1. French Revolution Reasons for Revolution Social Discrimination
First Estate
Second Estate
Third Estate
Economic Collapse
French government near bankruptcy
Estates-General convened in 1789

2. French Revolution Reasons for Revolution Political Incompetence
Louis XVI
French people came to hate him

3. French Revolution Course of the Revolution
Third Estate members form National Assembly
Tennis Court Oath
Storming of the Bastille

4. French Revolution Course of the Revolution
Destruction of the Old Regime
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Confiscation of church lands
War declared on Austria

5. French Revolution Course of the Revolution Reign of Terror
Committee of Public Safety
Directory

6. French Revolution Contrast with the American Revolution
France rejected Protestant Reformation
French Revolution established a secular state
Causes
Character and Consequences

7. Rise and Fall of Napoleon
Had become a general
Became First Cousul, then dictator
Contribution
Code Napoleon

8. Rise and Fall of Napoleon
Foreign affairs
Failed invasion of Russia
Defeat at Leipzig
Went into a brief exile
Final defeat at Waterloo

9. Revolts Across Europe Nationalism Greece Belgium
Broke free from Ottoman Empire
Belgium
Broke free from the Dutch

10. Revolts Across Europe Poland Hungary Revolt crushed by the Russians
Suppressed by Austria and Russia

11. German and Italian Unification
King Wilhelm I
Count Otto von Bismarck
War with Denmark and Austria
Gained Schleswig and Holstein
Franco-Prussian War
Southern German states sided with Prussia

12. German and Italian Unification
Mazzini
Young Italy
Cavour
Garibaldi
King Victor Emmanuel II
Rome becomes national capital