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Mind Map by Laura Masero, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Laura Masero
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The French Revolution and the
Napoleonic Empire
- The beggining of the Modern Age
- The outbreak of the French Revolution in
1789 marked the start. Enlightened despots
failed ro make the political, economic and
social changes that Enlightenment thinkers
had proposed.
- A political revolution ended in the Ancien Régime in France.
- In Spain, the events of the French Revolution inspired a new
political, economic and social order.
- The revolutionaries transformed the everyday life of the population.
- Art reflected the political, economic and social changes of the time.
- It was symbolised by the famous slogan: 'Liberty,
equality and fraternity'. The slogan remained after the
revolution. It appeared on French coins in the 20th
Century.
- It was symbolised by the famous slogan: 'Liberty,
equality and fraternity'. The slogan remained after the
revolution. It appeared on French coins in the 20th
Century.
- Art reflected the political, economic and social changes of the time.
- The revolutionaries transformed the everyday life of the population.
- In Spain, the events of the French Revolution inspired a new
political, economic and social order.
- A political revolution ended in the Ancien Régime in France.
- The outbreak of the French Revolution in
1789 marked the start. Enlightened despots
failed ro make the political, economic and
social changes that Enlightenment thinkers
had proposed.
- The French Revolution
saw the abolition of
the absolute
monarchy and the end
of the estates system.
- The influence of the Enlightenment
- French intellectuals and
the bourgeoisie
supported Enlightenment
ideas and tried to put
them into practice.
- French intellectuals and
the bourgeoisie
supported Enlightenment
ideas and tried to put
them into practice.
- The political crisis
- The Estates General brought together representantives to
advise the king on important issues. The clergy and the nobility
had 300 representatives in the Estates General, and each group
had one vote. The middle class and the peasantry had 600
representatives and only one vote. King Louis XVI(1774-1792)
governed France as an absolute monarch and opposed
meetings on the Estates General.
- The Estates General brought together representantives to
advise the king on important issues. The clergy and the nobility
had 300 representatives in the Estates General, and each group
had one vote. The middle class and the peasantry had 600
representatives and only one vote. King Louis XVI(1774-1792)
governed France as an absolute monarch and opposed
meetings on the Estates General.
- The economic crisis
- The French State was bankrupt
as a result of military conflicts.
- The French State was bankrupt
as a result of military conflicts.
- The social crisis
- All 3 states of the realm were discontented with the crown. The
nobility and the clergy refused to pay the taxes. The middle class
and peasantry were angered by the luxurious lifestyle of the royal
family and court.
- All 3 states of the realm were discontented with the crown. The
nobility and the clergy refused to pay the taxes. The middle class
and peasantry were angered by the luxurious lifestyle of the royal
family and court.
- The influence of the Enlightenment
- Louis XVI decided to call together the Estates General in
1789 to increase taxes
- National Assembly
- Proposed a new voting
system in which each
representative would have
an individual vote
- Proposed a new voting
system in which each
representative would have
an individual vote
- The Constituent Assembly
- A new one was elected to write a
constitution. In 1791, they adopted
a constitution which established a
constitutional monarchy.
- A new one was elected to write a
constitution. In 1791, they adopted
a constitution which established a
constitutional monarchy.
- Legislative Assembly
- A new one was
elected to
implemented the
necessary legal
changes
- Girondins
- Jacobins
- Girondins
- A new one was
elected to
implemented the
necessary legal
changes
- The Convention
- After the election, Louis XVI
was accused of treason and
then executed.
- After the election, Louis XVI
was accused of treason and
then executed.
- The Directory and the Consulate
- The Directory was more
conservative gomervenmet
which was composed of 5
members. The Consulate was a
new form of government that
General Napoleon Bonaparte
established.
- The Directory was more
conservative gomervenmet
which was composed of 5
members. The Consulate was a
new form of government that
General Napoleon Bonaparte
established.
- National Assembly
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