French
Revolution
Causes of the
Revolution
• Inequality
– Old Order
• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• Enlightenment Ideas
• Financial Crisis
– Drought
– Food Shortages
– American Revolution
Order of Events
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Spring 1789- Meeting of the Estates General
June 17th, 1789 National Assembly proclaimed
June 1789- Tennis Court Oath
July 14th, 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
The Republic
• MontagnardsJacobins/Radicals
• Girondins/Moderates
• Plain/Swing
• Maximilien
Robespierre
• January 21st, 1793Louis XVI is
executed
• National Tribunal
• Cult of the Supreme
Being
• Metric system
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
Quiz
• Choose 4
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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?
Napoleon’s Europe
Napoleon’s Europe
• 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
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
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.
• Label your Map using the Map on page 618 in
your text.
Legacy of the Revolution
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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.
Quiz
• Choose 4
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Czar Alexander IHundred DaysDuke of WellingtonPrince 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?