1. Chapter 7 – Study Guide for Test
Mrs. Tucker
World History

2. Start of the French Revolution
Causes of the French Revolution:
Scarcity of Food
Absolutism and privilege
Massive Debt
Taxation
Enlightenment Influences
France’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:
Liberty
Equality (Egality)
Brotherhood (Fraternity)
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
“men are born and remain free and equal in rights”

3. Reign of Terror and Napoleon
Main Figures during the Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre
Georges Danton
No one was safe from the guillotine
Napoleon Boneparte
Set up government-run schools
Comprehensive system of laws
Fairer tax codes
Napoleonic Code

4. Napoleon Battle of Trafalgar
British Admiral Nelson won by dividing the French fleet and attacking small groups of ships
Continental System
Tried to stop England’s trade with the continent of Europe; would attack Portugal to enforce this
Napoleon Defeat
Exiled to the island of Elba
Escaped and led French troops for 100 Days
Lost at Waterloo and exiled to the island of St. Helena

5. After Napoleon Congress 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