chapter 18 day 1: french revolution causes of the french revolution: 1.new enlightenment ideas...
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Chapter 18Chapter 18Day 1:Day 1:
French RevolutionFrench Revolution
Causes of the French Revolution:
1. New Enlightenment Ideas
2. Financial Crisis
3. Inequality in Society
Cause #1: New Enlightenment Ideas
• Freedom & Equal Rights
• Public office jobs based on talent
• Rights to liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
Cause #2: Financial Crisis
• Bad harvests – bad market
• Food shortages – rising prices for food
• Rising unemployment
• Government spends on costly wars and luxuries
• Raised taxes to fix crisis – Made it WORSE!!
Cause #3: Inequality in Society
• Three Estates (social orders)1st Estate: Clergy
2nd Estate: Nobility
3rd Estate: Commoners
Estates–General (French Parliament)
• Third Estate wanted to abolish tax exemptions
• Each Estate gets one vote. (easily out voted)
• 3rd Estate – wanted to change the voting rule• King Louis XVI said no changes and locked
the Third Estate out of meeting.
National Assembly
• Third Estate formed National Assembly, 1789
• National Assembly moves to nearby tennis court for meeting.
• Tennis Court Oath – swear to produce a new French constitution.
• Louis XVI prepared to use force against Third Estate until…
• July 14th – Storming of Bastille
National Assembly
• Abolished tax exemptions.• Declaration of the Rights of Man & the
Citizen – Proclaimed freedom and equal rights for all men, but none for women.
• Inspired by U.S. Declaration of Independence
What about women?
• Ignored by National Assembly• Louis XVI flees Paris – refuses to accept
National Assembly• Parisian WOMEN bring the royal family
back to Paris – prisoners in Paris.
Down with the Old, In with the New
• Monarchy given “limited” power. • Legislative Assembly – created to make
laws.• Paris Commune (Radicals) – seize the king
and demand voting rights to all males.• Sans-culottes – Paris Commune members
(patriots without fine clothing)
Day 2:Day 2:Reign of TerrorReign of Terror
National Convention 1792
• First step – abolish monarchy, establish France as the French Republic
• Split into factions (dissenting groups) over the fate of King Louis
• Girondins vs. Mountains (both members of the Jacobin club)
Girondins
• Feared radical mobs
• Wanted to keep the king alive
The Mountain
• Represented the Radicals (Sans-culottes)
• Convinced the National Convention to condemn King Louis XVI to death
• Beheaded on the guillotine.
Guillotine was intended to be a humane and equal form of execution.
Foreign Crisis
• Monarchies of Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Britain, & Holland are outraged at King Louis’ death.
• National Convention creates the Committee of Public Safety to handle the foreign threat.
• Maximilien Robespierre in control of Committee.
Reign of Terror
• Committee of Public Safety in control
• 40,000 enemies of Revolution killed (including Marie Antoinette)
• Once crisis was over the “Republic of Virtue” would follow
Dechristianization
• Churches were pillaged• Priests encouraged to marry, if not then
killed by guillotine• Notre Dame designated a “Temple of
Reason”• Christian Calendar changed: No Sundays• BUT…majority of France was still Catholic
End of Terror
• France defeated foreign enemies• National Convention afraid of Robespierre
and condemn him to death• Robespierre beheaded• Jacobins lose control and Middle Class
takes over• Churches reopened• New constitution created
The Directory
• Under the new Constitution of 1795: Directory is the new executive committee
• Era of corruption and greed. (much like the Committee of Public Safety)
• 1799 – coup d’etat (sudden overthrow) led by General Napoleon Bonaparte overthrew the Directory.
• Napoleon seizes power.
Day 3: The Age of Napoleon
Day 3: The Age of Napoleon
Napoleon takes power
Seen as national hero
Napoleon takes power
Seen as national hero
Napoleon was born in Corsica
Napoleon was born in Corsica
Napoleon’Napoleon’s homes home
•1799 NB uses the army to take over the government
•1799 NB uses the army to take over the government
Coup d'état (Military takeover)
•1804 NB crowns himself Emperor•1804 NB crowns himself Emperor
Napoleon as
Emperor
Napoleon as
Emperor
Napoleon's rule
•Uniform laws inspired by the Revolution•Civil Code was most important – preserved individual rights•But…
•Uniform laws inspired by the Revolution•Civil Code was most important – preserved individual rights•But…
The Napoleonic
Code
The Napoleonic
Code
Many laws restrict rights (especially
women) & restores slavery in Caribbean
Many laws restrict rights (especially
women) & restores slavery in Caribbean
•NB creates a new, efficient government•Promotion based on ability - not rank or birth
•NB creates a new, efficient government•Promotion based on ability - not rank or birth
A New Bureaucracy
A New Bureaucracy
NB Sells Louisiana to US in 1803 for $15
m.
NB Sells Louisiana to US in 1803 for $15
m.
Needs money for war in Europe & too far away to
control
Needs money for war in Europe & too far away to
control
•Britain, Russia, Austria, Prussia and Sweden unite against NB
•Britain, Russia, Austria, Prussia and Sweden unite against NB
The CoalitionThe Coalition
Napoleonic Warfare
Napoleonic Warfare
1. Rapid Movement
2. Divide and Conquer
3. Object not to outmaneuver, but to destroy enemy army
1. Rapid Movement
2. Divide and Conquer
3. Object not to outmaneuver, but to destroy enemy army
4. Massed formations firing at short range
5. Mobile artillery
5. Mobile artillery
French French BreastplaBreastplate from te from
WaterlooWaterloo
By 1812, NB’s Empire consists of three major parts:
- French Empire - dependent
states- allied states
By 1812, NB’s Empire consists of three major parts:
- French Empire - dependent
states- allied states
The Invasion of Russia
The Invasion of Russia
Alexander I of Russia refuses to stop trade with Britain
Alexander I of Russia refuses to stop trade with Britain
http://members.tripod.com/~shadojak/march.jpg
•1812 - 400,000 French invade•1812 - 400,000 French invade
Russians use scorched-earth
policy
Russians use scorched-earth
policy
Russians burn Moscow before
retreating
Russians burn Moscow before
retreating
Napoleon Takes Moscow
Napoleon Takes Moscow
http://www.museum.ru/museum/1812/English/Painting/ver/index.html
Winter falls = NB must retreat
Winter falls = NB must retreat
Russians attack & only 10,000 French
escape Russia
Russians attack & only 10,000 French
escape Russia
Napoleon in
Defeat
Napoleon in
Defeat
Napoleon exiled to Elba off the coast of
Italy
Napoleon exiled to Elba off the coast of
Italy
The 100 DaysThe 100 Days•Louis XVIII returned to throne by Allies•March 1, 1815 - NB escapes to Europe, welcomed by French
•Louis XVIII returned to throne by Allies•March 1, 1815 - NB escapes to Europe, welcomed by French
Waterloo (Belgium)Waterloo (Belgium)
NB's final defeat to English under theDuke of Wellington
NB's final defeat to English under theDuke of Wellington
http://members.tripod.com/~shadojak/square.jpg
WaterlWaterloooo
Reasons for Defeat
• Britain’s survival and strength
• Nationalism – unique cultural identity of a nation. (Patriotism against France)
Final exile - NB sent to St. Helena
Final exile - NB sent to St. Helena
Napoleon’s House on St. Napoleon’s House on St.
HelenaHelena
Dies 6 years later of cancer (???)
Dies 6 years later of cancer (???)
Napoleon’s TombNapoleon’s Tomb