French+Revolution+and+Napolean

 Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking. - Napoleon Bonapart
 * French Revolution 1789 - 1799**  Kyle, Nicole, and Tanner

** With the meeting of the Estates-General, the Revolution began. The representatives of the Third Estate led the way. Some of the nobles and many of the clergy joined with them. They changed the name of the gathering from Estates-General, which represented classes, to National Assembly, which represented the people of France. When the king kicked them out from their usual place of meeting, they took the famous Oath of the Tennis Court, pledging themselves not to separate until they had given France a constitution. When the king sent a messenger to move them from their hall, they cried out: "Go tell your master that we are here by the will of the people, and that we shall be removed only at the point of the bayonet." **   ** The men in power were Georges-Jacques Danton, Jean-Paul Marat, and Maximilien Robespierre until Marat was assassinated. Through agents and spies the Committee spread its net over the whole country. It maintained its position by terror. Hence the period is known as the Reign of Terror. Royalist uprisings were sternly put down, and thousands were sent to the guillotine. Marie Antoinette, aristocrats and tradesmen, atheists and even Danton were executed, usually with a mock trial or none at all. **   ** Finally the enemies of the Revolution at home and abroad seemed to be suppressed. Only Great Britain and Austria continued the war. The people were tired of the Terror. When Robespierre showed no signs of stopping the bloodshed, the rest of the Convention took matters into their own hands. Robespierre was arrested and sent to the guillotine on July 28, 1794. People then and afterward blamed him for all the horrors of the Reign of Terror, but much of the blame as well as the credit for it belonged to others. **   media type="custom" key="12381570"

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 * 14th July 1789: || Armed citizens storm and capture the Bastille. ||
 * 15th July 1789: || Lafayette appointed Commander of National Guard. ||
 * 17th July 1789: || ‘Great Fear’ begins as peasants revolt across France. ||
 * 5-11 August 1789: || National Assembly decrees abolition of feudalism. ||
 * 26th August 1789: || National Assembly decrees Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen ||
 * 5th October 1789: || Women lead delegation to King in Versaille demanding bread. After scuffles, they are fobbed off by the King ||
 * 21st June 1791: || Louis XVI attempts to flee to Varennes but is recognised and forcibly returned to Paris. ||
 * 11th December 1792: || Trial of the king begins. ||
 * 21st January 1793: || Louis XVI executed. ||
 * 2nd December 1804: || Napoleon consecrated as Emperor ||

Terms

Civil Code of 1804 (Napoleonic Code)
Among Napoleon's most lasting reforms was a new code of laws, popularly called the Napoleonic Code. It embodied Enlightenment principles such as the equality of all citizens before the law, religious toleration, and the abolition of feudalism. Continental SystemWith an invasion ruled out, Napoleon struck at Britain's lifeblood, it's commerce. He waged economic warfare through Continental System, which closed European ports to British goods. Reign of TerrorRobespierre was one of the chief architects of the Reign of Terror, which lasted from September 1793 to July 1794. About 300,000 were arrested during the Reign of Terror. 17,000 were executed. Many were victims of mistaken identity or were falsely accused by their neighbors. The engine of the terror was the guillotine. Sans-CulottesWorking-class men and women who pushed the revolution into more radical action. They were called this because they wore long trousers instead of fancy knee breeches that the upper-class men wore. By 1791 many sans-culottes demanded a republic. JacobinsA revolutionary political club, the Jacobins were mostly middle-class lawyers or intellectuals. They used pamphleteers and sympathetic newspaper editors to advance the republican cause. Women's March on VersaillesOn October 5, about 6000 women marched 13 miles in the pouring rain from Paris to Versailles, demanding to see the king. Tennis Court OathThe National Assembly moved to an indoor tennis court and took the Tennis Court Oath. The swore "never to separate and to meet wherever the circumstances might require until we have established a sound and just constitution." Old RegimeIn 1789, France still clung to an outdated social system that had emerged in the Middle Ages. This is referred to as the ancien regime, or Old Regime, where everyone was divided into one of three social classes, or estates.BourgeoisieMiddle class. Included prosperous bankers, merchants, and manufacturers, as well as lawyers, doctors, journalists, and professors. The bulk of the third estate consisted of rural peasants. media type="custom" key="12413554"    ** 10 Most Important People: ** ** 1. Napoleon Bonaparte- Emperor of France and took them out of the revolution. A French National Hero. ** ** 2. Maximillian Robespierre- He was also known as the "The Incorruptible". He was the main leader of the revolution. ** ** 3. George Danton- Minister of Justice. He could relate to all of the people very well. ** ** 4. Jean Paul Marat- Leader of the Jacobins. Stabbed to death by Charlotte Corday. She did it to save 100,000 people. ** ** 5. Dr. Joseph Guillotine- He invented the Guillotine. It killed more than 40,000 people and was known as the "French National Barber". ** ** 6. Louis XVI- King during the revolution. He tried to escape to Austria but was caught. Eventually he was beheaded by the Guillotine. ** ** 7. Marie Antoinette- Wife of Louis XVI. She had relatives in Austria where she and Louis were trying to get to. ** ** 8. Horatio Nelson- Admiral of England and defeated the French and Spanish fleets of warships. ** ** 9. Joseph Bonaparte- Napoleon's brother and the King of Spain. He was despised by the Spanish. ** ** 10. Arthur Wellesely- Duke of Wellington and drove the French out of Spain in 1813. **

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