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The Scientific Revolution
The new way of thinking about the natural world -
The English Civil War
The war that was caused by the arguements and anger between Parliament and King James I -
Palace of Versailles
The official residence of the court and government of France. By providing enough space to house the courtiers, the chateau and its outbuilding helped the domesticate the nobility. -
The Enlightenment
A desire for rationality, logic, and consistency -
The Glorious Revolution
Caused by the Parliament worrying about James II becoming king since he is openly Catholic -
The Estates-General
A meeting that the Second Estate forced to call that was an assembly of all representatives from all three estates to approve the new tax. Each estate delegates met in a separate hall to vote, and each state had one vote. The two privileged estates could always outvote the Third Estate. -
Bastille Day
On July 14, a mob searching for gunpowder arms stores the Bastille, a Parison prison. The mob overwhelms fhe guard and seized control of the building. The angry attackers hacked the prison commander and several guards to death, and then paraded around the streets with the dead man's heads in spikes. The fall of Bastille became a great symbolic act of revolution to the French people. -
National Assembly
In a dramatic speech, Sieyès suggested that the Third Estate delegates name themselves the National Assembky and pass laws and reforms in the name of the French people. After a long night of excited debate, the delegates of the Third Estate agreed to Sieyès's ideas by an overwhelming majority. -
August Decrees
The National Assembly abolished the feudal system. It decrees that among the existing feudal rights and dues, both female and censuel all those originating or representing real or personal serfdom will be abolished without idemnification -
The Bread March
In October 1789. Thousand of Pariisian women rioted over the rising price of bread. Brandishing, knives axes, and other weapons, the women marched on Versailles. First, they demanded that the National Assmebly take action to provide bread. Then, they turned they anger towards the king and queen. They broke into the palace, killing some of their guards and demanded that Louis and Marie Antoinette return to Paris. They got what they wanted and they left. -
Napoleon as First Consul
With the government in disarray Napoleoj launched a successful coup d ètat. He proclaimed himself "First Consul" (Julius Ceasar's title) and did away with elected Assembly (appointed as senator instead -
Napoleon Crowned as Emperor
In 1894 Napoleon decided to make himself emperor, and the French people supported him. On December 2, 1894, dressed in velvet, Napoleom walked down the long aisle of Norte Dame Cathedral in Paris. As thousands watched, the new emperors took the crown from the pope and placed it on his own head. With this gesture, Napoleon signaled that he was more powerful than the churchm -
Blockade Set Up
Im November 1806, Napoleon set up a blockade which is a forcible closing of ports to prevent all trade and communication between Great Britain and other European nations -
Dos de Mayo
The Spanish rose up in rebellion. French troops fired on the crowd in Madrid the next day (Tres de Mayo). Napoleon now poured 500,000 troops into Spain over the next few years
