https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix Atlantic Revolutions en-us 2017-03-02 15:50:12 UTC 2017-03-02 15:58:20 UTC hello@padlet.com polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157369708 That's an interesting "what-if" kind of question. I think if other European nations teamed up to "put a stop" to the U.S., then obviously there wouldn't be a U.S. The new nation was in no position to fend off anyone in the years after the revolution. Fortunately, America had distance between itself and potential intruders. Besides, if England couldn't defeat the colonists, could any one other country in Europe? Also, it wouldn't be worth the resources for multiple European nations to team up and conquer the new nation just to squash democracy.]]> 2017-03-02 15:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157369708 polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157369943 By helping the American colonists defeat England, the French rival had lost its largest and most profitable set of colonies. It also hurt the English pride and prestige. However, it turns out, as you'll see soon, that helping America hurt France more than it did Britain.]]> 2017-03-02 15:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157369943 polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157370224 No, they were just hired killers. After the war, most went home and some actually stayed in America.]]> 2017-03-02 15:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157370224 polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157370704 Yes, although back then it was like an indoor handball court.]]> 2017-03-02 15:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157370704 polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157371001 Well, all of them stem from the Enlightenment ideas being spread. The American Revolution lit the spark of revolution and it catches on in France and later spreads from there like a snowball effect.]]> 2017-03-02 15:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157371001 polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157371303 By the time Louis made an escape attempt and was put on trial, the first estate (clergy) was non-existent in the sense that many had fled the country or had been killed or marginalized. Indeed, the first estate didn't have any ability to fight the revolutionaries. The second estate (nobility) had the wealth, but still not the numbers or military to fight the masses. Most of the nobility fled the country and had their lands seized by the revolutionaries, who used it to give to the common people and help with the financial crisis.

Now, did the first and second estates want Louis back on the throne? Of course, but could do little themselves. That's why when many fled the country they used their wealth and connections in foreign nations to push for war AGAINST France. So you had France's revolutionary government fighting wars on multiple fronts against multiple foreign countries. It's amazing the revolution survived. Of course, at the same time, the French were fighting for their lives, land and freedom, while the other nations were fighting for what? To restore some monarch? In the heat of battle, that's not exactly going to inspire those men to risk their lives to the best of their ability.]]> 2017-03-02 15:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157371303 polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157371891 Treason. Prior to her attempted escape, which would be enough to have her executed, she had been essentially snitching to her family in Austria about what the French army was doing. So she was aiding the French enemies in war. They also accused her of incest, which was bogus.]]> 2017-03-02 15:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157371891 polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157372853

Well, the Committee of Public Safety, essentially headed by Robespierre, had already spearheaded the revolution prior to Louis' execution. Indeed, it was largely responsible for drumming up enough votes to have Louis killed. But the other thing to consider here is the people were happy with how things were going. Think about it: 1) No more nobility or clergy, 2) No more special privilege for anyone, 3) The lands of the nobility and church was confiscated and either given to the peasants or benefited France economically, 4) Everyone was legally equal, 5) Everyone was fed! So a lot of good stuff was happening on the surface, but obviously as Robespierre executed more and more of his (and the revolution's) "enemies," he was able to gain more power. Robespierre didn't see himself as a dictator; he felt only someone like him "knew best" what the future of France should be. Of course, that IS a dictator, but he was delusional by then.

]]> 2017-03-02 15:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157372853 polinmat https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157373229 As you'll see very soon, Napoleon was power hungry. He felt the Directory was ineffective and corrupt (which it was) and that he could do better for France.]]> 2017-03-02 15:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/polinmat/1y0cha2kpfix/wish/157373229