10.2.3 american revolution
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10.2.3 American Revolution
Based on the ideas of the Enlightenment.
• natural law
• inherent freedoms
• self-determination
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The French Revolution
10.2.4
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10.2.4 How did the French Revolution lead France from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy to democratic despotism to the Napoleonic empire?
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The French Revolution was caused by
1.social inequality2.economic problems3.struggle for rights
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In 1789, France was poor1. People were starving2. Nobility were living it up
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Social Hierarchy in France
1ST ESTATE the church
2nd ESTATE the nobility
3rd ESTATE the commoners
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Absolute Monarchy
• Doctrine of the "divine right of kings“
• Held all of the power
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
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Middle Class - bourgeoisie
they were paying taxes to support a fabulously expensive aristocracy
{ boozh wa zi }
• Merchants• Artists• Professionals
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Peasants made up a large part of the 3rd estate and were paying high taxes to support the lifestyle of the idle rich at Versailles.
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the Estates General -- Met at Palace of Versailles (May, 1789)
• 1ST ESTATE the church – .5% of population• 300 representatives
• 2nd ESTATE the nobility – 1.5% of population• 300 representatives
• 3rd ESTATE the commoners – 98% of population
• 600 representatives
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Estates General -- at Palace of Versailles
• 3rd ESTATE the commoners – met separately and declared themselves the National Assembly of France
• Louis XVI locked them out
• They meet in an indoor tennis court in the Versailles Palace
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Tennis Court Oath (June, 1789)
• 3rd ESTATE the commoners – met separately and declared themselves the National Assembly of France
• Pledged to create a Constitution for France
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Meanwhile,
• The King sent troops to Paris
• Fired his financial advisor
• People stormed the Bastille Prison in order to arm themselves (there were only 7 prisoners, but plenty of weapons)
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The storming of the Bastille Prison
July 14, 1789
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The French Revolution Begins
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the
Citizen (August, 1789)
• Based on the English Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution
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Constitutional Monarchy (limited monarchy)
Church Constitution King
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Radical Revolution
What went wrong?
Why didn’t the constitutional monarchy last?
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The Radical Revolution
A. took control of the French revolution
B. was led by NapoleonC. happened in the
United States before the French Revolution
D. was part of the Russian Revolution
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October, 1789 – Womens’ March
• Rumors spread that the King and Queen were hoarding grain
• Armed women marched onto Versailles and moved the King and Queen back to Paris under house arrest
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Imprisonment at the Tuileries
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1791
• They tried to escape but were brought back by the people
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Jacobins - Radicals
• Wanted a Republic
• Wanted King to abdicate
• People were rioting
• National Assembly called in the troops
• Civilians are killed
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Royal Powers to the east (Prussia, Austria, Holy Roman Empire)
• Want to put the King and Queen back into absolute power
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France declares war on Austria
• April, 1792• Hoping to solve the starvation in France• Hoping to spread revolution throughout
Europe• Prussia joins Austria, invades France• Parisian Commune (National Assembly) storm
the Tuilleries, imprison the king and queen, and declare a Republic
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1793
• Louis XVI guillotined in January• In February, France declares war on Great
Britain and the Dutch• All men are drafted (Levee en masse)• Marie Antoinette executed in October
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The Reign of Terror
• Committee of Public Safety
• Revolutionary tribunal
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democratic despotism
• Reign of Terror• 1792 to 1794• Over 16,000
guillotined• Additional
40,000 executed
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End of the Reign of Terror
• Robespierre executed in July 1794
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6. How did Louis XVI die? A. old age B. disease C. obesity D. execution
*Later, Robespierre was also beheaded
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A. Everyone in France opposed the Radicals
B. Some of the French opposed the Radicals
C. No one in France opposed the Radicals
D. Napoleon opposed the Radicals
3. Which statement is the MOST accurate?
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1795
Peace with Prussia and Spain New Constitution ratified France is now a Republic with 5
directors (the Directory) and 2 houses of legislature
Royalist uprising in Paris
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26 year old Napoleon Bonaparte used cannons to mow down the uprising and defend the Revolutionary government
He became a national hero
He is sent to Italy in 1796
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Two years later, he conquered Ottoman-ruled Egypt.
In 1799, Napoleon left his troops in Egypt and returned to Paris where the government was in crisis.
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In November 1799, Napoleon became first consul in a coup d'état.
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Napoleonic empire
Q: Napoleon A. led the French Revolution B. led the Radical RevolutionariesC. led a coup d'étatD. led an expedition to Egypt
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In 1802, he made himself consul for life.
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2 years later he crowned
himself emperor
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Napoleon’s accomplishments:
• the centralization of the government
• the creation of the Bank of France
• the reinstatement of Roman Catholic church
• Law reform under the Napoleonic Code
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Q: Napoleon built an empireA. in Paris B. in FranceC. in EuropeD. in north Africa
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One of the greatest military leaders in history, and emperor of France, Napoleon conquered much of Europe.
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Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 resulted in a disastrous retreat.
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Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815 put an end to his rule as Emperor of the French
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Napoleon died in exile, aged 51
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10.2.5
• Nationalism spread across Europe with Napoleon but was repressed for a generation under the Congress of Vienna and Concert of Europe until the Revolutions of 1848.
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One important idea that spread through Europe because of Napoleon was:
A. capitalismB. communismC. nationalismD. sectionalism
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The Napoleonic era gave rise to the beginning of a new form of
unification: nationalism.