French+Revolution+and+Napoleon


 * 1. Why I should care? - The French Reoluion was a tuing point in history of France. This greatly revolutionized the modern world.

2. Key terms:**
 * Estates: The three classes people were put into, First Estate being the wealthiest while the Third was the least.
 * Taille- chief tax of France
 * factions- dissenting groups
 * coup d'etat- sudden overthrow of the government
 * Civil Code-also known as Napoleonic code, preserved principles that many revolutionaries had fought for.
 * Nationalism-sense of unique identity of a people based on language religion and national symbols
 * Bourgeoisie- middle class
 * Directory- a council of elders consisting of five members, under the new constitution. This had control over the new government that had been created.
 * Tennis Court Oath- the the meeting place that the National Convention would meet as of June 20, 1789
 * sans-culottes- many members of the Paris commune proudly called themselves this.
 * electors- qualified voters.
 * Consulate- a new government, that overthrew the directory.
 * Duke of Wellington- Napoleon met a combined British and Prussian army under the Duke of Wellington and suffered a bloody defeat.
 * 3. Important topics:**
 * 4. Key actors:**
 * Louis XVI: was the King for many years then later was beheaded.
 * Jacobins: the man who took Louis XVI in custody.
 * [|napoleon]Napolean: The new French ruler till 1815
 * In 1799 Napoleon toppled the Dorectory in a Coup D'etat.
 * Olympe de gouges- refused to acept the exclusion fo women described in the Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen
 * Wrote the "Declaration of the Rights of Women and Women Citizens"
 * Georges Danton- newly appointed minister of justice
 * [|Robespierre..][|Robespierre]Robespierre- was exocutioned by committee of public safety
 * He was admitted avocat in 1781.
 * Jean-Paul Marat- published a radical journal called Friend of the People. He defended the September massacres.
 * Anne-Louise-Germaine de Stael- Napoleon shut down newspapers and banned the books from Stael's.


 * 5. Timeline:**
 * Seven years war: 1740
 * **Storming of the Bastille**: July, 14, 1789
 * "The Great Fear" July, 1789
 * Estates General meeting-1789
 * tennis court oath-1789
 * Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen-1789
 * National Assembly-1791
 * King louis XVI flees to varenes-1791
 * "New" Constition: 1791
 * War with Austria: 1791
 * National Convention ablotishes monarchy-1792
 * King Louis XVI gets taken into custody-1793
 * King Louis XVI is beheaded-1793
 * War of the First Coalition: Spring 1793
 * The "Reign of Terror" 1793
 * Rise of the Revolutionary Army: 1794
 * Robertspere was ecocutioned-1794
 * The directory-1795
 * Coupe de fate (d'Etat)-1799
 * Napoleon invades Russia-1812
 * Napoleon is defeated at the ballet of Wterloo-1815

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