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The Age of Revolution
- THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
- ORIGINS OF INDEPENDENCE
- Early 17th century: First English settlers arrived
to the east coast of North America
- By mid-18th century: Thirteen Colonies had been
formed.
- Britain wanted American raw materials
- British Crown was an obstacle for
American economic development
- People from the Colonies stopped paying the taxes the British
Crown had imposed them, and also stopped buying British
products as protest.
- Tea Act passed in
1773
- American traders opposed to this, and attacked
British ships full of Tea at Boston (Boston Tea
Party)
- 1776: Thomas Jefferson signed the Virginia Declaration of
Rights, which contained principles of national soverignity,
separation of powers and suffrage.
- 4th of July 1776: Declaration of Independence
signed.
- AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR
(1775-1783)
- American colonies were supported by
Spain and France, and led by George
Washington.
- United States were recognised as an
independent nation in the Treaty of Versailles
(1783)
- First constitution of United States
signed (1787), which established
national sovereignity and separation of
powers.
- Members of the Legislative power were
chosen in elections, where only white
males could vote. Executive power was
held by independent judges.
- George Washington became
the first president of the
United States (1789)
- OUTBREAK OF THE FRENCH
RVEOLUTION (1789-1792)
- FAILURES OF
THE OLD REGIME
- They were the origins of
the Revolution
- Social unrest
- The Third State stopped paying taxes to
protest
- Wealthy bourgeoisie frustrated by their lack of
political power
- Economy
- A tax crisis
appeared
- Prices rose because of bad
harvests
- More hunger and social unrest
appeared
- Enlightenment
- It made people question royal authority,
which was seen as unfair and inefficient
- RISE OF THE
THIRD STATE
- Louis XVI tried to impose financial reforms,
which were opposed by many of the estates
- King called the Estates-General (1789) so that people from
every estate could present their problems in the Lists of
Grievances.
- National assembly, formed by the Third Estate,
considered themselves as the only true
representatives of the French.
- They took the Tennis Court Oath until France had a constitution, and they
became known as the National Constituent Assembly.
- END OF THE OLD
REGIME (1789-1791)
- By August 1789, the opposition to the Old
Regime had become more radical
- Paris people attacked the Bastille fortress, a symbol
of absolutism.
- The Great Fear started in rural areas,
where peasants atacked nobles'
castles.
- National Constituent Assembly established
some measures that ended the Old Regime
- Feudal rights abolished.
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the
Citizen ssupported personal liberty, right of
property and equality before the law.
- France's first constitution was
signed in 1791, and ended
absolutism
- Constitutional monarchy established
- OPPOSITION TO THE
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
(1791-1792)
- Legislative assembly formed in 1791
- It didn't last more than a year because of lack of support
- Nobles and clergy opposed to the
Constitutional Monarchy, and didn't want
to lose their privileges
- They emigrated and conspired
against the Revolution
- Radical revolutionaires thought the
Revolution hadn't gone far enough
- Supported by Sans-culottes
- Other European countries felt
threatened by Revolutionary
ideas.
- Prussia and Austria declared war on France (1792)
- Many defeats, king was blamed.
- Insurrection (1792): Tuileries palace
was attacked, and the royal family
was taken prisoner.
- THE FIRST FRENCH
REPUBLIC (1791-1799)
- BIRTH OF THE FRENCH
REPUBLIC (1792-1793)
- After Insurrection, a National Convention
governed France, and France became a Republic
- Girondins controlled the assembly
- Louis XVI condemned and executed by
gullotine in 1793
- Not good reactions, First Coalition formed
- THE REIGN OF TERROR
(1793-1794)
- Radical revolutionaires (Jacobins) tried to seize
power from the Girondins with the support of the
Sans-culottes
- Robespierre, the Jacobin
leader established a
dictatorship
- There was a period of violent
repression
- Georges Danton and Robespierre
established the Committee of Public Safety,
which judged people suspected of
conspiring against the Revolution
- Many people were sentenced to death by guillotine
- Robespierre imposed maximum prices
for basic products and reduced
salaries in order to cease the crisis
- Conflict with Sans-Culottes
- Robespierre lost support and was arrested
alongside his followers, and was executed in
1794
- THE DIRECTORY (1795-1799)
- New constitution established (1795)
- Suffrage was limited and based on property
ownership
- There was not much support, many
problems appeared.
- Radicals conspired against the government
- Conspirancy of Equals: plot to overthrow the government and
establish an egalitarian society
- Royalists tried to recover the Bourbon Dynasty
- Napoleon conquered many parts of Europe
- France's enemies formed the Second Coalition
- Napoleon did a coup d'état (1799), created a consulate and
became the ruler of France
- EUROPE UNDER
NAPOLEON
- REFORMS UNDER
NAPOLEON
- He became the first
consul, and the Consul
for Life.
- Napoleonic Code
- Legal code, prohibited
certain privileges,
allowed freedom of
religion and simplified
previous reforms
- The Concordat
- Maintained state control
over Church, established
that confiscated Church
lands couldn't be returned
and made clergy able to
resume religious worships
- NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE
- Napoleon declared himself Emperor of
the French in 1804
- France was constantly at war with other countries
- Defeated by the British at the Battle
of Trafalgar (1805)
- He conquered many parts of Europe and had notable
victories.
- As Britain was France's main enemy, Napoleon established the
Continental Blockade, which was an attempt to stop British trade in
Europe
- The Portuguese didn't like this,
so Napoleon invaded Portugal
- He also occupied Spain, which led to
the Spanish War of Independence
(1808)
- He tried to invade Russia but was unsuccessful,
and lost many of his people (1812)
- He was defeated in the Battle of Leizpig (1813) by the Coalition
(Britain, Austria, Russia and Prussia)
- He was also defeated in Spain the same
year
- Napoleon abdicated in 1814 and went into exile.
- He returned to power for a hundred
days, but was defeated at Waterloo
(1815)
- He was finally deported to Saint
Helena, where he died in 1821