Unit 5 review (1648-1815) duel

King Louis locked the third estate out of the meeting room, they declared themselves the national assembly

Effects of the French Revolution

(1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed for "disloyalty" by the committee of public safety

There was a bread shortage which finally sparked the revolution

Imbalances in the estates general. 97% of the population only got 1 vote.

Confiscated church property, eliminated the taxes peasants had to pay the church, clergy were placed under state control

Peninsular War (1808-1813) The Spanish rebelled against napoleon's rule and the continental system. Started to weaken his rule

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen Drew inspiration from enlightenment thinkers like Locke and Voltaire. Provided for freedom of speech and a representative government. Abolished the privileges of the upper estates, established popular sovereignty in France

British Navigation Acts

Dutch East India Company Government-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies. Aimed to dethrone the Portuguese dominance of Asian trade

A series of conflicts fought between the French Revolutionary government and European states hostile to the Revolution (1792-1802). A war of people against kings. France shocked everyone and won.

October March on Versailles Women marched to the palace of Versailles to demand the bread the king was hoarding. They then stormed the palace, killed several guards, and forced the king to accept the declaration of the rights of man and citizen, which he did

Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) Series of major wars led by French Emperor Napoleon against various Europeans powers after the French Revolution; ended with the failed invasion of Russia in 1812 and the loss at Waterloo in 1815. Spread French enlightenment ideas and rights.

Napoleon domestic policies

Installed state-sponsored censors in every major newspaper

Continental System

British East India Company

Napoleonic Code

Conference of Vienna (1815) European states gathered to negotiate how to restore the balance of power that had been so messed up by napoleon. Tried to establish lasting peace in Europe. Led to 50 years of peace.

Battle of Waterloo (1815) Napoleon returns to France from Elba after being forced to abdicate the throne by the coalition of nations. Tried to overthrow his replacement Louis the 18th, but was defeated by other nations and sent to St. Helena island.

Concordat of 1801 This is the agreement between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon that healed the religious division in France by giving the French Catholics free practice of their religion and Napoleon political power by retaining the right to nominate bishops and other church officials

Storming of the Bastille People stormed a debtors prison for people who couldn't pay taxes, in response to learning that king Louis was assembling an army to crush the National Assembly

French Revolution economic causes Expensive foreign wars (Louis 14-16) led to always increasing tax burden placed squarely on the peasants because the nobility was exempted from paying taxes

Radical Phase

Napoleon becomes emperor (1802)

Effects of the French Revolution Led to the Haitian revolution, other European thinkers argued against the chaos of the reign of terror and prevented the revolution from spreading

Napoleon Bonaparte Won a glowing reputation for his role in the French revolutionary wars

Napoleon overthrows Directory

A wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789

Foreign responses to French revolution

Storming of the Bastille People stormed a debtors prison for people who couldn't pay taxes, in response to learning that king Louis was assembling an army to crush the National Assembly

Napoleaon curtailed the freedom of speech and press

Radical Phase

Effects of the French Revolution

National Assembly

An enlightened law code that included equality of citizens (men) before the law, protections of wealth and private property, and religious toleration

Concordat of 1801

Government-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies. Aimed to dethrone the Portuguese dominance of Asian trade

Constitution of 1791 established a limited monarchy with 3 branches of government: legislative assembly, king, and revised judicial system.

French Revolution economic causes Expensive foreign wars (Louis 14-16) led to always increasing tax burden placed squarely on the peasants because the nobility was exempted from paying taxes

French Revolution political causes Imbalances in the estates general. 97% of the population only got 1 vote.

Peninsular War (1808-1813) The Spanish rebelled against napoleon's rule and the continental system. Started to weaken his rule

National Assembly nationalized and reforms the church Confiscated church property, eliminated the taxes peasants had to pay the church, clergy were placed under state control

French Revolution (1789) Period of radical social and political change throughout Europe that began with an uprising

Goods being shipped to or from british colonie shad to be on british ships. Made the british merchants very rich and weakened the dutch.

Worked to maintain the status quo and peace. They sometimes executed innocent people to send a message

War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748) War over the control of Austria due to the fact that Charles VI left Maria Theresa (a girl) as heir to the throne. Frederick II of Prussia invaded due to a want for Silesia and France helped him in order to humiliate their enemy (Austria.) Great Britain allied with Austria to prevent France from gaining more land. The colonies of F and GB began to fight also. Austria gave Silesia to Prussia and the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle ended the war.

Foreign responses to French revolution

French revolution other cause There was a bread shortage which finally sparked the revolution

Tennis Court Oath

Napoleon Bonaparte Won a glowing reputation for his role in the French revolutionary wars

Led by the bourgeoisie. National Assembly drafted the declaration of the rights of man and citizen and nationalized the catholic church. Women played a large role in this phase

Seven Years War (1756-1763 CE) Known also as the French and Indian war. It was the war between the French and their Indian allies and the English that proved the English to be the more dominant force of what was to be the United States both commercially and in terms of controlled regions. Left England in a lot of debt

Continental System Napoleon's policy of preventing trade between Great Britain and continental Europe, intended to destroy Great Britain's economy so he could finally defeat them.

A wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789

Napoleon domestic policies Napoleanic code, centralized government under his own authority. Created a merit based bureaucracy. He figured out how to balance absolutism and enlightenment ideals.

French revolutionary wars A series of conflicts fought between the French Revolutionary government and European states hostile to the Revolution (1792-1802). A war of people against kings. France shocked everyone and won.

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