1. French Revolution Pt. Deux

2. Fear Storming the Bastille scared everyone Nobles Fear peasants
Fear the king
Burned houses & records

3. June, 1791
Louis 16th & Marie Antoinette try to escape to Austria in disguise
Captured and imprisoned

4. The Republic

5. Maximilien Robespierre Led national convention Most radical "Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible"

6. Off with Louis 16th head! January 21st, 1793 Guillotined
European Outrage
Nobles flip out
Beheaded

7. And Marie Antoinettes head!
Oct 16th 1793
Hair cut off first to humiliate her
Beheaded in public square
Sons died of tuberculosis – prison conditions
Daughter – smuggled out but exiled for life

9. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Liberty
Equality
Fraternity
All men born equal

10. Reforms of the National Convention
Draft
Men 18 – 45
OUTRAGE
Fire clergy
Close churches

11. The National Convention
Fear of “counter-revolution”
Overthrowing their gov’t
Reign of Terror (Sept – July 1794)
Accusations
Trials
Executions

12. The Reign of Terror
Let’s get crazy up in here.

13. French Revolution Report

14. Revolutionary Tribunal
Trials - TERROR
Anyone against the Revolution
Girondists = 1st
Can’t defend themselves

15. The Guillotine
More than one person per minute
Blood overflows drains

16. Nobody was safe Robespierre beheaded Lasted 10 months Shock and Awe
Commoners, nobles, nuns
Robespierre beheaded
Lasted 10 months
~20,000 killed
Shock and Awe

17. The Fallout July 1795 – Directory elected Result? POWER VACCUUM 5 men
Weak, corrupt
No real change
Result? POWER VACCUUM
NAPOLEON

19. Napoleon Italian born, spoke French Very small and self-conscious
“First Consul” of France –
Emperor of France –
Crowns himself, snatches it from Pope

20. His Strengths Incredible military leader
Fought over 60 battles, only lost 7 and never died in battle
Put his friends in charge of countries he won
Militaries all over the world study his battle tactics

21. Battle Strategy
He was adept at espionage and deception and could win battles by concealment of troop deployments and concentration of his forces on the 'hinge' of an enemy's weakened front. If he could not use his favorite envelopment strategy, he would take up the central position and attack two co-operating forces at their hinge, swing round to fight one until it fled, then turn to face the other. In this Italian campaign, Bonaparte's army captured 150,000 prisoners, 540 cannons and 170 standards.[44] The French army fought 67 actions and won 18 pitched battles through superior artillery technology and Bonaparte's tactics.

22. His Weaknesses
Self-absorbed
Power-hungry