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The French Revolution
CH 23
AKS
 43a - identify the causes and results of the
revolutions in England (1689), United States (1776),
France (1789), Haiti (1791), and Latin America
(1808-1825)
 43b - explain Napoleon’s rise to power, the role of
geography and climate in his defeat, and the
consequences of France’s defeat for Europe
(Congress of Vienna)
EQ
 What were the causes/effects of the French
Revolution?
 Who was Napoleon Bonaparte and what is his
legacy?
Describe the progression of an illness like the flu.
What differences are there between the beginning, the
height of the flu, and the end?
Describe specific traits that these stages could share
with other illnesses?
FEVER MODEL OF REVOLUTION
Crisis
Stage
Symptomatic
Stage
Convalescence
Incubation
Stage
Much like an illness, revolutions can also be studied in stages
This stage in an illness is when the cause of the sickness first comes
into contact with the individual, infecting them, but not yet causing
any symptoms to present themselves.
What would this stage be like in a revolution?
Crisis
Stage
Symptomatic
Stage
Convalescence
Incubation
Stage
In a revolution, this stage would involve the political, social, intellectual,
or economic causes. In some cases, these causes could fester for
many years before showing themselves in the form of actual
revolutionary action.
This stage in an illness is when sickness starts to affect the person
in observable ways. Temperature may rise. A cough might present
itself. The individual might become weak and queasy.
What would this stage be like in a revolution?
Crisis
Stage
Symptomatic
Stage
Convalescence
Incubation
Stage
In a revolution, this stage would be the first to involve direct
action resulting from the social, political, intellectual, or economic
causes of the incubation stage. This stage might involve the publication
of works calling for a change, street level riots by the common people,
or more direct attempts at changing the society.
This is the critical stage in an illness where two things can happen.
The individual either breaks the fever after a heightened stage
of illness or the individual gets progressively worse and does not
recover.
What would this stage
be like in a revolution?
Crisis Stage
Symptomatic
Stage
Convalescence
Incubation
Stage
In a revolution, this stage would be the make or break part of the
struggle. It may involve conflict where sides for and against
the revolution compete. This competition could take the form of
debate or full-scale war. Successful revolutions survive this stage.
Those that do not are usually considered failed rebellions.
This stage involves recovering from the illness. The individual might
be weakened from the experience, but he or she will eventually
emerge healthy and with new knowledge and experience that might
prevent the illness from occurring again.
What would this stage be like in a revolution?
Crisis
Stage
Symptomatic
Stage
Convalescence
Incubation
Stage
In a revolution, this stage would involve recovering from the extreme
disruptions of the crisis stage. In general, the political, social,
intellectual, or economic causes of the revolution must be addressed in
some way, though not necessarily to the satisfaction of all
revolutionaries.
Overview of Revolution
 http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistor
y/frenchrevolution/
The Estates of the Old Regime
First estate
 Clergy of the
Roman Catholic
Church
 Owned 10% of
the land
 Opposed
Enlightenment
ideas
 Paid 2% of taxes
Second estate
 Rich nobles
 Owned 20% of
the land
 Opposed
Enlightenment
ideas
 Paid almost no
taxes
Third Estate
 97% population
 Paid most of
the taxes
 Peasants,
urban workers,
and middle
class
 Bourgeoisie
Embraced
enlightenment
ideas
In one minute, write down how you will
remember the three estates…
What do these two graphs say together about the
Estates?
The Events
To come up with
money, Louis XVI
decided to raise
taxes on the
nobles (2nd
Estate)
They forced
Louis to call a
meeting of the
Estates General
The Third
Estate, fearing
they would be
pushed around
by the other two
estates, called a
National
Assembly
Causes
 Enlightenment ideas
 Heavy taxes
 High cost of bread
 Debt
 Weak Leadership
 Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

Marie was a Hapsburg (ruling family in Austria)
What was Louis’ response to all of this?
The Storming of the Bastille -start of the
Revolution!!!
National Assembly Reforms (p. 656-7)
 Feudalism dead
 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
 “men are born and remain free and equal in rights”
 “Life, Equality, and Fraternity.”
 Louie tries to flee but is apprehended
 A limited monarchy
Results
 War – Austria and Prussia (England, Holland, and
Spain join later)
 Factions

Jacobins – wanted death for all in support of King
 Louis and Marie Antoinette are executed
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s/whs05_023_659.html
The Reign of Terror
 Jacobin leader, Robespierre, gains power of National
Assembly
 40,000 people may have been beheaded
 Robespierre is eventually overthrown and executed
 The Directory takes over

They place Napoleon Bonaparte in control of France’s armies
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Napoleon Boneparte
Intro
 http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushist
oricalfigures/napoleonbonaparte/
Review
 Who were the three people we discussed yesterday
that were executed by guillotine?
 Who was in charge of the Reign of Terror?
 Who was in charge of France after Robespierre was
executed?
 Was France still at war?
Napoleon Bonaparte
 1799 – Napoleon seized power by force in an action
known as a coup d'état
Napoleonic Code
 Uniform set of laws
 Limited liberty and promoted authority
Napoleon crowned as Emperor (1804)
What does this mean for democracy in France?
Napoleon’s Empire
Three Major Mistakes
The Continental System
1.


Set up a blockade around Great Britain
In response, Britain set up its own more successful blockade of
France
2. The Peninsular War

Invasion of Spain (Iberian Peninsula)
3. The Invasion of Russia

Czar Alexander uses a scorched earth policy
Napoleon’s Downfall
 Exiled to Elba
 Escapes and raises an army
 Defeated at Waterloo
 Banished to St. Helena
Congress of Vienna
 Meetings to secure Europe
 Tried to restore the balance of power in Europe
Review
 How did Napoleon take control of France?
 What were his three biggest mistakes?
 What is the Napoleonic Code?
Door ticket – what are the causes of the French
Revolution?
1
4
Four causes
of the
French
Revolution
3
2
Door Ticket
1
Three
Mistakes
of
Napoleon
3
2