1. Warm Up
Study for Eastern empires quiz

2. Once you finish your scavenger Hunt, put your artifacts in the correct order and staple them into a book.

3. Warm Up Pick up warm up, it goes on page 56
Homework, word search, goes on page 57

4. Warm up- Page 64- write answers in complete sentences
1. Skim page 193 and come up with 2 problems France was facing
2. Who made up the 1st, 2nd and 3rd estates? (page )
3. Why is the third estate frustrated with the current conditions in France? (pg )
4. Which estate is most likely to support Enlightenment ideas?
5. Which estate is most likely to support the monarchy?
6. Describe economic conditions in France under the reign of Louis XVI. ( page 194)
7. Why was Louis XVI considered a weak leader?
Put HW on top of your warm up

5. Warm up
Pick up on my desk
When finished put on page 67

6. The French Revolution

10. Background
After Louis XIV France began a downward spiral. Louis XVI who was a very weak and selfish ruler took the throne in 1774.
In France the rich were getting richer and the poor were getting poorer
Prices for essential items such as bread were rising , taxes were high and people especially the lower classes wanted a change
Ideas from Enlightenment thinkers, such as Voltaire and Rousseau encouraged people to start questioning the government.

11. Influence of the Enlightenment
In the late 1700s France was at the center of the Enlightenment movement
DO NOT WRITE
Locke argued that people not God should chose the ruler
Montesquieu argued that the government should be separated into different branches

12. DO NOT WRITE
Rousseau argued that governments should be a contract or partnership between the people and the ruler
Voltaire argued for religious freedoms and speech
All of these thinkers wanted to limit the powers of the absolute monarchs, thus giving power back to the people

13. Influence of American Revolution
Americans listened to the ideas of the enlightenment thinkers and with France's help overthrew Britain and formed their own government in which the people had a voice
Since France helped America, many French people came back to France telling stories of America's victory
Many unhappy, usually lower-class, French people began to think maybe they too could overthrow their oppressive government and Louis XIV, just like the Americas overthrew the British

14. Review
Come up with 3 events/ideas that contributed to the French Revolution.

15. The Old Regime
France’s society was broken into 3 social classes or estates
1st and 2nd Estates were privileged. They held government jobs and did not have to pay taxes. They accounted for a small percentage of the population and did not agree with enlightenment ideas

16. 3rd Estate- About 98 percent of the population
3rd Estate- About 98 percent of the population. Within this group about 8o percent of the people were peasants. Peasants paid taxes on almost all items and received very little help from the government.
These people were the ones who began to resent the upper class’ privileges and the way the government was handling itself and they began to call for reforms.

18. The 3rd Estate was also growing tired of Louis XVI
The 3rd Estate was also growing tired of Louis XVI. He was a weak ruler who cared more about shopping and hunting than the economic troubles in France.
He was also married to Marie Antoinette from Austria, a long time enemy of France

22. Review Who made up the following estates
2nd
3rd
Why was the 3rd estate angry about the current conditions in France?

23. The Forces of Change DO NOT WRITE
New views on government practices started to filter into the 3rd estate and people began to question the long standing and accepted way the government and social structures were in France
The 3rd Estate began to hear stories of America's victory and thought maybe they too could be victorious

24. Revolution Dawns
Louis had spent France into bankruptcy and threaten to tax some members of the 2nd Estate in order to make money.
The 2nd estate demanded Louis call a Estate Generals meeting so that all 3 estates could get together and discuss tax reforms.
Although the 3 estates was present they had little voice or impact because they could just be out voted by the 1st and 2nd estates

25. The 3rd estate was tired of being pushed around and demanded all 3 estates meet and that each delegate or person have their own vote.
Since the 3rd estate had more people they should now be able to outvote the other 2 estates and begin to reform the government. The King refused to grant each person their own vote.
Upset about the King’s decision, the 3rd Estate decided to call themselves the National Assembly and pass laws to reform the government in the name of the French people

26. On June 17, 1789 the National Assembly voted to end the absolute monarchy and began a representative government in France. This was the first deliberate act of the revolution
3 days later the National Assembly was locked out of their meeting room and broke into a tennis court, pledging to stay their until they had a new constitution. This was known as the Tennis Court Oath

28. Review Come up with 5 words to describe the following
Estates General Meeting
National Assembly
Tennis Court Oath

29. Louis tried to make peace with the 3rd assembly and gave into their demands, however, he knew things were getting heated and called in Swiss reinforcements to keep the 3rd Assembly from getting out of control
People weren’t too happy about Louis calling in outside troops and took to the streets in protest, They eventually overtook a prison outside of Paris called, Bastille.
The overthrowing of Bastille on July 14th to the French is like our July 4th. It is a symbolic act of revolution.

