Impact of the Age of Revolution

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May, 1789 French Revolution Estates-General Met

June, 1789 Tennis Court Oath

July 14, 1789 Storming of the Bastille

August, 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen

1793-1794 Reign of Terror

18 Brumaire (1799) Coup d’état by Napoleon.

Europe in 1800

Code Napoleon, 1804 Divides civil law into: Personal status. Property. Acquisition of property. Ended Feudal law

Influence of Napoleonic Code Swept away feudal influences

December, 1804 Napoleon crowned himself Emperor

Napoleonic Europe

Napoleon’s Military Conquests 1805: Austria 1805: Netherlands 1806: Italy 1806: Prussia 1808: Portugal & Spain

Napoleon’s Empire in 1810

The “Big Blunder” = Russia (1812-1813). 614,000 men go in…40,000 come out alive!

Napoleon’s Defeat at Leipzig, 1813

1814: Napoleon Abdicated Sent into Exile at Elba 1815: Napoleon Escaped 100 Days of Freedom

Napoleon Defeated at Waterloo (June 18, 1815) Prussian General Blücher Duke of Wellington

Napoleon on His Way to His Final Exile on St. Helena

Europe in 1812

The Congress of Vienna (September 1, 1814 – June 9, 1815)

Congress of Vienna Foreign Minister, Viscount Castlereagh (Br.) Tsar Alexander I (Rus.) The “Host” Prince Klemens von Metternich (Aus.) King Frederick William III (Prus.) Foreign Minister, Charles Maurice de Tallyrand (Fr.)

The Germanic Confederation, 1815

Europe After Congress of Vienna

1815: “We have redrawn Europe’s map for eternity.” Prince Metternich 1815: “We have redrawn Europe’s map for eternity.” “All the kings horses and all the kings men, couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again.”

19c Latin American Independence Movements Simon Bolivar The Liberator Led independence movements in Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia

Revolutionary Movements in Early 19c

Greek Revolution - 1821

Russia: Decembrist Uprising - 1825

The 1830 Revolutions

Workers, students and some of the middle class call for a Republic! France, 1830: To the Barracades  Revolution, Again!! Workers, students and some of the middle class call for a Republic!

Louis Philippe  The “Citizen King” (r. 1830-1848)

Belgian Independence, 1830 From Netherlands

Belgian Revolution - 1830

A Stirring of Polish Nationalism - 1830

Centers of Revolution in 1848

1848: Austrian Students Form a Militia

The Hungarian Revolution, 1849

Revolution in Romania

Upheaval in Italy, 1848 .

German States - 1848

Frankfurt Assembly Meets

Paris, 1848: To the Barricades Again!

2nd French Republic (1848-1852) President Louis Napoleon

1851 Coup d’Etat President Louis Napoleon declared Emperor 2nd French Empire.

Why did 1848 Revolutions Fail? No popular support from working classes. Middle classes led revolutions, but as they turned radical, the middle class held back. Nationalism divided more than united. Some gains lasted such as abolition of serfdom

Impact of French Revolution & Napoleon Spread of Nationalism Congress of Vienna redrew map of Europe Spread of revolution throughout Europe & Latin America