812 • Napoleon put his relatives in positions of power throughout Europe • Diminished feudal privileges, nobility, power of the Church • Conscription into the armies of France • Label your Map of 1812 using the map from page 612 in the text. • Color in Napoleon’s Empire

Napoleon’s Fall • Czar Alexander I- Ruler of Russia during the reign of Napoleon • Hundred Days- Period of time that Napoleon ruled France after his exile to Elba. • Duke of Wellington- Led combined forces of British, Belgian, Dutch, and German troops against France at the Battle of Waterloo. • Prince Klemens von Metternich- Represented Austria at the negotiations at the Congress of Vienna. • Charles Maurice de Tallyrand- Represented King Louis XVIII of France at the Congress of Vienna. • Indemnity- A payment to other countries for debt and damages of the Napoleonic wars. • Reactionary- Want conditions to return to a time of absolute monarchy.

• Label your Map using the Map on page 618 in your text.

Legacy of the Revolution • • Monarchs restored in Europe Common people could change the world Map of Europe redrawn Enlightenment ideas and Nationalism inspired Revolutions in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

Quiz • Choose 4 – – Czar Alexander IHundred Days. Duke of Wellington. Prince Klemens von Metternich– Charles Maurice de Tallyrand– Indemnity– Reactionary- • Choose 1 – How did Napoleon rise to power? – What events caused disaster and defeat for Napoleon? – What did the Congress of Vienna achieve? – What is the legacy of the French Revolution?