Problems with the Old Regime
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Problems with the Old Regime• Money problems forced
Louis XVI to call the Estates-General into session.
• Each Estate casts ONE vote.
The Old Regime
First Estate Second Estate Third Estate
100,000 clergymen
400,000 noble men and women
24.5 million people
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National Assembly
• The Third Estate delegates named themselves the National Assembly, which basically proclaimed the end of an absolute monarchy and the beginning of a representative government.
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Tennis Court Oath• Three Days Later…The National Assembly
meets in an indoor tennis court and pledges to write a new constitution.
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Storming the Bastille• On July 14, an
angry mob stormed a French prison to get gunpowder for their weapons in order to defend the city.
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Great Fear
• Great Fear swept through the country – Peasants broke into and
burned nobles’ houses• Late 1789, a mob of
women marched to the Palace of Versailles
• King and Queen left Versailles.
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen: August 26, 1789
• Declared Natural Rights– Private Property– Liberty, Security, and
Resistance to Oppression
• Declared Freedom of Speech, Religious toleration, and liberty of the press.
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Declaration of the Rights of Man 1789
• Men are born and remain free and equal in rights
• Government exists to preserve natural rights: liberty, security, resistance to oppression
• Also, equal justice, freedom of religion and speech
• Did not apply to women.
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Louis XVI’s failed escape attempt
• Recognized at border and returned• Increased power of his enemies
– Seals his fate (eventually executed)
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Conflicting goals split revolutionary leaders
• After 2 years, new constitution: Constitutional Monarchy with Legislative Assembly to create laws and declare war
• Continued problems over equality, food shortages, and debt
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Three major groups develop• CONSERVATIVES (right-wing-sat on the right) who
want limited monarchy, few government changes
• MODERATES (center-sat in the middle) who want some changes in government but not too much or too fast
• RADICALS (left-wing-sat on the left) opposed to any monarchy, want sweeping and rapid changes and a full REPUBLIC – more democratic
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Also: Extreme Groups
• EMIGRES (extreme right) who want to undo the Revolution and its ideas and restore the Old Regime
• SANS-COULOTTES (extreme left) wanted greater voice in government, lower food prices and end to food shortages
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War with Austria• Nations surrounding France
(AUSTRIA and PRUSSIA) feared the IDEAS OF THE REVOLUTION
• Declared war on France. – They fight for monarchy.
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Radicals execute the king• RADICALS at the
National Convention in Paris, abolished the monarchy and declared France a REPUBLIC.
• Led by the JACOBINS, they tried Louis XVI for treason and executed the king on the GUILLOTINE
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France’s Citizen Army
• New CITIZENS ARMY begins to fight against all the European powers.
• First Coalition=Great Britain, Holland, Spain, Prussia, Austria
• A draft was instituted by the National Convention (Jacobin leaders) – Build an army of 800,000
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The Terror Grips France
• MAXIMILLIEN ROBESPIERRE
• Leads TERROR campaign– tries to wipe out
every trace of monarchy and nobility
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Committee of Public Safety
• COMMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
• Formed to try and execute (on the guillotine) “enemies of the state.”
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Reign of Terror• Robespierre governs
France as a dictator
• REIGN OF TERROR from July 1793 to July 1794. – Executes over 40,000
—many peasants and middle class
– Anyone deemed to be an enemy of the revolution.
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End of the Terror
• July 1794 - National Convention members fear for their own safety. Turn on and behead Robespierre.– French people
begin to seek more MODERATE leaders
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Directory and Napoleon
• DIRECTORY of 5 consuls established to promote order and protect France (they are moderate)
• NAPOLEON BONAPARTE named to command the FRENCH ARMIES
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Napoleon Controls France
• Great military hero.• Leads a Coup d'état.• Napoleon takes power
from the Directory.• In 1800 has a plebiscite
“vote of the people.”
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Napoleon
• People vote for a new constitution.• Napoleon now has all power in France.• He……
– Dismisses corrupt officials.– Sets up lycees (schools) to train officials.– Signed a concordat (agreement with the Catholic
Church), church is recognized again.
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Napoleonic Code
• Comprehensive system of laws.• Eliminated many injustices, but actually took
away many freedoms.– Lost freedom of speech, press.
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Napoleon the Emperor
• Made himself emperor in 1804.
• Took the crown from the pope and put it on his own head.– France > Catholic Church
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Napoleonic Wars
• Wants to conquer Europe.
• Controls most of Europe through war or political agreements.
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Napoleon’s Downfall
• Continental System– Blockade of Europe– Meant to hurt Britain, ends up hurting France.
• Peninsular War– Invaded Portugal. Spain (France’s ally) protests.– Leads to unplanned war with Spain
• Invasion of Russia– Russians practice a scorched-earth policy.– Winter kills many French soldiers.
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Napoleon’s Defeat
• After the defeat in Russia, Napoleon lost influence over his generals.
• He was forced to leave his throne.
• Banished to Elba.
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Napoleon’s Failed Comeback
• Louis XVIII became the king of France.– People dislike him.
• Napoleon returns from exile. (Hundred Days)– Thousands flock to join his army.– European nations raise their own armies in
response.• Final defeat at Waterloo
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Final Exile and Death
• Banished to St. Helena.– Island in the Atlantic.– Dies six years later.
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Off With His Head!
• In 1793, Louis XVI is executed and the Reign of Terror begins
• Enter Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety.
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Reign of
Terror Comes to an End
• Thousands of people are executed with the guillotine.– Cult of the Supreme Being
• In 1794, Reign of Terror ends with Robespierre’s execution
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The Directory
• The new government (the Directory) is weak and corrupt.
• It is made up of 5 people.
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Problems with the Directory
1. Running out of money.2. Food shortages3. French armies were defeated4. Plots against the government
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Napoleon Takes Over• Napoleon becomes the dictator of France
after a coup d’etat on November 11, 1799.– Coup d’etat = quick take over of government
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Napoleon’s Legacy Was Like T.N.T.
Tried to Unify all of Europe – Failed.
Napoleonic Code of Laws – Made everyone equal. And the laws spread across his empire.
The growth of Nationalism in countries he conquered (especially Prussia and Italy)
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Napoleon Conquered
Most of Europe
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Congress of ViennaA conference of ambassadors of European states,
chaired by the Austrian statesman
Klemens Wenzel von Metternich,
and held in Vienna from September 1814 to June 9,
1815.
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Congress of Vienna wants to go BACK to before 1789
Take me BACK to 1789
What happened in 1789?
Metternich
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Objectives of the Congress of Vienna
• Contain France• Balance of
Power• Prevent the rise
of another Napoleon-like person
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Congress of Vienna wants to go BACK to before 1789 French Revolution
B: Balance of Power – no country in Europe too powerful
A: A new map of Europe drawn (France is made weaker)
C: Congress of Vienna: (1815) Peace Conference after Napoleon (Metternich = leader)
K: Kings restored to power
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Achievements and Results• No major conflict occurred until 1914.• Boundaries of France were restored to
the boundaries of 1789– Returned territories to many European
countries.• Concert of Europe
– A quadruple alliance (Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia)
– Alliance formed to control France and keep peace
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