Outbreak of the French Revolution
In what time period did the French Revolution break out/begin?
1780s
How was Louis XVI condemned to death?
He was guillotined.
Carlos IV was the monarch of what country?
Spain
Did the Congress of Vienna keep the same boundaries that were made when Napoleon was in power?
No!
What two principles was the Congress System based on?
Liberalism and Nationalism
The monarchy, financial circumstances, bad harvests, inequality of the state system, lack of representation...
The National Convention is split into two main factions, what are they?
Girondins: represent the upper bourgeoisie and had worked with the constitutional monarchy of Louis XVI.
Jacobins: have the support of the middle and petty bourgeoisie, as well as the lower classes. The leaders were Danton, Robespierre, and Marat.
Spain lost it's naval fleet at the Battle of ________.
Who were the Four Great Powers?
Austria, Prussia, Russia, and United Kingdom
Italian and German states were separated by the __________.
Congress of Vienna
The National Constituent Assembly
What date was the First Republic proclaimed on?
22 September 1792
The Spanish army was able to defeat the French at the Battle of _______.
Battle of Balién
The purpose of the Congress of Vienna was to...
reorganize Europe
The fight for independence was directed by ________ military leaders.
criollo
The constitution was passed in September 1791 and France became a _________ monarchy.
Constitutional Monarchy
What did Napoleon's government consist of?
1. The Napoleonic Code
2. Careers open to talent
3. Order
After the Spanish defeat at the Battle of Ocaña in 1809, the leadership of the resistance took refuge in _______.
Cadíz
What was adopted in order to maintain the balance of power and restore the Ancien Regime?
Concert of Europe or Congress System
The reign of Fernando VII was long and divided into three periods:
Austria
Discuss what the Napoleonic Empire was like.
- Napoleon controlled much of Europe.
- He changed borders and created a new map of Europe.
- He tried to destroy British commerce.
- He invaded Russia and had to withdraw in defeat.
- He was exiled to a Mediterranean island called Elba.
- Lots of wars and losses!
The French were finally defeated in ______.
1814
What were the names of the alliances formed by the great powers?
What causes led to Spain's American colonies fighting to gain their independence?
The dissatisfaction of the criollos, the independence of the United States of America, and the colonists being cut off from Spain during the Peninsular war.