The French Revolution/ Napoleon
Jan 02, 2016
Natural Law/ Rights The Social Contract Government’s role in society
How did they influence the French Revolution?
The Estates of the Realm
The estates were names given to the social classes of France
Dates back to medieval times
The First Estate
Clergy Less than 1% of the population Owned 10% of the land About 2% of their income was taxed
The Third Estate
The underclass (98% of the pop) Bourgeoisie – Merchants + Artisans
The Middle class Lower class laborers Peasants
Alone made up 80% of France’s population
Paid about 50% of their income in taxes
The Enlightenment’s Influence
The Bourgeois took to the enlightenment Voltaire and Rousseau were the most
popular EQUALITY, LIBERTY, DEMOCRACY
Comte d’Antraigues
“The Third Estate is the people and the people is the foundation of the State; it is in fact the state itself. The other orders are merely political categories while by the immutable laws of nature the People is everything…”
How has the Enlightenment influenced this quote?
Social/ Economic inequalities between the estates
The Influence of Enlightenment ideals Crippling economic crisis The weak leadership of Louis XVI
Louis XVI
Louis “Capet”Louis “Capet” Ran a different courtRan a different court Upset the noble Upset the noble
class class Would lead to many Would lead to many
questioning his questioning his intelligenceintelligence
France faces bankruptcy
Louis XVI inherited a mountain of debt
He goes through a series of advisors that are unable to fix the problem
New advisor Charles Calonne
Noble reaction
1787 – Louis calls an Assembly of Notables to discuss the country’s debt
Calonne’s plan had failed, the country was bankrupt he proposed that the NOBLES PAY TAXES?!?!
The Estates-General
Assembly of all the estates in France Called for the first time in 175 years It was a last-ditch effort to pass the
financial reforms
Did not work
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès
Abbé Sieyès
"What is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it been hitherto in the political order? Nothing. What does it desire? To be something."
The National Assembly
June 17, 1789 The Third Estate forms the assembly
and declares France a republic They are effectively locked out of the
meeting house The break down the door of an indoor
tennis court
The Tennis Court Oath
serment du jeu de paume “We swear never to separate ourselves from the National
Assembly, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the realm is drawn up and fixed upon solid foundations.”
Louis’ Reaction
The King has little choice but to go along with the demands
He ordered the other Estates to join the assembly
He tightens security in Paris, brings in foreign troops
The Bastille
Former Prison, now a storehouse for weapons and powder
Stormed July 14, 1789 1,000 Parisians against
a small amount of guards Largely symbolic at that
point
Drill 12/14
Describe the circumstances surrounding the Tennis-Court Oath.
What did the oath itself declare?
The Tennis Court Oath
serment du jeu de paume “We swear never to separate ourselves from the National
Assembly, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the realm is drawn up and fixed upon solid foundations.”
The DoRM
The new French Republic had to sweep away the kingdom
The OLD REGIME The Bourbon Kingdom and the old political
structure of France
First They remove the Feudal powers of the First and Second Estates Making all of the estates equal
They confiscated all Church lands and brought the Church under state control Local clergy would be elected
August 26, 1789 The General Assembly approves the
declaration The Declaration is heavily influenced
by The US Declaration of Independence English Bill of Rights The Enlightenment
Drafters of the document included Marquis de Lafayette Benjamin Franklin Checked by Thomas Jefferson
Read the Declaration of the Rights of Man. Underline the articles that you feel reflect enlightenment ideas
The Jacobins
Jacobins Radical political club prevalent in Paris Wanted to see the end of the Monarchy
and old regime entirely Wanted sweeping changes to France’s
political structure
Radicals, Centrists, Conservatives
Radicals like the Jacobins sat on the LEFT side of the Assembly
Centrists More moderate wanted reform but not as
drastic Sat in the middle
Conservatives Desired a limited monarchy Sat on the RIGHT
Rival Factions
Émigrés Wealthy land-owners, fled during the
Peasant uprisings Wanted to restore the monarchy
Sans-Culottes Poor wage earners No role in the assembly Radical leftists
CW
Complete the Geography Application: The French Revolution Under Siege
This discusses France’s struggle with foreign conflicts during the beginning of the Republic
What about Louis?
Louis and his family are under house arrest in a castle in Paris
Some advisors get to him and he feels he is in danger
June 1791, He tries to escape but is caught at the border
The Summer 0f 92
War with Austria and Prussia Panic in Paris
The September Massacres Upwards of 1,000 prisoners killed
As a result The National Assembly forgets the Limited Monarchy, disbands calls for a NEW legislature to be elected The National Convention
Marat and Danton
Powerful leaders/ speakers in the Jacobin club
Jacobin ideas would dominate the new National Convention
September 21, 1792
Convention gives adult males the right to vote and hold office No women
Reduces Louis XVI to a citizen and prisoner
He is tried for treason, found guilty and sentenced to death Louis is executed January 21, 1793
Wiping away the past
Radicals changed everything Face cards in playing cards were
renamed The calendar was changed: 12
months, 30 days each, new names, no Sundays Because religion was too old-fashioned
Maximilien Robespierre
Jacobin politician Consolidated
power within the Convention
Became leader of the Committee of Public Safety, 1793
The Committee of Public safety
Decided who was guilty of treason against the republic
“Terror is nothing more other than prompt, severe, inflexible justice.”
