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French Revolution and Napoleonic Era Worksheet

1. Essay

In 250 to 300 words, explain how the following ideas and ideals influenced the events and motivated the participants in the French Revolution:

• Liberty • Equality • Brotherhood • Hubris • Fiscal irresponsibility • Democracy • Technology

The ideas of fiscal irresponsibility and hubris are hand in hand when it comes to the French Revolution because the country was in a state of financial crisis thanks to their King, Louis XV and continuing under the rule of his son Louis XVI. Funds were lacking and loans were in place with interest rates and fees that were going to be near impossible to pay back which threatened the structure of the countries financials. Taxation was going to be the only out in the eyes of the King but needed aristocracy approval. The people began to lose faith and felt as if the King was attacking their liberty with his tax exemptions which were unfair, and lead them down the path in search of civil liberties, equality of the people and ridding of the ranks, and a want for endorsed democracy. Eventually all titles were abolished and the declaration of the rights of man and citizen was bestowed upon the people. The king however was just part of the problem, with foreign war and the fiscal crisis, and then inflation as well. The idea of having a democracy gave all men a change to be declared free and equal. The technology used during the revolution such as the guillotine, installed fear and served as a new style of execution. It became the center of revolutionary justice. The newly found state of bureaucracy built upon the old state expanded and centralized state power, as well as the people having legitimate political power as well.
Napoleonic Timeline

For each date and location, identify the significant event that occurred and write a single-sentence description of the event.

|15 August 1769 |The birth of Napoleon Bonaparte took |
| |place on this day. |
|Ajaccio, Corsica | |
|4 July 1776 |The U.S. adopts the Declaration of |
| |Independence which declares its |
| |independence from Great Britain. |
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania| |
|14 July 1789 |The storming of the Bastille in Paris |
| |occurred on the morning of this day |
| |and was a flashpoint of the French |
| |Revolution. |
|Paris | |
|21 September 1792 |The convention elected by the |
| |legislative assembly commences, |
| |abolishes monarchy and is day one of |
| |the republican calendar. |
|France | |
|21 January 1793 |Louis XVI is executed. |
|Paris | |
|22 August 1795 |Constitution of Year III is approved, |
| |establishing Directory. |
|France | |

|15–17 November 1796 |The battle of Arcola takes place with |
| |Napoleon’s French army of Italy and |
| |gives the French a victory. |
|Arcole, Italy | |
|1798 |In 1798, 3 events took place, Napoleon|
| |taking Malta and winning the Battle of|
| |Pyramids, and the loss for the French |
| |at the battle of the Nile which cause |
| |napoleon to lose his chance to take |
| |all of Egypt. |
|Malta, Egypt, and Syria | |
|9 November 1799 |18th Brumaire: napoleon Bonaparte was |
| |named first consul and was the |
| |effective dictator. |
|France | |
|9 February 1801 |The treaty of Luneville was signed |
| |between the French republic and the |
| |Austrian Empire. |
|Lunéville, France | |
|1801 |Concordat of 1801, and agreement |
| |reached on this day, between Napoleon |
| |Bonaparte and papal and clerical |
| |representatives in both Rome and |
| |paris, which defined the status of the|
| |Roman Catholic Church in France, |
| |ending the breach caused by the church|
| |reforms and confiscations enacted |
| |during the French Revolution. |
|Rome and Paris | |
|25 March 1802 |The treaty of Amiens was signed to end|
| |hostilities between the French |
| |Republic and the united kingdom. |
|Amiens, France | |

|2 December 1804 |In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, |
| |napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon|
| |I, the first Frenchmen to hold the |
| |title in a thousand years. |
|Paris | |
|21 October 1805 |Battle of Trafalgar fought 9etween the|
| |British royal navy and the combined |
| |fleets of the French and Spanish navy |
| |during the war of the third coalition.|
|Atlantic Ocean, near | |
|Cádiz, Spain, and the | |
|Straits of Gibraltar | |
|26 December 1805 |The Treaty of Pressburg is signed by |
| |Austria and France, which took Austria|
| |out of war. |
|Bratislava (Pressburg) | |
|June-November 1812 |The French invades Russia, when |
| |Napoleon’s forces cross the river |
| |Neman. |
|Russia | |
|16-19 October 1813 |The Battle of Leipzig (The Battle of |
| |Nations) takes place and was the |
| |biggest of the Napoleonic wars between|
| |the French and German troops under |
| |Napoleon against the |
| |Austrians/Prussians, Russians, and |
| |Swedish troops. |
|Leipzig, Germany | |

|11 April 1814 |The Treaty of Fontainebleau was |
| |established between Napoleon and |
| |representatives from Austria, Bohemia,|
| |and Hungary, as well as Prussia and |
| |Russia, and with this Napoleon was |
| |exiled on Elba and stripped of emperor|
| |of France. |
|Paris | |
|20 March 1815 |The Treaty of Paris is signed |
| |following the defeat and second |
| |abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte. |
|France | |
|15 June 1815 |The Battle of Waterloo takes place |
| |under the command of napoleon |
| |Bonaparte where the French were |
| |defeated. |
|Waterloo, Belgium | |
|5 May 1821 |Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena |
| |where he would later die in exile. |
|Saint Helena, South | |
|Atlantic | |