Katie Felton

Mr. Haskell

World History

19 November 2004

Outline Chapter 19

The Old Regime

A. The French Clergy owned about 10 percent of the land, collected tithes, and paid no direct taxes to the state.

B. Noble’s military power was crushed by Richelieu and Louis XIV

C. About 98 percent of the people in France in 1789 were common people

A Financial Crisis

A. A social crisis arose from defect spending, the government was spending more money than is takes in

B. In the 1780’s a bad harvest sent food prices soaring brought hunger to the commoners.

C. Because of hard times and lack of food peasants started rioting and attacking the manor houses of nobles.

The King Takes Action

A. Louis had the three estates prepare cahiers or notebooks listing their problems.

B. Delegates took the Tennis Court Oath or vow that they would not disband until they had made the French Constitution.

C. Crisis deepened in July when the food shortage is getting worse and Royal troops are surrounding Paris.

Storming the Bastille

A. Royal troops took over Paris, the capital of France

B. The used the Bastille as a prison for political and other prisoners.

C. The Storming of Bastille became a symbol of the French Revolution

Revolts in Paris and the Provinces

A. Most peasants were unemployed and those with jobs had to spend 80 percent on bread

B. Out of anger and fear peasants unleashed their fury on nobles

C. A middle-class-militia organized in response to the British troops arriving in Paris

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

A. On August 4^th of 1789 nobles in the National Assembly gave up all their rights

B. Feudalism was also abolished

C. The Assembly wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man which modeled the Declaration of Independence

Women March on Versailles

A. Thousands of women marched into Versailles and declared that the king went with them back to Paris to see how bad the famine was

B. The women however were more outraged at the queen after her comment about the people in the streets crying out for bread

C. The king and his family moved into the Tuileries palace in Paris.

A Time of Reform

A. The National Assembly also moved to Paris along with the king.

B. To get pay off the government debt the Assembly took over and sold Church lands

C. The Civil Constitution ended papal authority over the French Catholic Church and dissolved convents and monasteries.

Reaction Outside France

A. Other European kings increased their country’s border patrol, fearing their people would catch on to this French Revolution

B. Émigrés were nobles, clergy and others that fled revolutionary France

C. The king of Prussia and the emperor of Austria issued the Declaration of Pilnitz which stated that both powers would have to intervene if necessary to protect the French monarchy

War at Home and Abroad

A. sans-culottes pushed the revolution into more radical action

B. members within the legislative assembly spilt into three groups

C. In April 1792 the war between the French revolutionaries sand European monarchs moved onto the battlefield.

Downfall of the Monarchy

A. A crowd of Parisians invaded the Tuileries on August 10, 1792

B. Suffrage was now offered to all men and not just the property owners

C. In January of 1793 King Louis XVI was beheaded

The Convention Under Siege

A. In early 1793 France was at war with most of Europe

B. To deal with the threats made to France the Convention made the Committee of Public Safety

C. Maximilien Robespierre rose to the leadership of the Committee of Public Safety

Reaction and the Directory

A. The Constitution of 1795 set up a five-man Directory and a two-house Legislature

B. The Directory held power from 1795 to 1799

C. As chaos threatened politicians turned to Napoleon Bonaparte

Women in the Revolution

A. Women of all classes participated in the revolution

B. Many women were disappointed when the Declaration of the Rights of Man didn’t grant equal rights to them

C. Olypme de Gouges created the Declaration of the Rights of Woman

Changes in Daily Life

A. The revolution and war gave people a strong sense of national identity

B. Revolutionaries pushed for social reforms as well

C. French arts moved toward grand classical style similar to ancient Rome

The Man from Corsica

A. Napoleon was born on the French-ruled island of Corsica in the Mediterranean

B. In December of 1793 he drove the British forces out of the French port of Toulon

C. In 1804 Napoleon had enough power to take the title Emperor of the French

France Under Napoleon

A. Order, security, and efficiency replaced Liberty, equality, and fraternity

B. To restore prosperity Napoleon modernized finances

C. Napoleonic Code stated that there was to be equality of citizens before the law, religious tolerance and advancement based on merit

Subduing an Empire

A. From 1804 to 1814 Napoleon furthered his reputation on the battlefield

B. Napoleon redrew the map of Europe

C. Britain relied on its sea power to stop Napoleon’s drive to rule the continent

Challenges to Napoleon’s Empire

A. Under Napoleon the French spread the ideas of the revolution across Europe

B. In 1808 Napoleon replace the king of Spain with his own brother

C. Spanish patriots conducted a campaign of guerrilla warfare against the French

Downfall of Napoleon

A. In 1813 Russia, Britain, Austria, and Prussia defeated Napoleon in the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig

B. The next year Napoleon stepped down from power

C. Napoleon died in 1821

The Congress of Vienna

A. The Congress of Vienna faced the task of restoring the stability and order of Europe after 25 years of war

B. The congress met for 19 months

C. The chief goal was to make a lasting peace by establishing a balance of power and protecting the system of monarchy

The Vienna Settlement

A. The peacemakers redrew the map of Europe

B. They restored monarchies

C. They redrew the boundaries without concern for national cultures