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1 French Revolution

2 Causes of the Revolution Inequality –Old Order First Estate Second Estate Third Estate Enlightenment Ideas Financial Crisis –Drought –Food Shortages –American Revolution

3 Order of Events Spring 1789- Meeting of the Estates General June 17 th, 1789 National Assembly proclaimed June 1789- Tennis Court Oath July 14 th, 1789 Storming of the Bastille August 1789- Declaration of the Rights of Man October 1789- Bread Riot 1791- Legislative Assembly formed June 1791- King and Queen flee Paris 1792 Austria and Prussia sent troops to the French border. The Legislative Assembly declares war. August 1792- King and Queen thrown into prison. National convention assumes power in France

4 The Republic Montagnards- Jacobins/Radicals Girondins/Moderates Plain/Swing Maximilien Robespierre January 21 st, 1793- Louis XVI is executed National Tribunal Cult of the Supreme Being Metric system

5 Reign of Terror 300,000 people arrested. 17,000 executed Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Girondists, Robespeirre Lasted for 10 Months 1795 Directory established in France

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8 Quiz Choose 4 –First Estate –Second Estate –Third Estate –Louis XVI –Marie Antoinette –Maximilien Robespierre Choose 1 –What were the causes of the French Revolution? –What was the order of events in the French Revolution? –What was the Reign of Terror and how did it end?

9 Napoleon’s Europe

10 Napoleon Bonaparte- Young General that rose to power in France as a result of the turmoil of the French Revolution. Admiral Horatio Nelson- trapped French ships and defeated Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. Coup De’tat- Forced takeover of a government Plebiscite- Question before the voters Continental System- Blockade of trade with Great Britain Nationalism- Pride in your nation or nationality, sense of identity

11 Napoleon’s Empire in 1812 Napoleon put his relatives in positions of power throughout Europe Diminished feudal privileges, nobility, power of the Church Conscription into the armies of France Label your Map of 1812 using the map from page 612 in the text. Color in Napoleon’s Empire

12 Napoleon’s Fall Czar Alexander I- Ruler of Russia during the reign of Napoleon Hundred Days- Period of time that Napoleon ruled France after his exile to Elba. Duke of Wellington- Led combined forces of British, Belgian, Dutch, and German troops against France at the Battle of Waterloo. Prince Klemens von Metternich- Represented Austria at the negotiations at the Congress of Vienna. Charles Maurice de Tallyrand- Represented King Louis XVIII of France at the Congress of Vienna. Indemnity- A payment to other countries for debt and damages of the Napoleonic wars. Reactionary- Want conditions to return to a time of absolute monarchy.

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15 Label your Map using the Map on page 618 in your text.

16 Legacy of the Revolution Monarchs restored in Europe Common people could change the world Map of Europe redrawn Enlightenment ideas and Nationalism inspired Revolutions in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

17 Quiz Choose 4 –Czar Alexander I- –Hundred Days- –Duke of Wellington- –Prince Klemens von Metternich- –Charles Maurice de Tallyrand- –Indemnity- –Reactionary- Choose 1 –How did Napoleon rise to power? –What events caused disaster and defeat for Napoleon? –What did the Congress of Vienna achieve? –What is the legacy of the French Revolution?


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