32. A Great Fear Sweeps France
Before long violence and fear erupted. Peasants feared the king and his noble supporters were out to kill members of the 3rd Estate
A senseless of panic called the Great Fear spread throughout France.
* Women rioting over the cost of bread
* Peasants seized axes and knifes and overtook Versailles forcing Louis and his family to leave his palace forever.

33. Review Why did the people storm Bastille ?
What happened during the Great Fear?

34. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Estates came together to talk
The Summer of 1789 to marked a series of reform
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Estates came together to talk
The Declaration of the Rights of Man was passed. It included many of the Enlightenment ideas and ideas from the American Declaration of Independence. Natural rights, freedom of speech, freedom of religion……
Louis tried to escape and was captured and brought to Paris

36. created a Constitutional Monarchy, similar to England's
Now a legislative assembly would make the laws and the king could no longer declare war on a nation
3 divisions occurred, the radicals, moderates and conservative. Similar to republicans,democrats and liberals in the US

37. Review
List 3 reforms made by the French Government

38. French radicals tried to spread revolutionary ideas to other countries and got France involved in a series of wars with Austria and Prussia
Other European monarchs wanted Louis to regain power , however, the French were unwilling to let that happen and declared war on Austria and Prussia
The streets of France were in turmoil. Thousand were killed and in the process the National Assembly was renamed the National Convention

39. On January 21 1793 Louis was killed by the guillotine.
On September 21, 1792 the National Convention met and abolished the monarch and declared France a Republic
Adult males were given the right to vote
Louis XIV was now considered prisoner and found guilty of treason
On January Louis was killed by the guillotine.

43. Terror grips France
Many people in France not only considered Austria and Prussia their enemies but many did not know which French citizens they could trust
In the midst of the chaos Maximilien Robespierre assumed power. Robespierre killed over 40,000 people. Basically anyone who questioned or threatened his power.
About 80% of the people killed were poor, the people for whose benefit the Revolution had supposedly been carried out for. This was called the Reign of Terror

46. The End of Terror
In July 1774 the National Convention met and knew they needed to get rid of Robespierre, cheering “ Down with the Tyrant”. On July 28, 1794 Robespierre lost his head.
The National Convention met and drafted a new government , the third since The new plan gave power to the middle class and created a two branch legislature and a executive branch know as the directory
The directory name Napoleon their new general.

47. Review Who led the Reign of Terror?
Who was killed during the Reign of Terror?
How did the Reign of Terror end?
Who came to power after Robespierre?

49. Why did the 3rd Estates Want change?
Estate General
National Assembly
June 17,1789
Tennis Court Oath
Storming of Bastille
Great Fear
Storming of Versailles
Declaration of Man
Limited Monarchy

50. Videos

51. Warm Up – Crash Course Copy these questions on page 56
Warm Up – Crash Course Copy these questions on page 56. Leave space to answer them
1. What caused the French Revolution?
2. How did the French Revolution change France?
3. What stayed the same in France?

52. Legislative Assembly Austria and Prussia Sept 21 1792 January 21 1793
Maximilien Robespierre
Reign of Terror
Guillotine
July
Napoleon

53. Warm up
Pick up your warm up off of the front desk. Put on page 70
Your Identifications should be less than 7 words

54. Can you think of other military leaders throughout history?

55. George Washington - Commander in Chief of Continental Army during the American Revolution

56. Ulysses Grant - Mexican War, Civil War

57. Andrew Jackson - American Revolution, War of 1812, First Seminole War

58. Theodore Roosevelt - Spanish-American War

59. Napoleon was a military hero too!

60. Napoleon at the Great St
Napoleon at the Great St. Bernard Pass by Jacques Louis David Based on this representation of Napoleon, what type of person do you think he was?

62. The Rise
and
Fall of Napoleon

63. Napoleon Takes control of France and stabilizes the country
Napoleon was a very short man, only 5 feet three inches tall.
Napoleon was seen as a war hero to most of the French

64. In 1799, the Directory had lost control of the political situation and confidence in the French people. The Directory urged Napoleon to seize control of France.
Napoleon quickly assumed power of the government.
Napoleon's quick rise to power is known as a coup from the French phrase coup d’etat, or “blow of state”

65. An anti French coalition with Austria and Russia aimed to drive out Napoleon, fearing he would become too powerful
As a result of diplomacy all nations signed a peace agreement with France.
By 1802 Europe was at peace for the first time in 10 years and Napoleon could concentrate on restoring France

66. Review
What factors lead to Napoleon’s rise to power in France.

67. Napoleon Rules France
At first Napoleon pretended to be a constitutionally chosen leader of the republic by holding a vote to approve his new constitution
The people agreed and approved the new constitution, which gave all the real power to the first consul headed by Napoleon.

