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| Why did the French have an American flavor? |
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| because the french revolution was heavily influenced by the american revolution, and the american constitution. |
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| women's march on versailles >> even though radical things were happening in paris, people outside of paris were not seeing any effects, and were growing restless |
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| Civil Constitution of the Clergy |
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| all clergy were to swear an oath to the civil constitution, bishops and clergy were to be elected by the people and paid by the state >> secularized the church, made it an enemy of the revolution. |
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| Constitutional monarchy with some early reforms |
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| the new constitutional monarchy left power in the hands of the aristocrats, even though they were elected. the first act they passed was to try the king for treason. |
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| the civil constitution of the clergy made the church an enemy, and the clerics were no longer allowed to be active in politics. |
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| these people were radical discussion groups that would later take hold of the revolution. there were two factions, the mountains, who wanted to kill the king (these were mostly city folk) and the girondins, who wanted to keep the king (rural folk) |
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| Louis XVI tries to flee paris and escape to Varennes, where he is found. this escape gives the mountains of the jacobins more evidence that the king should be executed. |
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| austria and prussia call countries to war in order to strengthen the standing of the french king, because they don't want the revolution to spread into their lands. this leads to war with france. |
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| defeats in war coupled with economic failure led to the reinvigoration of the radical groups in paris. the radicals came together to form the paris commune, who then attacks the legislative assembly that had power at the time. this body came to be known as the paris commune. |
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| they were formed because of the paranoia in France >> everyone took up arms because they were scared, but then they begin to fight against foreign enemies. they were ordinary patriots without fine clothes >> engenders a sense of nationalism. france was the first country to engage in a full out war >> its army was actually composed of its people. |
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| leader of the paris commune, he lead the charge in the fight against "traitors" he executed many ordinary citizens. there was mass paranoia in the streets. |
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| in september of 1792, a national convention was called to draft a new constitution, but it also presided over the french affairs while it was drafting the constitution. decide to make france into a republic. they were Extremely radical |
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| Girondins and the Mountain |
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| there were two factions of the national convention, the mountains, who wanted to kill the king (these were mostly city folk) and the girondins, who wanted to keep the king (rural folk) |
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| an area where the moderates who disapproved of the direction france was heading in, gathered. they rise up into open rebellion to reinstate the monarchy. |
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| in 1793, louis's execution symbolized the fall of the monarchy and the beginning of the french republic. |
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Committee of Public Safety (aka Committee
of National Security) |
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| this committee was given broad powers to protect against foreign invasion. However, this committee became more focused with curbing anarchy and counterrevolutionary forces at home. |
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| Maximilien Robespierre-the revolution is over |
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| Robespierre led the committee of public safety during its reign of terror, during which thousands of people are killed for being suspected of treason. he claimed that to reach the end of equality and the enlightenment ideals, he had to use other means. he was wrong. he took over through fear and a strong army. |
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| Other countries’ view of the French Revolution |
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| other countries were scared by the french revolution (declaration of pilnitz), but they also had to respect france because of its huge military. |
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| Reign of Terror-its purpose and the results |
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| its purpose was to get rid of everyone who didn't believe in the radical ideas that they were trying to promote. it resulted in mass fear and panic, and the execution of many people. |
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Sans culottes in this stage-what Robespieere
did for them in terms of food and work |
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| he pays them, and he makes them put down riots, etc. they were vicious and over the top in their violence |
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| peasants rose up against their masters because they were paranoid, they was mass chaos. people felt the foreign armies getting close. |
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| Two factions: radical and moderate |
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| radicals were the mountain, the people in charge of the committee of public safety, while the more moderate were the people of the old legislative assembly, who had all run away to vendee or other nations. |
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| became a symbol of the french revolution, because it was seen as humane and efficient way of killing people. it was employed very often. |
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| a maximum on prices on goods deemed of first necessity. the government couldnt enforce these controls, so they didn't work very well. |
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| the cathedral of notre dame was renamed the temple of reason, which was a part of the de-christianization of france. |
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| leader of the slave revolts in the french west indies. he seized control of all hispaniola. |
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| the age when the reign of terror begins to abate. the committee of public safety starts to lose power, and things began to get more moderate. |
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| the committee of public safety had gotten out of control. External and internal war makes the committee paranoid. How to stop the revolutionary bandwagon? |
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| Directory and new constitution |
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| the french held elections again, and they had 2 chambers again. there were 5 directors in charge. they reverted back to the old system where the voting base was more restricted, and the wealthy had power. the new constitution was more moderate, but did not sacrifice the ideals of 1789 |
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| Church brought back, worse conditions for the peasants |
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| laissez faire economics were adopted again, and peasants struggled in the wealth dominated structure. the directory's era was a materialistic response to the french revolution |
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| appalled at the misery of the poor, he wanted to abolish private property and become socialist. his conspiracy of equals was crushed, and he was executed in 1797 |
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| Napoleon Bonaparte-end of the directory |
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| Abbe Sieyes asks Napoleon to join him in a coup, and napoleon takes power. |
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| Italian and Egyptian campaigns |
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| in order to defeat britain, napoleon tried to take out their financial stability by attacking their colonial holdings. however, british forces on the seas were too powerful, and he withdraws because he is certain that he is going to be defeated. |
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| Napoleon crowns himself emperor, showing his supreme power in the land. he calls himself emperor so that he is not associated witht he monarchy. |
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| an agreement with the catholic church. it says that catholicism will become the majority religion of france, and in exchange, church lands will remain in the hands of the state, and that bishops would be appointed by the state. napoleon believed that religion was necessary because of its morals. |
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| napoleon actually writes the laws that were generally understood during the revolution, like the bill of rights. the right of individuals to choose their profession, religious toleration, equality of all citizens before the law, and more. |
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| Napoleon’s foreign and domestic policies |
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domestic: he overhauls the old system, and institutes an efficient bureaucracy and tax collecting system. a system based on merit. however, he became more and more absolute, and was the basis of modern day dictatorships. he opened mail, and censored newspapers.
Foreign: he was very successful in war, and he instituted the french code in the places that he had conquered or defeated. |
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| Grand Empire and Grand Army |
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| the grand empire was the french empire, a series of dependent states, and a series of allied states. napoleon wanted a unified front against britain. his army was all of france. he tried to destroy the old order in the places he went. |
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| he is defeated by the russians, and exiled to elba. |
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| a political creed that was espoused during the revolution based on brotherhood, and solidarity against other peoples, like modern day nationalism. |
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| he was exiled to these places after he is defeated. |
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| british and prussian forces defeat napoleon. |
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| Female constitutionalist, she believed in Rousseau's ideas |
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