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The French Monarchy
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The Dutch Patriot Revolt
- Whated to reduce powers of william of Orange
- Wanted money from Britain.
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The Revolutionary Wave
- Revolts in the name of liberty
- Many protests in the Atlantic region.
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Abbe Sieyes
- Sieyes began to question the importance of the role of the third estate in French Society, politics and economy.
- Asked what is the Third estate. Everything!
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Austrian Netherlands' resistance
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The French Revolution (Moderate Phase)
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The National Assembley
- August decress: Renunciation of aristocratic privileges.
- Overall goal was to, safeguard the right of private property.
- Fuedal dues were not renounced outright.
- Peasants would compesnsate their landlords through a series of direct payments for obligations from which they had supposedly been freed.
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The Estates General opens at Versailles
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Convening of the Estates General
- This is the first time the Estates General was called into session since 1614.
- Called for right from King and other two estates.
- The third estate demanded equal representation.
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Storming of the Bastile
- A rumor that the king was planning a military coup against the National Assembley resulted in.
- 18 dead, 73 wounded, 7 guards killed.
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Peasant Revolt
- Rumors that the fuedal aristocracy were sending hired brigands to attack peasants and pillage there land.
- Led to a revolt of the Peasants in July of 1789
- also known as the Great Fear.
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The Eve of the Revolution
- The Feudal system would be abolished this night.
- All Frenchmen were, in principle, subject to the same laws and the same taxes and eligible for the same offices.
- The French Revolution begins.
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Rights of Man and the Citizen
- Liberty
- Property
- Resistance to oppression.
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The Tricolor
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Monarchy to Republic
- tried to establish constitutional monarchy.
- failed and started republic.
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The Age of Montesquieu
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National Assembly
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Louis and Marie-Antoinette attempt to flee in disguise and are captured at Varennes
- Executed
- By guillotine
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St. Dominque slave revolt
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Legislative Assembly
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Brunswick Manifesto
- Stated allies would not go to war with France as long as French Monarchy was not harmed.
- Related to suspicions concerning the king's act of treason.
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National Convention
- First act was the formal abolition of the Monarchy
- First year of the French Republic
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Creation of the Republic
- yearly calander was dated from this day.
- End of the Monarchy.
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Girondin Rule of National Convention
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Politics of the National Convention
- The Montagnards and the Girondists
- King was seen as a traitor.
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France and rest of Europe at war
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The Age of Rousseau,
- The Age of The Republic
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National Convention
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Radical Phase
- The "Second" French Revolution.
- National Convention
- The Directory.
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Beheading a King
- The Trial of King Louis XIV was hastened by the discovery of a secret cupboard in the Tuileres of a cache of documents.
- Documents provided information that Louis had knowledge of a foreign intervention on behalf of the king.
- National Convention voted 387 to 334 to execute the monarchs.
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Law of General Maximum
- Prices are strictly enforced
- Hoarders rooted out and punished.
- Food supplies would be secured by the army.
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Law of suspects
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Jacobin Rule of National Convention ( The Reign Of Terror)
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Second partition of Poland; Louis XVI Executed
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Vendee Revolt
- Revolt targeted
- local government officials
- national guardsmen
- jurying priests.
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Religous Terror
- de-christianization
- Religion was associated by ancient regime.
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Law of Prarial
- Trials limited deciding on liberty or deathwith defendants having no rights.
- The law was so broadly written that almost anyone could fall within its definition.
- 1,500 executed between June and July.
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The Thermidorean Reaction
- Robespierre gives speach illustrating new plots and conspiracies.
- Many felt threatened.
- The Convention arrests Robespierre.
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Robespierre Executed
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Thermidorian Rule of National Conention
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French Abolish Slavery
Robespierre falls -
Louis XVII dies in Prison
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The Directory
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Third partition of Poland; France annexes Austrian Netherlands
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The Directory
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Sister republics established in Itallian states and Switzerland
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Napoleon seizes power
- Napoleon seizes power in a coup d'etat
- Will lead by consulate
- Napoleon promised order and stability, pledging to uphold key reforms.
- The French gave up some freedoms for peace and prosperity.
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The Age of Voltaire/ Napoleon's Empire
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Consulate
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French beat the Austrians at Marengo
- First battle lead by Napoleon as consulate of France.
- Shows a "new" France that is reorganized and dangerous.
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The Napoleanic Wars
- Series of wars
- contiuation of wars sparked in the French revolution
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War between Britain and France
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Napoleon's Empire
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Napoleon Crows himself Emperor
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Battle of Trafalgar
- Admiral Vileneuve is blockaded by the British fleet lead by Lord Nelson.
- British Fleet decimates Vilenueve's fleet.
- Lord Nelson dies.
- Forever removes the option for Napoleon to Challenge Britain by sea.
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War of the Third Coalition
- Napoleon planned to invade Britain
- However he needed Naval supremacy.
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Napoleon Forms Confederation of the Rhine
- made of the many tiny German States that make up the Rhine land.
- turned them into larger electorates.
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Napoleon Releases all French Forces east of the Rhine.
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War of the Fourth Coalition
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Napoleon defeated at Battle of the Nations
- Battle took place near Leipzig
- Russia, Prussia and Great Britain allied against France
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Allies Enter Paris
- Napoleon gives up throne.
- Exiled to Elba
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French Monarchy Restored
- French Monarchy Restored with King Louis XVIII
- King Was unpopular Napoleon returns after one year.
- Brief period of renewed glory.
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Congress of Vienna
- Makes sure France could not rise again.
- Put down revolution wherever it might appear
- Remove traces of French Revolution and Napoleon's rule.
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Battle of Waterloo
- Duke of Wellington leads final confrontation.
- Crushing defeat for Napoleon.
- End of Napoleonic wars.
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Napoleon sent into Exile
- Tries to escape battle of waterloo.
- captured and sent into exile.
- Volcanic island in South Atlantic
- Died at age 51
