BEFORE THE REVOLUTION

• BEFORE THE REVOLUTION, KINGS AND NOBILITIES RAN MOSTLY EVERYTHING.
• Painter unknown

BEFORE-CONT.

• PEASANTS HAD NO SAY, & THE UPPER CLASS REFUSED TO CHANGE
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• Peasants had to pay taxes even though they had little opportunity to earn the money. Also, the taxes only went to the upper class.
• L. Beilly is the painter.

BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION

JUNE 20TH, 1789

• The Third Estate was locked out of their meeting room.
• So, they broke into the Tennis Court so they could have their meeting.
• They did not leave until they drew up a new constitution.
• That was made into the TENNIS COURT OATH.
• Jacques Louis David is the painter.

STORMING OF BASTILLE

• July 14th, 1789
• A mob searching for gunpowder and arms stormed the Bastille, a Paris Prison.
• The angry attackers hacked the prison commander and several guards to death.
• Then, they paraded the streets with the dead mans heads on spikes.
• Ever since then, July 14th became a French national holiday.
• Jean-Pierre Houēl is the artist of the painting.

DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN

• August 25th, 1789
• "Men are born and remain free and equal rights."
• "Liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression."
• Painter unknown

RADICAL PHASE OF THE REVOLUTION

GUILLOTINE

• Artist unknown.
• Guillotines were used to behead people during the French Revolution.
• The beheaded people included the King and Queen of France.

ROBESPIERRE

• Artist: anon(1790).
• He was the leader of Jacobins.
• He was also the cause of the Reign of Terror.

DANTON

• Was painted in Paris.
• Was a leading figure during the beginning of the French Revolution.

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NAPOLEON ASCENDANT

THE BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ

• December 2nd, 1805
• Also known as the battle of the Three Emperors.
• Was one of the most important and decisive engagements of the Napoleonic Wars.
• Painter: François Gérard

BATTLE OF JENA

• October 14th, 1806
• France vs. Prussia and Saxony
• Napoleon I vs. Frederick William III of Prussia
• France won a "decisive" victory.
• Painter: Horace Vernet

BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR

• Painter: J.M.W. Turner
• October 21st, 1805
• United Kingdom vs. France and Spain
• Britain's naval fleet was very, very strong. 22 Franco-Spanish ships were lost without one Britain ship being lost.
• Britain won against the French and Spanish.

REASONS FOR NAPOLEONS DECLINE AND FALL

BATTLE OF NATIONS AT LEIPZIG

• Painter: unknown
• October, 1813
• Was fought in Saxony.
• Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Sweden was led by Tsar Alexander I of Russia and Karl Philipp.
• The French, Polish, Italian, and some German troops were led by Napoleon I.
• Napoleons group were defeated by Russia's group.

NAPOLEON ON ELBA

• Painter: Jacques-Louis David
• A large allied army invaded France and captured Paris, forcing Napoleon to give up in April, 1814.
• He was exiled to the island of Elba.
• France lost most territories they had conquered since the revolution.
• Napoleon managed to escape from Elba in February of 1815.

BATTLE OF WATERLOO

• Painter: William Sadler
• Sunday, June 18th, 1815
• Near Waterloo (present day Belgium)
• France's army, led by Napoleon, lost to the seventh coalition, who formed when Napoleon returned from Elba.
• The end of the Battle of Waterloo also ended Napoleons reign as Emperor of France.