10 things you need to know about the French Revolution by Matthew Romero https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt en-us 2016-11-03 16:17:59 UTC 2016-11-04 16:08:35 UTC hello@padlet.com 1.  Their was many causes that led to the French revolution. One of the social conditions was that the growing resentment among the lower causes grew and grew due to the unfair tax system and increasing price of bread.  The economical conditions were another key factor because due to the luxurious lifestyle of the Queen and King France was left in heavy debt and vulnerable. The political system was even worse due to the King being a weak ruler and passing unfair laws that drove the people to desperation to take action in their own hands.  351009 https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135145695 2016-11-03 16:23:17 UTC https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135145695 2. The american revoultion and the French revolution were the same because the french revolution was based off the american revolution and both revolutions purpose was to fight and to change their country for the better and fight against the unfair ruler and his laws. They were different however because the american revolution was not as bloody and long as the french revolution where more and more complications just kept rising.  351009 https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135150453 2016-11-03 16:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135150453 3. The french declaration rights of man was a document that stated the natural and individual rights to those in all the estates. It was modeled after the U.S declaration of independence.  351009 https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135151983 2016-11-03 16:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135151983 4. The estates general was an assembly of all representatives. The issue that called it to meet was that King wanted to pass a tax on the nobility to help solve the problem that he practically had no money left.  351009 https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135152739 2016-11-03 16:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135152739 5. The Reign of terror was a period of time where great violence occurred, while the French revolution was going on, and marked the death of thousands of citizens and political figures.  The ruler of the Reign of Terror was Maxmilien Robspierre.  351009 https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135155464 2016-11-03 16:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135155464 6. Napoleon Bonaparte was a political and military leader who was able to seize power during the chaos occurring in the French Revolution. Some of the successes he had during peacetime was that he was able to establish lycees, solve the great economical crisis with a fair tax system and seperated power between church and state which finally showed that the pope no longer had power over the government.  351009 https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135156938 2016-11-03 16:49:12 UTC https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135156938 7.  The congress of vienna was a series of meetings that occurred in Vienna in hopes to establish security and stability across the entire continent rather than just the country. The effects it had was that it led to the idea of legitimacy being born and maintining peace across the continent for the first time in history.  351009 https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135159526 2016-11-03 16:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135159526 8.  351009 https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135161626 The revolutions in 1830 and 1848 both had their roots in an explosive mixture of ideas and factions. ]]> 2016-11-03 17:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135161626 9. Napoleon had many lasting achievements were that he was able to establish lycees and seperate power between church and state. This was really significant because before this the main man in power was the pope and so he had ultimate control over state and government until Napoleon came along and abolished this idea. Another lasting thing he did was establish a more fair tax system and was able to fix the economical crisis that was troubling the country.   351009 https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135269415 2016-11-04 01:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135269415 10.  351009 https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135431449 I used quizlet to study these terms. ]]> 2016-11-04 16:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/351009/y98fhdq9vxbt/wish/135431449