1. World History Review
Standards 1 - 4

2. The French Revolution
1789

3. Louis XVI: an absolute monarch (he held all of the power)

4. The 3 estates 1ST ESTATE – the church 2nd ESTATE – the nobility
3rd ESTATE – the commoners

5. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Based on the English Bill of Rights
Based on the U.S. Constitution
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

6. Constitutional (limited) Monarchy
Church Constitution King
Constitutional (limited) Monarchy

7. Radical Revolution The revolutionaries went wild Reign of Terror
Robespierre
Committee of public safety

8. The oppressed became the oppressors
Instability and chaos created the right conditions for a dictator

9. Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on the scene and took control in a coup d’etat (military takeover)

10. and soon became Emperor
He reformed the law under the Napoleonic Code
He centralized the government

11. He conquered much of Europe.
But, he was defeated

12. Congress of Vienna
European leaders restored the old conservative order

13. This gave rise to nationalism.

14. Industrial Expansion and Imperialism

15. England was the first country to industrialize, early 1800’s

16. Industrialization brought a shift from agriculture to machines

17. Industrial Revolution
entrepreneurs (businessmen) could turn their ideas into reality
They had money, resources and markets

18. Who invented it and what is it?
Famous inventors
Who invented it and what is it?
James Watt
Eli Whitney
Henry Bessemer
Thomas Edison

19. Who invented it and what is it?
Famous inventors
Who invented it and what is it?
James Watt
Eli Whitney
Henry Bessemer
Thomas Edison

20. Who invented it and what is it?
Famous inventors
Who invented it and what is it?
James Watt
Eli Whitney
Henry Bessemer
Thomas Edison

21. Who invented it and what is it?
Famous inventors
Who invented it and what is it?
James Watt
Eli Whitney
Henry Bessemer
Thomas Edison

22. New age of Scientific discoveries

23. Louis Pasteur – germ theory
Charles Darwin – theory of natural selection

25. Increasing population in the cities led to overcrowding

26. Industrialists made money
But, workers had terrible conditions

27. Capitalism – private ownership for profit
This led to Socialism
(a movement aimed at improving the working conditions

28. Workers united

29. And formed labor Unions

30. Responses to Capitalism
Socialism - collective ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods (Karl Marx)
Communism – advocates elimination of private property