Mrs. TuckerWorld History

Start of the French RevolutionCauses of the French

Revolution:Scarcity of FoodAbsolutism and privilegeMassive Debt TaxationEnlightenment

InfluencesFrance’s Population

1st Estate – Clergy – 1%2nd Estate – Nobility – 1%3rd Estate – Middle Class

and Peasants – 98%

July 14, 1789 – Storming the Bastille started the French Revolution

Goals of the Revolution:LibertyEquality (Egality)Brotherhood (Fraternity)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen“men are born and

remain free and equal in rights”

Reign of Terror and NapoleonMain Figures during

the Reign of TerrorMaximilien

RobespierreGeorges DantonNo one was safe

from the guillotine

Napoleon BoneparteSet up government-

run schoolsComprehensive

system of lawsFairer tax codesNapoleonic Code

NapoleonBattle of TrafalgarBritish Admiral

Nelson won by dividing the French fleet and attacking small groups of ships

Continental SystemTried to stop

England’s trade with the continent of Europe; would attack Portugal to enforce this

Napoleon DefeatExiled to the island

of ElbaEscaped and led

French troops for 100 Days

Lost at Waterloo and exiled to the island of St. Helena

After NapoleonCongress of Vienna

Consisted of all the leaders of Europe;

Put back all the rightful rulers in power throughout Europe who were deposed by Napoleon

Goal was to establish a balance of power in Europe to ensure that no one country ever got as much power as France and Napoleon did;

Most powerful leader at the Congress of Vienna was Prince Klemens von Metternich of Austria