Notable People
King Louis XVI
The last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.
Nationalism
a sense of national consciousness based on awareness of being part of a community—a ‘‘nation’’— that has common institutions, traditions, language, and customs and that becomes the focus of the individual’s primary political loyalty.
Define Revolution. Yes, you can use your textbook and notes.
a fundamental change in the political and social organization of a state (or authority)
De-Christianization
Eliminating Christian forms and institutions from French society. Removing the word saint, churches were pillaged and closed by revolutionary armies
New Calendar. 10 day week. No Sunday services.
When did the French Revolution start?
May 1789 by the Estate-General Meeting
Marie Antoinette
Austrian Princess. Married to King Louis 15th and made French Duchesses. Famous for saying "Let them eat...BRIOCHE!"
The New Code of Laws AKA The Napoleonic code
Enacted in 1804, law system that unified French law, establishing equality before the law, property rights, and religious freedom, replacing fragmented feudal laws with clear, rational statutes
American Revolution: 3 main groups involved.
Loyalist, Patriots and Apathetic Colonist
The first major revolt in the French Revolution in response to the King's increase of military power on French roads.
The Attack of Bastille (July 14, 1789) - Breeching a state prison that held an arsenal of weapons. And 7 prisoners…
Estates-General. When and What.
May 1789. Started the revolution and gave representation to different social classes.
Maximilien Robespierre
Member of the Estates-General and Committee of Public Safety. Supporter of the guillotine. And eventually executed on it.
The Coup of 1799
Led by general Napoleon Bonaparte and gained a centralized absolute power. Exactly 10 years after the revolution began.
The Third Estate representatives turned into a separate political party to start drafting a French constitution.
They were once kicked out of normal meeting place, and furthermore met in a Tennis Court. (AKA Tennis Oath)
De-Christianization
Eliminating Christian forms and institutions from French society. Removing the word saint, churches were pillaged and closed by revolutionary armies
New Calendar. 10 day week. No Sunday services.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Born in Corsica (1769). Italian Florentine nobility, a willful and demanding child who gained discipline and loyal to his family. Eventually became First Consul and Emperor of French (1802)
Battle of Waterloo
Took place in the Netherlands. Marks as the final battle of Napoleon defeat against Britain, and Prussian allied forces.
2 American documents that established the enlightened revolution into reality.
Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution
Women’s March to Versailles. Who started it? What was the result?
Demanding bread supplies for their children. A brought back with them the royal family and carts of flour back to Paris.
Organized to protect the "new" republic from internal enemies or enemies of liberty.
16,000 people were officially killed under the quick and effective guillotine, thought to be an Enlightened way to execute criminals.
Define the 3 Estates
First Estate: Clergy - Owned 10% of land. Except from Tax.
❖ Second Estate: Nobility - Owned 25-30% of
land. Held many government positions.
❖ Third Estate: Commoners - Owned 35-40%
land and held 80-90% of the population.
St. Helena
The exiled island where Napoleon spent the rest of his days and finally died of stomach cancer.
2 Impacts that the American Revolution had on Europe?
Literature and Political Ideas
What is the National Convention?
Started in 1792 - 1793. Created to draft a new
constitution and the fate of ruling body of France.
Eventually, they found the king guilty of
treason and sentenced him to death
1804
The year Napoleon crowns himself as Emperor Napoleon I. A big transition from First consult for Life to forever Emperor.