World History Chapter 7 Review Sheet

Social and political system in France

Catholic Clergy, 1% of population Did not pay taxes

Landowning Nobles 2% of the population Did not pay taxes

Bourgeoisie = urban workers=peasants 97% of population Paid ALL of the Taxes

Representative body of the 3 estates Voted on issues

Louis XVI & Wife Marie Antoinette Louis was weak and indecisive

3rd Estate becomes National Assembly They take the Tennis Court Oath

People of Paris attack Bastille for weapons, Peasants burn nobles manors

Women stormed Versailles & force Louis to go to Paris

Olympe de Gouges does same for women

Church and Land

Louis tries to escape but is captured at the Austrian border.

Limited monarchy Legislative Assembly

Left

Center

Right

Nobles flee

Parisian workers make Revolution radical, France goes to war with Europe

National Convention

Radical political club

Leader of the Jacobins

Leader of Reign of Terror Executions by guillotine in name of Republic Terror end with execution of Robespierre

Named army commander by Directory Saves National Convention Coup d'etat (3 consuls) Plebiscite ( 1st consul) Lycees (schools)

Napoleonic code (laws) Crowns himself emperor (1804)

Sells Louisiana Territory to U.S. Defeats Prussia, Austria & Russia at Austerlitz Loses to Horatio Nelson at naval Battle of Trafalgar

Prevent trade between Britain and & rest of Europe (failed)

Against Spanish rebels (guerrilla warfare, drained resources)

Scorched-earthly policy, Army caught in Russian winter

Exiled to Elba Returns (100 days)

Duke of Wellington defeats Napoleon Exiled to St Helena Dies there

Leaders: Prince Klemens von Metternich (Austria) Containment of France Balance of Power & Legitimacy (return monarchs to thrones)

Russia, Prussia and Austria Based on Christian Principles

Alliances created by Metternich

Nationalism (revolutions) **ESSAY** pg 241 Balance of Power (France down, Britain/Prussia up)