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The French Revolution(1789-1815)
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9th grade World History (Midterms) Mind Map on The French Revolution(1789-1815), created by hgrayvause on 19/01/2015.
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The French Revolution(1789-1815)
CAUSES:
Wealth GAP-b/tween estate system
Enlightment ideas: all men are both equal
Louis XVI policies(absolutism)
Widespread hunger/cold
THE ESTATES GENERAL
National Assembly born in France
legislative body-parliament
BASTILLE
prison in Paris w/ numerous political prisoners
storming of bastille--prisoners were hoping to get gunpowder
marks the beginning of Rev.
Old Order(Regime): THREE ESTATES
King Louis XVI(16th)
Last king of France
Marie Antoinette
well-meaning but weak & indecisive
FIRST ESTATE
Clergy: relgious leaders
1% of ppl; 10% of the land
SECOND ESTATE
Nobles
2% of ppl; 25% of the land
THIRD ESTATE
Middle class/Peasants
97% of ppl; 65% of land
BUORGEOISIE-top wealthy of 3rd estate
First & second estate benefit from the third estate
*Nobles & clergy lost power to 3rd estate
Jacobins: radicals
more willing to use violence; ruthles
Jean-Paul MARAT
ROBESPIERRE
"incorruptible"
lawyer & politician
one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution
GREAT FEAR
tales of attacks on villages & towns spread panic
other rumors asserted that gov't troops were seizing peasant crops
Declaration of Rights of Man
=Declaration of Independence
Liberty, equality, & fraternity
All men are born equal
Freedom of speech, press & religion(C:BOR:1)
No women rights yet
ENDED RIGHTS OF THE CLERGY
Took land from clergy(Roman Catholic Church)
The Reign of Terror
1793-1794
GUILLOTINE: razor sharp blade that dropped(decapitation)
Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
to stop any counter-revolutionaries
NAPOLEAN Bonaparte
Born in Corsica(apart of France)
proven military strategist
Nov 1799 COUP D'ETAT
military overthrow
fell victim to trap-absolute power, power absolutely
crowned himself king
THE NAPOLENIC CODE: code of laws that embodied Enlightenment principles
Revision of French law
Code of law
Public education system
K-12, Univ's tech schoools
Continental System
economic warfare
blockaded Euro ports to England
hurting them economically
Russian Campaign
Russia ally w/ England
The GRAND ARMY
started 600,000 soldiers
Scorched Earth Policy
retreated eastward, burning crops & villages along the way
2 factors that helped w/ defeat of French
Cold winter & starvation
Scorched Earth tactics
Battle of the Nations
Napolean abdicates
Exiled to ISLE OF ELBA
escaped jailbreak
Battle of Waterloo(1815)
Napolean defeated & returns to exile
Isle of St. Helena, S. Atlantic
Congress of Vienna
meeting
winter of 1814-15
Vienna, Austria
restore balance of power in Europe
DEVINE RIGHT
restore borders
Diplomacy NOT war
peaceful negotiation
Legitimacy
restoration of the European monarchies
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