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 * French Revolution & Napoleon **

** ABBIE BREIDENBACH, KAICY COPLEY **

** & DEVON BLACKWELDER. **

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Bastille

Revolutionary France

Louis XVI

SanSans-Culottes

Marie Antoinette

Napoleon Bonaparte

General Lafayette

Maximilian Robespierre

Jean Paul Marat

March on Versailles October 5, 1789



** “Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.” ** ** Napoleon Bonaparte ** ** [] **

10 Key Terms:
 * Estates ** - Frances’s population of 27 million was divided into 3 orders since the Middle ages. 1) consisted of the clergy and about 130,000 people. 2) the nobility about 350,000 people. 3) the commoners, majority of the population.
 * Relics of Feudalism ** - aristocratic privileges. These were obligations that survived from an earlier age. They included payments for the use of fees of village facilities.
 * Sans-Culottes ** - Ordinary patriots without fine clothes. Many members of the Paris Commune often called themselves this. Also means “without breeches”.
 * Factions ** - dissenting groups. Members of the convention split into factions over the king. The two most important ones were Girondins and Jacobin.
 * Electors ** - individuals qualified to vote in an election. The electors had to be owners or renters of property worth a certain amount, a requirement that limited their number to 30,000.
 * Consulate ** - A new government with the coup d’etat of 1799, that was proclaimed. Napoleon controlled the entire government, as first consul.
 * Nationalism ** - unique cultural identity of people based on common language, religion, and nation symbols. An important factor in the defeat of Napoleon.
 * Bourgeoisie ** - middle class. This was another part of the third estate. It included about 8% of the population or 2.3 million people. They owned about 20 to 25% of the land.
 * Girondins ** - represented the provinces, the areas outside the cities. These people feared the radical mobs in Paris and focused on keeping the king alive.
 * Jacobin ** - a club of large networks of political groups throughout France. Both factions were members of this club.

Napoleon Bonaparte-This website talks about what he did in Europe and Italy, what he accomplished and many interesting things about him. King Louis XVI- This site explains about his childhood, when he was born, died, and who his parents were and what they did. Maximilien Robespierre-This site talk about who he was, and many important dates throughout his career. March on Versailles-This website explains what this march was and why it occurred. It talks about who participated and what they did. General Lafayette-This site talks about his life. Many important things happened throughout it and it talks about it here. Marie Antoinette-This website talks about what she was and what she was important for, and who she married. Battle of Austerlitz- This site talks about what the battle was. It mentions what caused it and why. Joseph Bonaparte-This website explains what he did with his life and why he was important. [|Czar Alexandra I]- This site talks about why he was important and what he did throughout his life, many difficulties. Battle of Leipzig - This website talks about the dates of the battle, what caused it and why.

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The year 1789 was year of important events. One was the beginning of a new United States of America and beginning of the French Revolution. Comparing the two the French Revolution was more complex, violent and radical. Since the middle ages France had a population of 27 million and it has been divided into three orders, or estates. The first estate consisted of the clergy and numbered about 130,000 people. These people owned approximately 10 percent of the land. The second estate was the nobility class which consisted of about 350,000 people. The noble people owned about 25 to 30 percent of the land. The third estate also known as the commoners made of the majority of this French population. The bourgeoisie or middle class was a part of the third estate and made up about 8 percent of the population. The immediate cause of the revolution was the near collapse of government finances. The French economy had been expanding for 50 years, along the way it had suffered some crises. In 1787 they had bad harvests. Also in 1788, they had a slowdown in manufacturing which led to food shortages, rising prices for food, and unemployment. By the eve of the revolution almost one-third of the population was considered to be poor. The Paris Commune had forced the Legislative Assembly to call a National Convention. Before this convention met, the Paris Commune dominated the political scene. Thousands of people were arrested and then massacred. In September 1792, the newly elected National Convention began its sessions. It was called to draft a new constitution and acted as the sovereign ruling body of France. This convention was dominated by lawyers, professionals and property owners. Two-thirds of these people were under the age of 45. Almost all of them had political experience. The conventions first step was on September 21, it was to abolish the monarchy and establish the French Republic.