French Rev and Napoleon

​French Revolution and Napoleon

Open Ended

What are some of the things you know about the French Revolution?

Background of the Revolution

Economic

Politic

Social

• Support to the 13 colonies

• Marie Antoinette extravagance

• Hunger-Inflation-Bread

• Bad leadership

• People demanded a Constitution

• Liberty, equality & Fraternity

• The Bourgeoisie

• New ideas of The Enlightenment

​The church was a really powerful institution that shared power with the king. Conformed by a small part of society.

First state

Second state

Nobility had privileges like hunting or tax exemptions. Some assigned by blood, some other by their bureaucratic position.

​Craftsman, peasant, servants. Most part of society was formed by them, yet they had the less privileges and paidmore taxes.

Third state

Multiple Choice

The emergence of what elements encouraged political awareness prior to the French Revolution

• The invention of the guillotine and the creation of a revolutionary group

• The rise of middle class and printed materials

• Political parties and political campaigns

• The people's army and social leaders

Multiple Choice

Which of the three states was the only one paying taxes?

• State 1

• State 2

• State 3

Multiple Choice

What revolution was the French Crown supporting outside of it's territory that caused financial problems prior to the revolution?

• Ireland

• African

• USA

• Austro-Hungary

Multiple Choice

What place was firstly assaulted by the french people after founding the National Assembly

• Versailes

• The Queen's palace

• Buckingham

• The Bastille

​What ideologies and ideas motivated the uprise ?

Nationalism

The French Revolution of 1789 was instrumental in the emergence and growth of modern nationalism, the idea that a state should represent and serve the interests of a people or "nation" that shares a common culture and history and feels as one. The rhetoric and documents of the Revolution demonstrate the importance of national ideas. The Republic relied on national symbols, such as the tricolor flag and the “Marseillaise” anthem, to spread nationalist ideas throughout French society" (Bickford, 2014).  

• The king appointed Jackes Necker as Minister of finance

• ​July 14th 1789 - The people took The Bastille as a protest for the resign of Necker - later attacked Versailles

• National Assembly - Constituent Assembly

• The king tries to escape but it is caught

• Girondins and Jacobins
  

​First stage
1789-1791

• Austria & Prussia opposed the revolution - Netherlands, Italy & Spain supported

• Girondins: moderates & and representatives of the upper bourgeoisie

• Jacobins: petty bourgeoisie and common people

• Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

• Reign of terror (Sept. 1793 - July 1794)

• Maximilien Robespierre & Georges-Jacques Danton

  
  
  
  

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Second stage 1792-1794

1.	Organization of fourteen armies to defend the country and suppress internal uprisings.
2.	Establishment of a partial system of price ceilings and fixed wages to ensure the supply of food.
3.	Institution of the Reign of Terror to quell internal opposition.
4.	Establishment of revolutionary tribunals to judge any opponent deemed counter-revolutionary and traitor.

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​Robespierre's actions

Third stage (1795-1799)

The Directory was established as a new form of government:
1- gave power back to the Bourgeoisie
2.- Churches were opened again
3.- Conservatives tried to restore Monarchy
4.- The directory was defeated in a Coup D' Etat by a general from Corsica ending the Revolution in November 1799

Multiple Choice

Along with Nationalism this ideology supported the motives of the Revolution

• Capitalism

• Feudalism

• Conservatism

• Liberalism

Multiple Choice

What event marked the beginning of the Reign of Terror in France?

• The storming of the Bastille in 1789

• The decree of September 5, 1793, that made terror the order of the day

• The execution of Louis XVI

• The fall of Robespierre

Multiple Choice

According to Robespierre, terror was…

• An act of revenge against the monarchy

• A form of government based on fear

• “Nothing more than speedy, severe, and inflexible justice”

• A military strategy to win the war