French Revolution Review

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Louis XVI and Marie
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French Revolution 1789-1815Liberty, Equality
and FraternityRobespierre, Jacobins and
Napoleon

• Causes
• Bourbon Dynasty
• Absolutism
• Bankruptcy, unfair taxes
• Grain harvest disaster
• Enlightenment ideas of Locke, Rousseau,
  Montesquieu
• Demand for equality by 3rd estate

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Effects

• End of absolutism
• More equality and democratic government thanks
  to dictator Napoleon
• Rise of the middle class
• End of special privileges of nobles
• Reign of Terror
• Execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
• Napoleonic Code

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Congress of Vienna

• Goal
• Turn back the clock to before the Revolution and
  rise of Napoleon
• Legitimacy
• balance of power
• compensation

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Actions Taken

• Split up countries
• Suppressed nationalism
• Restore monarchs to the throne