68. Efficient tax collecting system Established a national bank
How Napoleon restored power:
Efficient tax collecting system
Established a national bank
He got rid of corrupt government officials
Set up government run schools
He signed an agreement with Pope Pius VII, which created a better relationship between church and state

69. In 1804 Napoleon decided to make himself emperor
Napoleonic Code- a system of laws equal to all

70. Elections
The first time “all” of France had a voice

71. The French longed for structure and organization
Napoleonic Code
The French longed for structure and organization
It preserved the social aims of the Revolution.
It protected the interests of the rising middle class.
It guaranteed civil liberties.

72. The Code had several weaknesses, particularly when it pertained to women and minors:
Woman could not vote.
Minors had few rights. (A father even could place his child in jail for up to six months.)
Illegitimate children had no rights of inheritance.
People were urged to give up individual freedoms in exchange for a more orderly nation

73. Review List 3 ways Napoleon helped stabile France?
Why was the Napoleonic Code significant?

74. Napoleon creates an Empire
Napoleon was not happy only being the emperor of France he wanted to control Europe and the New World

75. France’s New World Territories
In 1789 the idea of revolution had reached Saint Dominique, France's colony
People wanted the same rights , so they stopped producing sugar
Napoleon sent 29, 000 troops to restore the production of sugar, however, the colony led by Toussaint L’Ouverture and slaves proved difficult to defeat

76. When the expedition proved to be unsuccessful France sold the land to the U.S. for 15 million dollars
The money helped France’s economy and gave Napoleon money to try to take over Europe

77. Napoleon turned his attention to Europe
He first took parts of the Netherlands and Italy .
Britain, Russia , Austria and Sweden feared Napoleon and set up a third coalition against France
He set up the largest European empire since Rome. The only nation left was Britain
Britain was known for its strong navy and Napoleon was unable to defeat Britain

79. Napoleon's Empire
By 1812, the only nations not in France’s control were Britain, the Ottoman Empire, Portugal and Sweden
Growth of Nationalism
Although huge, the empire only last for 5 years

80. Review Was Napoleon successful in Saint Dominque?
How did Napoleon make the money needed to create his empire?
Which country was the only country Nepean was not able to conquer?
How long did the French empire last?
What is Nationalism?

81. Napoleon's Empire Collapses

82. Napoleon's 3 mistakes
1st- The Continental System-In November 1806 he called for a blocking of all ports to limit Britain’s influence.
His policy was called the Continent System. It aimed to destroy Britain's economy and make Europe Self –Sufficient
Britain issued its own blockade and b/c it had a stronger navy it was able to better enforce its blockade, hurting France's economy

83. Review In your own words, describe the Continental System?
Was the Continental System successful?

85. 2nd- The Peninsular War-
In 1808, b/c Portugal was ignoring the Continental system he sent an army to Spain to invade Portugal. This outraged many Spanish
For 5 years Spanish fighters known as guerrillas struck at French armies in Spain, resulting in the Peninsular War. In this war Napoleon lost 300,000 men
Nationalism- people did not want to be rules by a foreign country

86. Review Who fought during the Peninsular war?
How did the Peninsular war hurt the French empire?

87. 3rd- Invasion of Russia-
In 1812 Russia and Napoleon were both in competition for Poland and Russia refused to stop selling grain to Britain.
In June Napoleon Invaded Russia. As the Russians retreated from Napoleon’s dominate forces they burned their own land, taking away the food supply for the French.
As Napoleon’s starving forces turned around the Russians attacked Napoleon’s weak, cold and hungry troops, killing thousands. By the end, Napoleon only had 10,000 soldiers left.

88. Review
What mistakes did Napoleon make when invading Russia?

89. Napoleon’s Downf all
Napoleon's enemies took advantage of his weak army. Britain, Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden joined forces in a 4th coalition and defeated his troops
In April 1814 he surrendered his throne. He was given a small pension and was banished to Elba

90. Louis XVIII became the leader and lost popularity quickly, sensing a weak ruler Napoleon escaped and tried to regain power
Within days he was the new emperor of France. This enemies rallied together and began fighting Napoleon, again. Napoleon’s final attempt to came to power is known as the Hundred Days. He was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo.

