Age of Revolutions & Rebellions
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Age of Revolutions &
Rebellions
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Absolutism
A type of government in which a ruler has
total power
Monarchy
Complete authority over all subjects
Divine Right of Kings
Louis XIV
France
1643-1715
– From 1643-1661,
government was actually
led by his mother and
chief minister, Jules
Cardinal Mazarin (an
Italian financier).
“Sun
King” – source of light for the
people
“l’etat, cest moi” – I am the state
Wanted strong monarchy because he
inherited a kingdom that was internally
divided, militarily exhausted, and nearly
bankrupt.
left to his heirs the greatest power in
the Western world.
Built
Versailles
–Demonstrate wealth, power & glory
of France
–Personal household of king
–Chief offices of the state (keep an
eye on work)
–Royal court where people came to
seek favor
Policies
of Louis XIV
–Biggest Threat: high nobles and
royal princes.
–To combat this:
removed them from royal council
kept them busy with court life
Freed them from taxation
In return, nobles gave Louis absolute
power
Policies
of Louis XIV continued
–Chose advisors from middle class
Middle class felt included, so it kept
them from revolting
–Demanded that administrators
obeyed his commands
–Complete authority over church,
foreign policy, and taxes.
–Bribed local nobles and officials to
see his policies enforced.
Policies
of Louis XIV continued…
–Persecuted Protestant Huguenots
–Maintained large standing army
–Aggressive in foreign affairs
Made many enemies
Legacy
of Louis XIV
–Culture flourished
–Financial ruin
Smaller tax base & large expenses in
building & war
–Power hungry nobility with no
ability/ knowledge of how to rule.
–Unhappy middle class/peasant class
Tsar Peter the Great
Russia
1689-1725
Used Europe as model for Russia
– Russia was behind technologically &
economically
Sent people to learn new skills
Forced nobility to dress, act like
Europeans
Built new capital at St. Petersburg
Peter’s Policies
– Wanted to be a European power
Expanded borders (all of eastern Asia, Alaska,
California)
– Created a central bureaucracy which he
tightly controlled
– Brought Eastern Orthodox Church under his
control
– Gave privileges to nobles in return for service
Tax exemption
– Reorganized army and started a navy
– Demanded compliance with his laws and
orders
Legacy
of Peter the Great
–Stronger foreign affairs because
Russia was in mainstream Europe
–Domestic problems
Broke with traditional Eastern
Orthodox culture that was a unifier
between nobility & peasants
Tax burden was on the peasants
Atmosphere of fear
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Japan
1598-1616
Policies of Tokugawa Ieyasu
– Tokugawa family controlled all
government
– Council of Elders was the administrators
– Established the Metsuke
Officials who kept watch for revolts
– Sankin-kotai (hostage system)
Policies of Tokugawa Ieyasu continued
– Loyalty to Shogun above loyalty to
family
– Duty & Honor – central values
– Strict social structure controlled by
shogun
– Inner discipline required to meet social
position
– Closed Japan to western influence
Expelled Christians
Limited trade to island off Nagasaki with
Dutch only
Legacy of Tokugawa Ieyasu
– Active trade policy in southeast Asia to help
treasury
– Ended Western influence
– Limited power of regional lords (daimyo)
destroy all their castles except those where they
actually lived
– encouraged the warrior class to pursue
scholarly learning.
– adopted measures to secure the lords'
allegiance to the new government
norms of conduct
military retainers
Leading up to
the English Revolution
Charles I
– 1628 – petition that prohibited taxation
without Parliament’s consent.
Charles began to reject it because it limited his
power.
– Charles began to impose more Catholic rituals
into Church of England
Led to many religious refugees
Finally led to Civil War in 1642
Leading up to
the English Revolution
Parliament supporters won the civil war
thanks to military leadership of Oliver
Cromwell.
– Eventually Cromwell took over power
Executed Charles I
Disbanned Parliament
Created military dictatorship
After Cromwell’s death (1658), Parliament
restarts, and king (Charles II) is put on
throne 1660.
