1 / 7

3. Political Revolutions

Explore the key figures and events that shaped political revolutions in history, from Napoleon Bonaparte and Simon Bolivar to the French Revolution and the Slave Revolt of Haiti. Learn about their contributions, downfalls, and legacies in transforming societies.

kay
Download Presentation

3. Political Revolutions

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Team: Allison Wang 3. Political Revolutions

  2. Person: Napoleon Bonaparte • 1799: appointed First Consul • Created Code Napoleon/Civil Code (1804) • Career open to talents • Protestants/dissenters/Jews/others receive full citizenship with allegiance to state • Napoleonic Wars: Welcomed in Countries for • No feudal privileges, equality of rights, toleration, codified law, free trade, systematic administration • Downfall: Defeat in Russia around 1812 • Abdicated: 1814

  3. Person: Simon Bolivar • Creole aristocrat • Got support for concernments from Britain and Haiti for freeing South American slaves • Captures Bolivia, Andes, Chile*, Peru • Later gave Chile to Bernando O-Higgins • Downfall: unified dream disillusioned • Warfare among generals who want independence • Used dictatorial rulings, but further alienated him from supporters • Withdrew from leadership 1830

  4. Event: Slave Revolt of Haiti (Saint-Domingue) • 1791 slave revolts break out from freedom inspiration • Became civil war between slave owners and slave • Toussaint L’Ouverture, free black, creates alliance with Spain against French slave systems in Haiti • 1800 ruler of Saint-Domingue • 1794: Robespierre abolishes slavery, so aligns with France • 1799: Napoleon reverses Robespierre’s policy • Tricks Toussaint into imprisonment 1802 • Unified black and mulatto armies drove out French and abolishes slavery • Only successful slave revolution

  5. Event: French Revolution • 1789-1792: Moderate Phase • Estates General convened during 1789, where King Louis 16 goes back on his promise to facilitate voting for the third estate • Third estate leaves and doesn’t disband until new constitution • 1792-5: Radical Phase • Louis 16 and Marie Antoinette try to flee, but apprehended • People mad at king deserting country • National Assembly takes over • Institutes Terror through Committee of Public Safety against counter-revolutionaries

  6. Terms • Bourgeoisie: leading “middle class”; professionals, artisans, shopkeepers; upper third estatees • Estates-General: gathering of all estates • Jacobins: most revolutionary party that supported Terror and king’s execution • Girondins: division of Jacobins that were more moderate • Montagnards: division of Jacobins that composed or artisans, shopkeepers, who also oppose Girondins

  7. Terms • Sansculottes: workers, merchants, artisans part of more poor-based revolutionary group • Balance of Power: international agreement that secures peace by preventing single states becoming too dominant • Mulatto: mixed race in the Americas; usually: European and African • Mazambo: descendent of Portugese settlers in Americas • neo-Colonialism: developed nation’s control over developing world through economics

More Related