History of Civ 102: Chapter 19

what was the dominate form of religion in France?

Roman Catholic

French military and financial assistance to the U.S. was vital to the winning of the American Revolutionary War

The American Revolution (1775-1783)

what was the FIRST ESTATE made up of?

Clergy

what was the SECOND ESTATE made up of?

Nobility

what was the THIRD ESTATE made up of?

everyone else

the king during the outbreak of the American Revolution (he was compassionate, indecisive, and supported American Colonies)

Louis XVI

1787; called this hoping to get representatives from the nobility and the Church to agree to be taxed

The Assembly of Notables

created by the THIRD ESTATE; created to be the representation of France

The National Assembly

The National Assembly pledged not to adjourn until they had adopted a constitution for France

The Tennis Court Oath

July 14, 1789 (Independence Day for France)

Bastille

Summer 1789; Peasant Revolt

The Great Fear

abolished the “feudal system”

Decrees of August 4^th

provides justification for abolishment of the feudal system (August 26, 1789)

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

October, 1789; bring royal family to Paris

Women’s March on Versailles

transformed the French Catholic Church into a civil religion

Civil Constitution of the Clergy

Louis and his family attempted to flee Paris and go to Austria (1791)

• Louis got demoted as King of French

Flight to Varennes

Radical Political Faction; opposed the monarchy

Jacobin Clubs

“Without Breeches”; working class

Sans Culottes

Declare France to be a republic

National Convention

what is France’s motto?

“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”

12 men whose whole purpose is to stabilize the war effort (external and internal problems); basically decided life or death throughout the whole country

Committee of Public Safety

“The Incorruptible”; sought to create a “Republic of Virtue”

STARTED THE REIGN OF TERROR

“DICTATORSHIP of the people”

Maximillian Robespierre

what happened to religion in France during the Reign of Terror?

Dechristianization

after getting rid of their enemies, the Jacobin’s started to turn on each other

Political Purge

Maximillians death ended what?

Reign of Terror

A.  French: Liberty became no restraint

B.   America: Liberty was self-government

Two Revolutions: A Perspective

1)   Napoleon was from Corsica

2)   Son of the Revolution

3)   Egypt- Lost at the Battle of the Nile

4)   1799: Consulate (overthrows the previous government which was the Directory)

5)   Code Napoleon: law of France

6)   Concordat (helped reestablish religion)

7)   December 4, 1804: Napoleon crowned himself emperor

8)   French Empire

Napoleon

combined force of French and Spanish troops (British win); part of the NAPOLEONIC WAR

Battle of Trafalgar

British win the Battle of Trafalgar because of this guy

Horatio Nelson

Napoleon’s invasion of WHAT is his greatest mistake?

Russia

Napoleon loses this battle and he is exiled to the Island of Elba

Battle of Leipzig

Napoleons final defeat: he was overconfident

Battle of Waterloo

in charge of the mixed army against Napoleon

Duke of Wellington

Napoleon’s final (second) exile

St. Helena

what was the Elite Consensus about the Articles of the Confederation?

The Articles aren’t working

1787; stated purpose was to AMEND THE ARTICLES

The Philadelphia Convention

who was the Father of the Constitution?

• thought that power should be shared “Sovereignty can reside in multiple places”

James Madison