Old Regime
Social and political system in France
1st Estate
Catholic Clergy, 1% of population Did not pay taxes
2nd Estate
Landowning Nobles 2% of the population Did not pay taxes
3rd Estate
Bourgeoisie = urban workers=peasants 97% of population Paid ALL of the Taxes
Estates - General
Representative body of the 3 estates Voted on issues
Monarchy
Louis XVI & Wife Marie Antoinette Louis was weak and indecisive
Meeting at Versiles
3rd Estate becomes National Assembly They take the Tennis Court Oath
Great Fear
People of Paris attack Bastille for weapons, Peasants burn nobles manors
Parisian Women
Women stormed Versailles & force Louis to go to Paris
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Olympe de Gouges does same for women
State confiscates
Church and Land
Austrian Border
Louis tries to escape but is captured at the Austrian border.
Constitution 1791
Limited monarchy Legislative Assembly
Radicals
Left
Moderates
Center
Conservatives
Right
Emigres
Nobles flee
Sans-Culottes
Parisian workers make Revolution radical, France goes to war with Europe
New Constitution 1794
National Convention
Jacobins
Radical political club
Jean-Paul Marat Georges Danton
Leader of the Jacobins
Maximilien Robespierre
Leader of Reign of Terror Executions by guillotine in name of Republic Terror end with execution of Robespierre
Napoleon Bonaparte
Named army commander by Directory Saves National Convention Coup d'etat (3 consuls) Plebiscite ( 1st consul) Lycees (schools)
Concordat with Pope
Napoleonic code (laws) Crowns himself emperor (1804)
Empire
Sells Louisiana Territory to U.S. Defeats Prussia, Austria & Russia at Austerlitz Loses to Horatio Nelson at naval Battle of Trafalgar
Continental System
Prevent trade between Britain and & rest of Europe (failed)
Peninsular War
Against Spanish rebels (guerrilla warfare, drained resources)
Invasion of Russia
Scorched-earthly policy, Army caught in Russian winter
Losses Battle of Leipzig
Exiled to Elba Returns (100 days)
Defeated at Waterloo
Duke of Wellington defeats Napoleon Exiled to St Helena Dies there
Congress of Vienna
Leaders: Prince Klemens von Metternich (Austria) Containment of France Balance of Power & Legitimacy (return monarchs to thrones)
Holy Alliance
Russia, Prussia and Austria Based on Christian Principles
Concert of Europe
Alliances created by Metternich
Legacy
Nationalism (revolutions) **ESSAY** pg 241 Balance of Power (France down, Britain/Prussia up)