final downfall because he returned to France in an attempt to gain back his power. His soldiers were sent by Louis XVIII so that he could be captured but instead they sided along with Napoleon and thus the Hundred Days of his reign began. Napoleon lost his final battle at Waterloo against the Duke of Wellington which eventually lead to him being exiled to St. Helena an island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Napoleon Bonaparte overall was a great ruler who turned France into a powerful country‚ the only
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From 1830 to 1848‚ there were six revolutions that happened in the Italian States‚ the Austrian Empire‚ the German States‚ Belgium‚ and France that attempted to make the governments more liberal and (in some cases) nationalistic. Despite the fact that many of these revolutions were repressed by the government‚ and not many clear short-term successes occurred due to them‚ it can be debated that the liberal revolutions of 1830 & 1848 were successful. Successful meaning that they spread the ideas of
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struggle for the independence of Corsica. When Paoli was successful‚ he forced Napoleon and his family to go back to France. As a result of defeat‚ Napoleon started his new military career in France. He unknowingly started the French Revolution when he defeated the British at the battle of Toulan and regained control of Corsica again. He then moved into Paris and overthrew King Louis the 16th. Soon after‚
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One of the most frightening events in history took place in France. Fittingly‚ the “Reign of Terror” was its name. Day after day‚ the people of France would be astonished at the all the deaths during this time period. Francois the terrible was the main leader of France at the time. Hideously‚ he was going to murder of all of the aristocrats. This was because after the revolution‚ no one wanted a wealthy and powerful person to rule with an iron fist. The extensive list of people he was going to execute
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All three of the goals were fulfilled in the First Phase of the Revolution. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen‚ drafted in 1789‚ provided liberty to the people of France. This document protected freedom of speech‚ press‚ and religion. It also protected the right for people to do anything they wanted as long as it did not hurt others. In addition to protecting people’s natural rights‚ The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen also said that everyone‚ no matter social status‚ was
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Enlightenment became popular. The Enlightenment was a period in time where new ideas were spread and people started thinking differently about the world that they lived in. Enlightenment thinkers‚ like John Locke and Voltaire‚ begin inspiring the citizens of France to rebel against their government if they felt like their rights were being limited or they did not feel protected. People should be able to express their opinions without persecution‚ and that the human rights of life‚ liberty‚ and property need
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Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to power during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. Bonaparte grew up on the island of Corsica. In July 1793‚ when Bonaparte was in the military‚ he led the siege of Toulon‚ and with his highly acclaimed tactics‚ won and was promoted to brigadier general at the age of twenty four. Napoleon Bonaparte’s early life‚ time in the military‚ exile and the events
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repressed silk workers of St. Martin experienced first hand. The attack took place on April 14‚ 1834 when the French National Guard‚ under the command of King Louis Philippe (October 6‚ 1773 - August 26‚ 1850)‚ retaliated on civilian silk workers. Rue Transnonain‚ created in the same year of the attacks‚ added fuel to an already growing tension between France and the French working force. The violent acts of the French National Guard‚ while not highly supported or lauded by the public‚ still would be deemed
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explain the social orders or estates in France. 2. What was the traditional view of the tensions between the French nobility and the upper middle class? 3. What is the revisionist historian’s view? 4. What are the three developments revisionist historians point to? 1). 2). 3). B. The Crisis of Political Legitimacy 1. How was absolutist rule in France challenged after the death of Louis XIV in 1715? 1). 2). 3).
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they were in love with and drawn to the Greek culture. In 1827‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia directed Turkey to accept an armistice. The Turks refused and the navies of these three countries trapped and destroyed the Turkish fleet at Navarino. The Near Eastern or Middle Eastern crisis was when Russia declared a war of expansion against the Turks and claimed much of present day Romania. In 1830‚ Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia declared Greece as independent. In 1832‚ they put a German prince
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