THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

KEY CONCEPTS

• Three Estates
• Bourgeoisie
• The Louis's
• The Estates General

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

• King Louis the 14th called a meeting of the Estates General
• Biggest arguement was about the unfair voting
• Then the Third Estate announced the draft of a constitution and also the creation of the Tennis Court Oath
• The rebels had revolted and taken power over Bastille, the rebels have taken Paris.
• Peasant rebellions had spread all over and had gotten the revolution up to speed in France

END OF THE OLD REGIME

• The end of the Old Regime started with the writing of the Declaration of the right of Men
• The new declaration added a lot of new fears to France by adding a limited monarchy
• The royal family them tried to flee France, they were captured and brought back to France
• Then the Rise of Paris Commune went into effect and the royal family and government were attacked after food shortages

THE REIGN OF TERROR

• Here, the Commitee of Public Safety had adopted new policies called the Reign of Terror
• There were 40,000 people killed during this time due to executions
• Only 15% of the victims were of the Clergy and nobles
• Slavery was abolished during this time and a new calendar was used

THE DIRECTORY

• Robespierre was killed and ended the Reign of Terror
• The constitution set up two new houses of the legislation
• The Directory dealt with corruption and relied on the military
• But the leader of the military became Napolean
• Napolean then overthrew the government and had taken power

THE RISE OF NAPOLEON

• Napolean began to rise in the ranks of the military and became a captain, then a brigadier general
• But when the French were defeated by the British, he abandoned his army and returned to Paris
• Napolean joined the coup d'état that over threw the Directory that set up a new government called the Consulate
• Napolean then gained absolute power and crowned himself as emperor in 1804 as Napolean I

NAPOLEAN'S EMPIRE

• Napolean began by building and spreading the empire defeating Austria, Prussia, and Russia
• Napolean was not able to conquer Britain due to their naval power, but they aimed to stop goods from reaching Europe, but failed again
• Nationalism was a big factor to the defeat of Napolean, the ideas of Nationalism spread and had strengthened the people to rebel

THE FALL OF NAPOLEAN

• Napolean's power fell after he attempted to invade Russia
• They couldn't find food after the villages were burned completely and only 40,000 of the 600,000 soldiers returned
• The European states had risen and had attacked the French Army, Napolean was sent into exile and returned to France
• He was then defeated and sent into exile at St. Helena until his death in 1821

THE RESULTS AND IMPACTS

• The Congress of Vienna was created where all countries agreed to a final peace agreement
• Governments were changed, laws were changed, rights were changed...
• Everything had changed due to this great, but horrible French Revolution