Ch 12 sec 1 "Nationalism"
Transcript of Ch 12 sec 1 "Nationalism"
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• Nationalism
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Napoleon First Consul 1799
The Directory 1795
Reign of Terror 1793-1794
Extremists in Power 1793
Republic 1792
New Constitution, 1789-1791
Fall of the Bastille, July 1789
States General called 1789
Until 1789 rule by kings
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French Revolution
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Reasons for Revolution
1. Social Discrimination – The social ladder was divided into three parts.
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Population of France
Third EstateSecond EstateThird Estate
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First Estate
• Leaders of the French church• They were exempt from most taxes
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Second Estate
• Nobles and aristocrats• Also exempt from taxes• Charged rent to
peasants who farmed their land and charged fees for the use of their mills, wine presses and bakeries.
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Third Estate
• Contained a wide variety of citizens– Middle class, artisans,
townsmen and peasants
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• The wealthy produced little of the wealth• Those who produced the nation’s wealth were
taxed heavily
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2. Economic Collapse– France was nearly bankrupt
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• King Louis XIV called for the Estates-General
• This was the only political body with the authority to reform the tax system.
• It consisted of representatives from the first and second estates elected by the king and from the third elected by the people.
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3. Political Incompetence• King Louis XIV and Marie-Antoinette proved to
be totally unqualified to lead the nation
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• When the Estates-General met things went bad– The third estate demanded one vote per
representative– First and second estate refused and the third
estate walked out
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National Assembly
• The third estate formed this group• They signed the Tennis Court Oath• They simply wanted a constitution that would
guarantee basic rights to all French citizens
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• The citizens began to panic• The crowd charges the Bastille on July 14• July 14 is celebrated as France’s Day of
Independence
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• National Assembly signed the Declaration of the Rights of Man on August 26, 1789
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• Many French nobles fled France and went to Austria.
• France declared war on Austria
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Reign of Terror
• Called for the removal of opposition and had a period of mass execution
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• A five-man committee known as the Directory headed up the new government