Age of Revolutions

• French Revolution: 1789 - 1815
• Louis XIV (14): consolidated his power by building the palace of Versailles and had all nobles live there.
• Absolute Monarchy: A form of government in which the monarch is the absolute ruler of the country.
• Palace of Versailles: A palace built by Louis XIV of France in the 17th century.
• Three Estates System: The Estates General - met in Paris, France, to discuss laws and taxes.
• First Estate: Clergy, The rich
• Second Estate: The nobility, who were the landowners and the aristocracy.
• Tennis Court Oath: In 1789, French nobles refused to swear allegiance to the new constitution
• National Assembly - The French Parliament that met in Versailles from 1789 to 1791
• Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen:

  - Separation Of Powers

  - Freedom Of Expression

  - Prison Reform
• Women’s March on Versailles: Parisian women protested for the king to address the issue of bread.
• Storming of the Bastille: the National Assembly stormed (sieged) an old military fortification in the center of Paris named the Bastille
• Louis XVI (16): 1774-1792
• Reign of Terror: 1793-1794, when the French government used terror to eliminate opponents.
• Robespierre: "The people are the source of all power
• Napoleon Bonaparte: Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general who led the French Revolutionary Army to victory in the French Revolutionary Wars.
• Congress of Vienna: deciding what to do with land conquered by Napoleon.
• Haitian Revolution: slavery, social imbalance and The French Revolution
• Toussaint Louverture was a Haitian general who led the Haitian Revolution.
• Slave Rebellions: led by Toussaint Louverture, a Haitian slave who led a rebellion against the French.