91. Assuring Napoleon would never come back he was exiled to St
Assuring Napoleon would never come back he was exiled to St. Helena, where he lived in lonely exile for 6 years until he died of cancer
Napoleon left Europe in complete chaos

92. Review What happened at Waterloo?
Why was Europe in chaos after Napoleon left power?

93. In class Versailles Uneven estates Incompetent
Louis 16th- page 79- label all parts
Versailles
Uneven estates
Incompetent
Married to Marie Antoinette
French Revolution started because of him
Absolute monarch
Did not like Enlightenment

94. Unable to unite Europe under French control Continental System
Good Napolean–Page 80
Tax Collection
Schools
Napoleonic Code
National Banks
Nationalism
Bad Napolean- Page 81
Emperor
Unable to unite Europe under French control
Continental System
Peninsular War
Invasion Russia

96. Now you are the expert on Napoleon’s career write a newspaper article,on a separate piece of paper -put on page 81 Newspaper Article Headline- image 1st Paragraph- background - what was going on in France, how did he get power? 2nd paragraph rise( good things he did) 3rd paragraph fall ( mention the big 3) 4th paragraph personal opinion ( was he a good ruler… Why?)

97. Compare Napoleon's positive contributions with his negative ones
Cool Down- pg 82
Compare Napoleon's positive contributions with his negative ones

98. Peninsular War with Spain
Positives Negatives
Continental System
Peninsular War with Spain
Russian Invasion
Held Elections
Wrote a code of law- “Napoleonic Code”
Gained Territory

99. Warm Up page 76 - Sum up the following terms in less than 5 words
3rd Estate-
Louis XVI-
Marie Antoinette-
Estates General Meeting-
National Assembly-
Tennis Court Oath-
The Bastille-
Reign of Terror-
Declaration of the Rights of Man-
Constitutional Monarchy-
Legislative Assembly-
American Revolution-
Napoleon-
Napoleonic Code-
Continental System-
Peninsular War-
Invading Russia-

100. Warm Up – Page 59
Answer the following questions by reading the info on the given pages. Write the questions
* Put projects in the tray
Describe conditions in Europe after the reign of Napoleon. Pg 213
What was the Congress of Vienna?(pg 213)
What were the 3 goals of The Congress of Vienna? (pg 213)

101. Warm Up- pg 58 1. What started the French Revolution?
2. List 2 ways France became more democratic after the French Revolution?
3. Who was Robespierre? What happened during the Reign of Terror?
4. Who stabilized France?
5. List 3 good things Napoleon did for France.
6. What caused Napoleon’s downfall?

102. Congress of Vienna
And Legacy of Napoleon

103. 1. Unsuccessful attempt to unify Europe under French domination
Napoleon’s Legacy
1. Unsuccessful attempt to unify Europe under French domination
Continental System
Peninsular Wars
Invaded Russia
Never able to defeat Britain

104. 2. Napoleonic Code Napoleon’s Legacy
Asking people to give up individual rights for the good of the nation
Brought order to France

105. Napoleon’s Legacy
3. Awakened feelings of national pride and growth of nationalism
Latin American colonies will revolt

106. Congress of Vienna
A series of meetings called to discuss how to fix the problems Napoleon created.
Leaders of Europe came for the 8 month long set of meetings
Klemens Von Metternich was the leader of the meetings
He distrusted the revolution ideas of the Enlightenment and French Revolution and wanted to restore Europe to how it was before the French Rev. and Napoleon

107. Congress of Vienna France is punished but not too harshly
1st- Prevents future French aggression by surrounding France with strong countries, known as the Balance of Power Doctrine .
France is punished but not too harshly
The former Austrian Netherlands and Dutch Republic were united to form the kingdom of the Netherlands
A group of 39 German states were loosely joined as the newly created German Confederation, dominated by Austria
Switzerland was recognized as an independent nation

108. Congress of Vienna
NEW POLITICAL MAPS

109. Congress of Vienna France =Louis XVIII
2nd- Restores the Monarchy (Legitimacy)
As many rulers as possible that were drive from their thrones by Napoleon were restored
France =Louis XVIII

110. Congress of Vienna
Impact-it attempted to restore Europe as it had been before the French Revolution and Napoleonic conquests which led to widespread discontent in Europe, revolutions and an increase in nationalism.
Exception- Britain unlike most of Europe during this time did expanded political rights through legislative means and made slavery illegal in Britain

111. Congress of Vienna 3rd- It lead to new political philosophies.
Conservatism- these people supported monarchies and had control of Europe.
Liberals- Wanted kings to share power. ( different branches, voting….)
Revolutions in Latin America

112. Long term impact of the French Revolution, Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna
National pride, economic competition and democratic ideals stimulated the growth of Nationalism
France decreases, Britain and Prussia increase
Spanish colonies take advantage of events in Europe and break away from their European nations

113. Long term impact of the French Revolution, Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna
Ideas about power and authority have been changed
The principle of democracy is growing in popularity
Europe’s old way of taxing and equal treatment are changed