English Revolution (1689)
Causes
– Absolutist James II (Catholic) took over throne
in 1685
Did not allow free worship
– Parliament waiting for him to die so his
daughter, Mary (Protestant) could take over
since James had no son.
– 1688, James had a son.
– Parliament then united against James and
invited Mary & her husband William to take the
throne from James.
James had no support, so he fled the country
– Called the Glorious Revolution (no blood shed)
Results
– William & Mary took over & promised to rule by
Parliament’s rule
– William & Mary agreed to Bill of Rights
King could not raise taxes
King could not maintain army without Parliament consent
Rule of Law
Freely elected Parliament
Guaranteed certain individual rights
– Trial by jury
– No cruel & unusual punishment
– Limited bail
– Act of Settlement (1701) – kept any Catholic from
becoming king/queen of England again
American Revolution (1776)
Causes
– French & Indian War
– Proclamation of 1763
– Enforcement of Navigation Acts of 1660
– Series of acts (Sugar, Quartering, Stamp,
Townshend, Tea, Intolerable)
– Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, 1st
Continental Congress
Results
– US gained independence from England
– Formed its own government based on
Enlightenment writings
– Inspired other countries to fight tyranny &
form governments similar to the US.
French Revolution (1789)
Causes
– Inequalities of class system
1st estate – clergy
2nd estate – aristocracy (nobles)
3rd estate – commoners (peasants, skilled workers,
& bourgeoisie)
– Financial crisis
Spent lots of money on wars and court expenses
Called for an Estates-General (Parliament) to
address the needs
From Estates-General to National
Assembly
– All three estates were part of the EstatesGeneral and votes were one per estate
– 1st & 2nd estate could veto 3rd estate
– 3rd estate wanted 1 vote per representative
– King said no
– 3rd estate created National Assembly & wrote
a constitution.
While king was acting to stop the 3rd
estate, commoners stormed the Bastille in
Paris
Royal troops abandoned Louis XVI, who
fled to Versailles
Rebellions took place throughout France
rooted in the long-hated landholding
system.
Effects
– National Assembly became the legislature of
France
Took away old feudal dues & taxation privileges.
Declared all male citizens could hold office.
Composed Declaration of the Right of Man and of
Citizen
– Used Enlightenment thought: Locke, Montesquieu,
Rousseau
– All men equal before law
– Freedom of speech, press, and religion
Effects
– 1791 – French adopted new Constitution
based on Declaration of Right
– Church became controlled by state
– Monarchy’s influenced declined
Louis XVI was basically held prisoner in Paris.
French Revolution went into Radical stage
– Paris Commune (a group of political radicals)
took over Legislative Assembly & forced it to
hold a Convention to decide future of France
Abolished the monarchy & beheaded Louis XVI
Angered many French outside of Paris & royalty
throughout Europe.
– Established a Committee of Public Safety – to
protect France from “Foreign & Domestic
Threats”
Committee on Public Safety – 12 people
Led to Reign of Terror
– Leader was Maximilien Robespierre
– Executing any who rebelled against the
radical National Convention
– Raised by decree a huge army of over 1
million to end threat of foreign invasion
An army of the people, not an army of professional
soldiers
– Ended with the execution of Robespierre
After Reign of Terror, National Convention
reduced power of Committee of Public
Safety and created a new constitution in
1795
– New legislative assembly – 2 houses (Council
of 500 & Council of Elders)
– Directory (5 leaders chosen as executives to
rule France with Legislative Assembly)
– 1795-1799 - was corrupt & unhappy
– Ended by coup d'état & Napoleon Bonaparte
Haiti Revolution (1791)
Causes
– French colonized as a farming/plantation
economy
Mistreated slaves
– Francois Toussaint-Louverture led slaves in a
revolt against owners.
It was an on-going revolt for 13 years.
