World History
Industrial Revolution, Age of Democracy, 19th Century Progress, Age of
Imperialism
French Revolution
Main Ideas:
● Economic and social inequalities
● Used terror and violence to retain power
● Napoleon Bonaparte
○ Military genius
○ Emperor
○ Aroused nationalistic feeling
○ Congress of Vienna
Importance
● Social inequalities led to revolt
● Revolution= overthrowing/replacing of government
● Must have radical change
● Government uses fear to control their citizens
Setting the Stage
● Widely praised and imitated by the rest of the world
● Success was deceiving. There was a great unrest in France
● Old/Ancien Regime
● New ideas about the government
○ Generate a desired change
● Comte d'Antraigues
○ People is the state= foundation
● Louis XIV and Maria Antoinette
○ Lived a luxurious life
○ Wanted to tax the nobility
, ○ Estates-general
● National Assembly- Third Estate delegates
○ Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes
○ In effect
● Tennis Court Oath
○ Third estates delegates got lock out of the meeting room
○ Proposed individual votes
○ Strengthened their own group
○ planned to replace the current government
● Storming the Bastille
○ Get ammunitions because of France's power
○ Equality, legality, fraternity
● Great Fear
○ Rumors that the nobles were hiring outlaws to terrorize peasants
○ Bread
● Declaration of the Rights of Man and citizen
○ Iiberty, equality, fraternity
○ Not supported the rights of women
● Church
○ Lost its lands to pay for the country's debts
○ Attempted to escape but executed
● Limited constitutional monarchy
○ Legislative assembly
● Radicals, moderates, conservatives
● War with Austria and Prussia
● Jacobins- radical
○ Killed their supporters
○ Guillotine
○ Death of louis XIV
● Reign in Terror
○ Robespierre ruling
○ Changing of calendare
● Robespierre
○ Executed
● Napoleon
○ Code= laws
○ Reassert French power
○ Placed relatives to solidify his rule
○ Continental system
■ Forbid goods from US and UK
○ Fall of Napoleon
■ Russia: Scorched Earth
○ Exile to Elba- Battle of Waterloo
, ○ Exile to St. Helena- dead
● Congress of Vienna
○ Wanted to balance power
○ Divided the French Territory
● Long-term effects
○ Revolutions in Latin america
○ Growth of nationalism
○ Conservative reactions
○ Decline in French Power
○ Spread of enlightenment ideas
● Revolutions in Latin America
○ Simon Bolivar
○ Enlightenment= encyclopedia
■ Each person has its own rights
○ French Revolution
○ Toussaint Loverture
■ Slave rebellion succeeded
Industrial Revolution
● Industrialization, which is the process of developing machine production of goods,
required such resources.
● From England to the Atlantic Ocean to USA to others
● factory system changed the lives and introduced a variety of problems
● CO2 emissions
● Set the stage for modern cities and the global economy
● Less developed countries are undergoing difficult industrialization
● Social welfare programs
● England
○ Water power and coal
○ iron ore to construct machines
○ River for inland transportation
○ Harbors
○ Expanding economy
○ Political stability
○ Population
○ Mass production
■ Consumerist: accumulation of products
● Agricultural Revolution
○ Enclosures, privatized farming that lets them experiment more productive
seedling and harvesting methods.
○ Crop rotation
○ Seed drill: Jethro Tull
● Inventions
○ Practical applications of ideas from Enlightenment
Industrial Revolution, Age of Democracy, 19th Century Progress, Age of
Imperialism
French Revolution
Main Ideas:
● Economic and social inequalities
● Used terror and violence to retain power
● Napoleon Bonaparte
○ Military genius
○ Emperor
○ Aroused nationalistic feeling
○ Congress of Vienna
Importance
● Social inequalities led to revolt
● Revolution= overthrowing/replacing of government
● Must have radical change
● Government uses fear to control their citizens
Setting the Stage
● Widely praised and imitated by the rest of the world
● Success was deceiving. There was a great unrest in France
● Old/Ancien Regime
● New ideas about the government
○ Generate a desired change
● Comte d'Antraigues
○ People is the state= foundation
● Louis XIV and Maria Antoinette
○ Lived a luxurious life
○ Wanted to tax the nobility
, ○ Estates-general
● National Assembly- Third Estate delegates
○ Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes
○ In effect
● Tennis Court Oath
○ Third estates delegates got lock out of the meeting room
○ Proposed individual votes
○ Strengthened their own group
○ planned to replace the current government
● Storming the Bastille
○ Get ammunitions because of France's power
○ Equality, legality, fraternity
● Great Fear
○ Rumors that the nobles were hiring outlaws to terrorize peasants
○ Bread
● Declaration of the Rights of Man and citizen
○ Iiberty, equality, fraternity
○ Not supported the rights of women
● Church
○ Lost its lands to pay for the country's debts
○ Attempted to escape but executed
● Limited constitutional monarchy
○ Legislative assembly
● Radicals, moderates, conservatives
● War with Austria and Prussia
● Jacobins- radical
○ Killed their supporters
○ Guillotine
○ Death of louis XIV
● Reign in Terror
○ Robespierre ruling
○ Changing of calendare
● Robespierre
○ Executed
● Napoleon
○ Code= laws
○ Reassert French power
○ Placed relatives to solidify his rule
○ Continental system
■ Forbid goods from US and UK
○ Fall of Napoleon
■ Russia: Scorched Earth
○ Exile to Elba- Battle of Waterloo
, ○ Exile to St. Helena- dead
● Congress of Vienna
○ Wanted to balance power
○ Divided the French Territory
● Long-term effects
○ Revolutions in Latin america
○ Growth of nationalism
○ Conservative reactions
○ Decline in French Power
○ Spread of enlightenment ideas
● Revolutions in Latin America
○ Simon Bolivar
○ Enlightenment= encyclopedia
■ Each person has its own rights
○ French Revolution
○ Toussaint Loverture
■ Slave rebellion succeeded
Industrial Revolution
● Industrialization, which is the process of developing machine production of goods,
required such resources.
● From England to the Atlantic Ocean to USA to others
● factory system changed the lives and introduced a variety of problems
● CO2 emissions
● Set the stage for modern cities and the global economy
● Less developed countries are undergoing difficult industrialization
● Social welfare programs
● England
○ Water power and coal
○ iron ore to construct machines
○ River for inland transportation
○ Harbors
○ Expanding economy
○ Political stability
○ Population
○ Mass production
■ Consumerist: accumulation of products
● Agricultural Revolution
○ Enclosures, privatized farming that lets them experiment more productive
seedling and harvesting methods.
○ Crop rotation
○ Seed drill: Jethro Tull
● Inventions
○ Practical applications of ideas from Enlightenment
