The French Revolution(1789-1815)

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9th grade World History (Midterms) Mind Map on The French Revolution(1789-1815), created by hgrayvause on 19/01/2015.
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The French Revolution(1789-1815)
  1. CAUSES:
    1. Wealth GAP-b/tween estate system
      1. Enlightment ideas: all men are both equal
        1. Louis XVI policies(absolutism)
          1. Widespread hunger/cold
            1. THE ESTATES GENERAL
              1. National Assembly born in France
                1. legislative body-parliament
              2. BASTILLE
                1. prison in Paris w/ numerous political prisoners
                  1. storming of bastille--prisoners were hoping to get gunpowder
                    1. marks the beginning of Rev.
                  2. Old Order(Regime): THREE ESTATES
                    1. King Louis XVI(16th)
                      1. Last king of France
                        1. Marie Antoinette
                          1. well-meaning but weak & indecisive
                          2. FIRST ESTATE
                            1. Clergy: relgious leaders
                              1. 1% of ppl; 10% of the land
                            2. SECOND ESTATE
                              1. Nobles
                                1. 2% of ppl; 25% of the land
                              2. THIRD ESTATE
                                1. Middle class/Peasants
                                  1. 97% of ppl; 65% of land
                                  2. BUORGEOISIE-top wealthy of 3rd estate
                                  3. First & second estate benefit from the third estate
                                    1. *Nobles & clergy lost power to 3rd estate
                                    2. Jacobins: radicals
                                      1. more willing to use violence; ruthles
                                        1. Jean-Paul MARAT
                                          1. ROBESPIERRE
                                            1. "incorruptible"
                                              1. lawyer & politician
                                                1. one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution
                                              2. GREAT FEAR
                                                1. tales of attacks on villages & towns spread panic
                                                  1. other rumors asserted that gov't troops were seizing peasant crops
                                                  2. Declaration of Rights of Man
                                                    1. =Declaration of Independence
                                                      1. Liberty, equality, & fraternity
                                                        1. All men are born equal
                                                          1. Freedom of speech, press & religion(C:BOR:1)
                                                            1. No women rights yet
                                                              1. ENDED RIGHTS OF THE CLERGY
                                                                1. Took land from clergy(Roman Catholic Church)
                                                              2. The Reign of Terror
                                                                1. 1793-1794
                                                                  1. GUILLOTINE: razor sharp blade that dropped(decapitation)
                                                                    1. Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
                                                                    2. to stop any counter-revolutionaries
                                                                    3. NAPOLEAN Bonaparte
                                                                      1. Born in Corsica(apart of France)
                                                                        1. proven military strategist
                                                                          1. Nov 1799 COUP D'ETAT
                                                                            1. military overthrow
                                                                            2. fell victim to trap-absolute power, power absolutely
                                                                              1. crowned himself king
                                                                                1. THE NAPOLENIC CODE: code of laws that embodied Enlightenment principles
                                                                                  1. Revision of French law
                                                                                    1. Code of law
                                                                                      1. Public education system
                                                                                        1. K-12, Univ's tech schoools
                                                                                    2. Continental System
                                                                                      1. economic warfare
                                                                                        1. blockaded Euro ports to England
                                                                                          1. hurting them economically
                                                                                        2. Russian Campaign
                                                                                          1. Russia ally w/ England
                                                                                            1. The GRAND ARMY
                                                                                              1. started 600,000 soldiers
                                                                                                1. Scorched Earth Policy
                                                                                                  1. retreated eastward, burning crops & villages along the way
                                                                                                2. 2 factors that helped w/ defeat of French
                                                                                                  1. Cold winter & starvation
                                                                                                    1. Scorched Earth tactics
                                                                                                    2. Battle of the Nations
                                                                                                      1. Napolean abdicates
                                                                                                    3. Exiled to ISLE OF ELBA
                                                                                                      1. escaped jailbreak
                                                                                                        1. Battle of Waterloo(1815)
                                                                                                          1. Napolean defeated & returns to exile
                                                                                                            1. Isle of St. Helena, S. Atlantic
                                                                                                    4. Congress of Vienna
                                                                                                      1. meeting
                                                                                                        1. winter of 1814-15
                                                                                                          1. Vienna, Austria
                                                                                                            1. restore balance of power in Europe
                                                                                                              1. DEVINE RIGHT
                                                                                                              2. restore borders
                                                                                                                1. Diplomacy NOT war
                                                                                                                  1. peaceful negotiation
                                                                                                                  2. Legitimacy
                                                                                                                    1. restoration of the European monarchies
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