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| Divided France into three large social classes or estates |
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*Made up of the Clergy
*Owned 10% of the land and paid very little taxes |
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*Made up of the nobles
*2% of the population but owned 20% of the land and paid almost no taxes |
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*97% of the population
*Paid High taxes and had little land
*Included peasants, Bourgeoisie (Middle class) and workers |
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| Which Revolution inspired the French Revolution? |
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| Who ruled France during the start of the French Revolution? |
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| Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI |
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| What was life like for the third estate during Louis XVI's rule? |
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*Louis was a weak leader
*Economic crisis in France and bad harvests
*No bread |
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A government body of all three estates. They approved King Louis XVI's plan to raise taxes
*Third estate was outvoted |
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| Created by the third estate in an attempt to get more say in government |
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Third estate delegates were kicked out of their meeting room and forced to have their meeting on a tennis court.
Here, they drew up a new consitiution for France and called it the Tennis Court Oath |
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*Third estate heard that the King was going to attack them
*Third estate stormed Bastille prison so that they could obtain weapons |
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*Starts after the storming of the Bastille
*Riots broke out in France and many nobles were targeted |
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| How did the Great fear change the point of view of the nobles? |
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Out of fear many nobles started to support the National Assembly (third estates political organization)
*This is significant because it is seen as the end of the old regime |
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| Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen |
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*Created by the National Assembly
*Modeled after the US Declaration of Independence and Constitution
*States that all men are born free and should have equal rights. It guarantees freedom of speech, religion and equal justice. |
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| "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity" |
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| *French Revolution slogan |
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| Nobles and others who fled France and wanted to undo the revolution and restore the old regime |
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| Workers who wanted the revolution to bring greater changes to France |
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Radical political party in France
*Led by Maximilian Robespierre |
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*Leader of the Jacobins Party
*Leader of the Committee of Public Safety
*Became a strict dictator whose rule was called the Reign of Terror |
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| Committee of Public Safety |
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| Organization to protect the French Revolution from its enemies |
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*Due to his Reign of Terror, the National Convention turned on Robespierre
*He was executed by the guillotine in 1794 |
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| Life in France post Robespierre and the Reign of terror |
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*Creation of a new political group called the directory
*Directory established a period of order and promoted Napoleon Bonaparte as leader of the French Army |
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A sudden seize of power
*Napoleon did a coup d'etat when he became dictator of France |
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| Positive things Napoleon did for France |
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1. Set up tax collections
2. set up banks
3. Encouraged financial stability
4. Increased education |
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| Government run schools for boys in France |
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*Laws created by Napoleon that gave France laws and limited injustices
*It also limited the freedom of speech and press and restored slavery in the French colonies |
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| *Napoleon tried to increase the size of France but were defeated in this battle by Britain and it destroyed the French Navy |
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| Napoleon set up a blockade to prevent all trade between France and Britain in an attempt to destroy Britain's industry |
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| Why was Napoleon exiled the first time? |
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*Napoleon turned on Russia (France's ally) because Russia was trading with Britain
*Russia teamed up with other countries and defeated France
*He surrendered and was exiled |
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| Napoleon returned to France after being exiled and attempted to regain power from the new King |
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| A Battle in Belgium where Napoloen was defeated for the final time and exiled for good |
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*Napoleon leads his troops into Moscow
*Russia did the scorched earth policy |
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*Post Napoleon's defeat Europe wanted peace
*Representatives form the great 5 powers met to discuss the terms for peace in Europe
*Resulted in France loosing land and being weakened while the countries around it were strengthened |
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| Result of the French Revolution |
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| *After Napoloen we see a decrease in the Directory and an increase of Nationalism |
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