Unit 2 The bourgeois revolutions

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Oscar González García

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What are we going to study?
ORDEN EDU 362/2015 de 4 de mayo – currículo ESO CyL
CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN
1. Identificar los...

1. Bourgeois revolutions
Normally, the word “revolution” is understood as a radical and often violent
change to a country´...

2. The American Revolution
(1775-1783)
In the American War of Independence, Great
Britain fought against its 13 colonies l...

2. 1. The causes of the war
Between 1756 and 1763 (Seven Years
War or French and Indian War), Great
Britain fought against...

But, in fact, the American War of Independence was caused by a combination of
factors:
• Ideological factors: the colonist...

2. 2. The War of Independence and
its consequences
The war began when some of the colonies decided to fight for independen...

In 1787, the United States adopted a Constitution that included these principles:
• Type of government: federal republic1....

3. The French Revolution

3.1 THE CAUSES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
The French Revolution was a period of violent political and social
change, which s...

ECONOMIC CRISIS
0 The French state was bankrupt (without money and unable to pay
debts).
0 Causes:
0 participation in mili...

Louis XVI and the
palace of Versailles

POLITICAL CRISIS
In order to improve the finances, Louis XVI´s ministers suggested that the
privileged estates should pay ...

By the late 18th century, all three estates of realm were discontented with
the crown, but for different reasons.
• THE CL...

• THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE PEASANTRY
(THIRD STATE)
THE MIDDLE CLASS
The upper middle class, or bourgeoisie,
wanted to abol...

THE PEASANTRY
They also suffered economic problems caused by
wars, taxes and poor harvest.
They also had to pay higher ren...

The National Assambly
The decisions at the Estates General were
used to be adopted through a voting
system in which each e...

The Constituent Assembly
(1789-1791)
The King had finally to agree with the Third Estate´s demands, and a Constituent
Asse...

Louis Tries to Escape
• The National Assembly restructured
the relationship between church and
state, so that, the clergy ...

In September 1791, the National Assembly completed
the new constitution, which Louis reluctantly approved.
French
Constitu...

The Legislative Assembly
(1791-1792)
0 After the Constitution had been adopted, a new Legislative
Assembly was elected to ...

Believed in the revolution but
represented the interests of the
wealthy bourgeoisie.
Moderate political ideas.
Liberal eco...

JACOBINS
Believed in the revolution, but their
ideas were more radical.
Abolition of the monarchy and put the
king on tria...

European powers, such as Austria and Prussia, feared the possible expansion of the
revolution beyond France, and they supp...

The Convention
(1792-1793)
Execution of Louis XVI. 21 January 1793
«The end, not of a man, but of an institution»
A new as...

In order to avenge the death of Luis XVI and
to avoid the Revolution from spreading in
Europe, several countries formed a ...

27 July 1794 there was a Coup-
d´Etat.
When Robespierre was removed
from power, he was also
executed by guillotine in the
...

The Directory and the Consulate
(1795-1799)
The moderate deputies redacted a new Constitution in 1795 that re-established
...

4. From the Revolution to the
Empire
Napoleon´s main political achievements were:
• His domestic policy consolidated the c...

THE DECLINE OF THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE
• From 1812 onwards, his
power began to decline
because he had to divide his
forces b...

• Napoleon went back to
power during a period of
one hundred days, but he
was definetly defeated in
Waterloo (1815).

5. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
AND THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE
• The most important consequence is the crisis
and ...

POLITICAL CHANGES
New forms of
government
Constitutional
monarchies
Republics
New constitutions
based on:
Popular
sovereig...

ECONOMIC CHANGES
End of the economic
privileges
All the citizens now had
to pay tax and
contritute to the state´s
expenses...

Society in
the Ancien Régime
Society after
the French Revolution

5. THE SPANISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE
REVOLUTION
In 1793 Spain joined the first
coalition against France as a result
...

In 1807, Napoleon achieved the Spanish
permission to cross the country in order to
invade Portugal, an ally of Great Brita...

Goya´s Disasters of War

Glossary
Revolution: radical and often violent change to a country´s political, economic or
social system.
Colony: A count...

HISTORICAL NEWSPAPER
As the last time, I recommend you some topics for the newspaper project but,
remember, if you want to...

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