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
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)