Origins of Nationalism

Bourgeoisie

Middle class citizens, usually merchants and business owners.

Civic Nationalism

Nation created regardless of ethnicity, culture, and language.

Collective Consciousness

An internal consciousness, or awareness, shared by many.

Divine Right of Kings

King’s authority is from God and cannot be responsible for earthly authority

Emigres

A person who flees their country for political reasons

Ethnic Nationalism

 Nation created by shared ethnicity, culture, and language.

Feudalism

A social system where land was exchanged for military service and loyalty.

Manorialism

Medieval economic structure which rendered peasants reliant on their lords

Secular

Not bound by religious rule.

Tennis Court Oath

Representatives of the non-aristocrats of France who would not disperse until a constitution was established.

Who said “L’etat, c’est moi (I am the state)”?

King Louis XIV

Who was the King during the French Revolution?

King Louis XVI

5 May 1789

The Estate General Meeting

July 14, 1789

Storming of Bastille

17 June-9 July 1789

 National Assembly

July 12, 1790

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

1793-1794

Reign of Terror

1799

Napoleon Rise to Power

June 18, 1815

Battle of Waterloo

The Storming of Bastille was caused by…

The king locking up citizens who spoke out against him.

In a population of 26 million… what percentage were aristocrats?

4%

In a population of 26 million… what percentage were common folk?

96%

What was the Age of Enlightenment in response to?

The idea of absolute power and divine right of rule.

What was John Locke ideals?

‘All persons are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property.’

What was Montesquieu’s ideals?

 ‘No power should become stronger than another.’

What was Voltaire’s ideals?

‘Efficacy of reason.’

What was Rousseau’s ideals?

‘Man was born basically good, and idea that society is what corrupts mankind.’

What did Voltaire think of the Church?

He advocated for the separation of Church and State.

Who was in the First Estate?

Clergy

Who was in the Second Estate?

Aristocrats

Who was in the Third Estate?

Common Folk

What was the Estates General?

The Estates General was a legislative body in France made up of representatives from the clergy, nobility, and commoners.

Why were the French angry at Marie Antoinette?

The French citizens believed a widespread rumour about how her response to the famine is “Let them eat cake” in place of bread.

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

Established France as a secular republic and granted equal rights to men

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy

France revolutionary government to subordinate the Roman Catholic Church to the state and reduce civil government.

Reign of Terror

The revolutionaries cracked down on those against them as they feared opposition to their own regime. Killing 17,00 people

Olympe de Gouges

Challenged the Declaration of the Rights of Man as it excluded women.

How did Napoleon Rise to power?

Via a coup d'état in 1799.

What did Napoleon do?

He crushed threats from both radicals and royalists who wanted to extend or reverse the French Revolution.

What was the purpose of the Napoleon Code?

To extinguish nobility and class privileges and to make all men equal