The Revolutions

By Angel Eberhardt

  • The Wealth of Nations (Economic)

    This book written by Adam Smith was trying to spread the ideas of Capitalism. Capitalism was a major part of the industrial revolution for multiple different countries.

  • The Declaration of Independence (Political)

    Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. It had a lot of ideas based on the philosophy of John Locke in the Enlightenment. The natural rights of the Declaration of Independence are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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    Bad Harvest (Economic)

    The Third Estate did not produce enough crops, becauase of that the prices of bread went up causing people to not have enough food for them to eat, causing more people to die.

  • Estates-General (Economic)

    The Estates-General meeting was the first meeting for all three estates in 175 years. The second estate insisted on this meeting because they did not approve of the new tax Louis XVI was trying to force on to them. The estates all met at Verrsailles.

  • National Assembly Established (Political)

    The Third Estate named themselves the National Assembly because they wanted to pass laws for the French citizens. Many people believe this to be the first deliberate act of the French Revolution.

  • Tennis Court Oath (Political)

    The Third Estate was locked out of the meeting place for an Estates General meeting. Since they were locked out of the meeting they went to a tennis court promising they were not leaving until they had a new constitution.

  • Storming of the Bastille (Diplomatic)

    The storming of the Bastille was a huge day in French history. It was such a big event they named a day after it. It is the equivilent to the 4 of July in America. The third estate got a lot of weapons and went to go take control of the French prison.

  • Old Regime Ends (Social)

    Noblemen made speeches about their love for liberty and equality. They joined the members of the National Assembly. That took away power from the First and Second Estates. However, the noblemen did this because of fear and not because they had that idealology.

  • The Declaration of the Rights of Man (Political)

    The last article of the rights of man was approved by the National Assembly. The slogan of the National Assembly became "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
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    Women Riots (Social)

    The women were rioting over the rising prices of bread. The women marched on Versailles. Originally they demanded that the National Assembly should provide bread, but later they got mad at the king and queen. Eventually they broke into Versailles and demanded the king and queen returned to Paris, they agreed.

  • The Declaration of the Rights of Women

    Olympe de Gouge was the creator of the Declaration of the Rights of Women. She made it to set men and women equal to eachother, however, her ideas were not accepted.

  • King Louis XVI Dies (Political)

    King Louis XVI head was cut off by the guillotine because of all of the crimes he comitted against France.

  • Calendar was Changed (Cultural)

    Robespierre and his supporters wanted to build a "republic of virtue" to do that they decided to change the calendar so there were no Sundays.

  • Robespierre Dies (Political)

    Robespierre was essentially a tyrant and he became vicious and merciless once he obtained power. He was put under the guillotine.

  • Coup d'Etat of the National Legislature (Political)

    Napoleon surrounded the national legislature and drove out most of its members. The people who remained voted to get rid of the Directory.

  • Napoleon Makes Himself Emperor (Diplomatic)

    When Napoleon made himself emperor the pope was waiting at the end of the aisle for him when Napoleon took the crown from the pope and put it on his head. Symbolizing that he was more powerful than the pope.

  • The Battle of Trafalgar (Diplomatic)

    The Battle of Trafalgar was the one major battle that Napoleon Bonaparte lost. The battle took place off the sowthwest coast of Spain.
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    First Railroad Line (Tech.)

    George Stephenson and his workers reated the first railroad line. It was 27 miles long and went from Yorkshire coal fields to the port of Stockson on the North Sea

  • The Mine Act of 1842 (Social)

    The Mine Act of 1842 prevented women and children to work in mines.

  • The Communist Manifesto (Social)

    A book written by Karl Marx predicting the the proletariat will overthrow the bourgeoisie.