The Reign of Terror
On September 5, the Convention institutionalized The Terror: systematic and lethal repression of perceived enemies within the country
Mass executions Between 20,000 – 40,000 people were killed in a
little under one year
Over 1,900 executions in one month
Targets were anyone accused of treason against the state Priests Nobles The wealthy Anyone who spoke against
the state Robespierre took more
control and basically became a dictator of the nation
The Terror
Anyone who was brought up on charges was executed
Danton was even executed for claiming that Robespierre was more moderate than he
Be sure to show the crowd my head
Jean Paul Marat was assassinated as he bathed
Paris was through with Robespierre
The Convention was through with the indiscriminate violence
The Thermidor Reaction
9 Thermidor, Year 2 July 24, 1794
Members of the Convention cry for Robespierre’s arrest He has no friends left, he killed them
ALL! He is arrested and put to death the
next day
Along with 20 members of the convention
Jean-Claude Bernard; Charles-Jacques Bougon; Christophe Cochefer; Georges Couthon; Jean-Barnabé Dhazard; René-François Dumas, ex-president of the Revolutionary Tribunal; Jean-Baptiste Fleuriot-Lescot, mayor of Paris; Jean-Etienne Forestier; Antoine Gency; Adrien-Nicolas Gobeau, ex-substitute of the public prosecutor; Étienne-Nicolas Guérin; François Hanriot, ex-commander of the garde nationale; Denis-Étienne Laurent, municipal officir; Jean-Baptiste de Lavalette, ex-général de brigade; Claude-François de Payan; Jean-Marie Quenet; Augustin Robespierre; Louis-Antoine-Léon Saint-Just; Antoine Simon, geoler of the Dauphin; Nicolas-Joseph Vivier, judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal; Jacques-Louis Frédéric Wouarmé.
Coup d’etat A sudden seizure of power, usually
through military force Plebiscite
A vote of the people Napoleonic Code
Uniform, but restrictive, set of laws Napoleon used to govern his empire
The Terror
Anyone who was brought up on charges was executed
Danton was even executed for claiming that Robespierre was more moderate than he
Be sure to show the crowd my head
Jean Paul Marat was assassinated as he bathed
Paris was through with Robespierre
The Convention was through with the indiscriminate violence
The Thermidor Reaction
9 Thermidor, Year 2 July 24, 1794
Members of the Convention cry for Robespierre’s arrest He has no friends left, he killed them
ALL! He is arrested and put to death the
next day
Napoleon Bonaparte
•Began career as a Began career as a generalgeneral
•Was appointed to lead Was appointed to lead France’s armies under the France’s armies under the brief reign of the brief reign of the directorydirectory
Napoleon’s Coup
Napoleon is named leader of the French armies
He returns from Egypt in 1799 Abbe Sieyes URGES him to take
power, the Directory is useless His wife Josephine, uses her
connections to foster support
November 9, 1799
Napoleon’s troops empty one house of the Legislature
They vote to dissolve the Directory Replacing it with Three “Councils”
Napoleon assumes the role of the FIRST Counsel
Effectively making him an Emperor
Things start off good Stabilizes the Stabilizes the
economyeconomy
Promotes religious Promotes religious tolerancetolerance
Runs a transparent Runs a transparent governmentgovernment
Balances taxes Balances taxes fairlyfairly
Friends with the Friends with the Pope againPope again
Napoleon Conquers Europe
Annexes The Austrian Netherlands, parts of Northern Italy and Spain
Sets up puppet governments in Switzerland
The Empire stretches through most of Europe
He sets his eyes on Britain
Objective
Students will be able to characterize the relationship between Napoleon’s three major mistakes
The Continental System Naval blockade Naval blockade
of Britain of Britain Smugglers were Smugglers were
able to get able to get British goods inBritish goods in
Many allies Many allies simply ignored simply ignored himhim
Britain’s superior Britain’s superior navy won againnavy won again
The Peninsular War
Portugal was not adhering to the Continental system
Napoleon marches armies through Spain
Spain resists, Napoleon deposes the King and installs his brother Louis
This would lead to peasant This would lead to peasant uprisingsuprisings
Napoleon would lose about 300 Napoleon would lose about 300 THOUSAND men fighting rebels in THOUSAND men fighting rebels in Spain and PortugalSpain and Portugal
The Invasion Of Russia
Czar Alexander I was an ally He refused to stop selling grain to
England In 1812 Napoleon decided to invade
June 1812
Napoleon crosses the border with 422 Thousand troops
Starvation and exhaustion will bring that number down to 130 thousand by the time they reach Moscow Sept. 14 1812
Scorched Earth Policy
Rather than fight the superior army Alexander had his cities and towns burnt to the ground
Meaning there would be no supplies for the French
When Napoleon hits Moscow it is in flames
The Winter Retreat
By the time they By the time they are out of Russia are out of Russia in Decemberin December
Only 10 thousand Only 10 thousand troops remaintroops remain
Abdication
Napoleon is forced to abdicate as he can not hold back advancing coalition armies
He is exiled to Elba Louis XVIII is restored as King of France
The Hundred Days
French Peasants were afraid that the King would undo the land reforms
March 1, 1815 Napoleon returns to France to cheers!
June 15, 1815 The Battle of Waterloo Napoleon defeated sent to St. Helena Dies in exile
Summary – exit ticket
French writer Alex de Tocqueville wrote of Napoleon:
““He was as great as a man can be He was as great as a man can be without virtue.”without virtue.”
What did he mean by that?
Chapter 7 Mini-Quiz
Answer the following in complete sentences
1) Using your copy of the Declaration of the Rights of Man as a guide, explain how the French Enlightenment influenced the document. Use specific examples from the writing.
2) Identify who Maxamilien Robespierre was. What was his role in government? What was his role in the “Reign of Terror?”
3) Describe 2 of the 3 critical errors of Napoleon’s rule. Describe the events. Why were they so disastrous? Use details to support your answer.