Results
– 1802 – Napoleon sent troops to put down
revolt
– Louveture was imprisoned in France
– Yellow fever ravages French army
– Haiti gained control and won independence in
1804
Latin America Revolutions
Causes:
– Enlightenment thinking
– Countries of Latin America heard of the
successful revolutions in other countries:
(Britain, France, United States, Haiti)
– Gave them confidence to try to gain their own
independence and protect individual rights
too.
Results:
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Bolivia (1809-1825) led by Bolivar & de Sucre
Argentina (1810-1817) led by San Martin
Chile (1810-1817) led by San Martin & O’Higgins
Colombia (1810-1819) led by Bolivar, de Sucre &
Santander
Mexico (1810-21) led by Hidalgo, Guerrero & Morelos
Paraguay (1811)
Venezuela (1810) led by Bolivar, de Sucre & Miranda
Peru (1821) led by Simon Bolivar & San Martin
Ecuador (1822) led by Simon Bolivar
Brazil (1822) led by Dom Pedro
Results
– Protected by United States in Monroe Doctrine
– Relied heavily on Europe economically
– Several unsuccessful attempts to unify the
whole region of Latin America
Napoleon Bonaparte
Rise to power
– At the French Revolution, the government in
power was the Legislative Assembly and the
Directory
Unpopular & corrupt
– Napoleon had won fame & popularity as a
successful military leader
– 1799 – Napoleon returned to France because
he had heard of the problems internally
– Joined in a successful coup d'état against the
Directory
– Set up a new Constitution
Republic with 3 consuls
– Napoleon became first consul quickly
– 1802 – Napoleon named himself Consul for
life and was approved by popular vote.
Established a dictatorship
– Napoleonic Code – wrote based on
Enlightenment ideas, but state was above
individual
– Recognized
Catholicism as
majority religion in
France, but allowed
toleration
– Expanded the French
borders
Used family members
to rule new territory
Abolished Holy Roman
Empire & established
Confederation of the
Rhine
Defeat
– Attacked Russia because they betrayed him
by resuming trade with Great Britain
Attacked in winter
Met little resistance at first
In Moscow, Russians attacked & Napoleon suffered
very high casualties.
– Other enemies of Napoleon saw this
weakness and took the opportunity to attack
too
– Surrendered in March 1814
Louis XVIII was put back on throne
Napoleon exiled to Elba
– Napoleon returned to France from exile in
March 1815 & recaptured power for 100 days.
– Defeated for good at the Battle of Waterloo
by armies of Prussia, Great Britain, and the
Netherlands in June of 1815
Exiled again, this time to St. Helena where he died
Legacy
– Ended the revolution in France
– Spread the Enlightenment ideas throughout
Europe
equality before law
Religious toleration
Advancement on merit
– Improved standards of government
Reformed tax system
Promoted education
Improved agriculture & industry
– Gave the people a taste of freedom outside
absolute monarchy
– Consequences for Europe
Congress of Vienna
– New borders in Europe
– Monarchies restored
China, Japan, & the West
Opium War
– Britain
Was limited to trade with China in one port
Had a negative balance of trade with China
Britain wanted more ports & tried to negotiate for them &
China kept saying no.
– Britain began trading Opium, an addictive drug, which
greatly increased their trade profits
– China illegalized the sale & tried to blockade English
trade, starting the Opium War
– Result:
British destroyed Chinese fleet
Treaty of Nanjing (1842)
– opened new ports to English trade
Each port had a British section where Europeans
lived & were not subject to Chinese laws
– Limited taxes on imported British goods
– Gave Britain the island of Hong Kong
Beginning of Western influence in China.
Tai Ping Rebellion
– Peasant revolt in China
– Called for social reforms:
Giving land to all peasants
Women’s equality
– Europeans had to come help stop the
rebellion
– China had been too busy dealing with
Western issues to pay attention effectively at
home.
Commodore Perry
– From the USA
– Pushed western influence in Japan
– Required Japan to make concessions
(compromises) to allow trade and better
treatment of foreign sailors.
– Again the West is the aggressor, pushing
influence on the East