1. By Luis Martinez

2. •Slaves rebel in 1791 and reach independence
in 1804
•First successful Latin American colony to
rebel against European rule
•Almost 90% of the people on Saint
Domingue were slaves
•Poor treatment of slaves and the Declaration
of the Rights of Man and Citizen were part of
the reasons
•On January 1, 1804 the island was declared
independent and given its native name back

3. •1789-1794 (Main Events)
•Four Main Phases
•Moderate Phase 1789-
1791
•Radical Phase 1792-1794
•Directory 1795-1799
•Age of Napoleon 1799-1815

4. • Estates System
• Severe famine from poor harvest of 1789
• Huge debt from the American Revolution and Seven
Years War
• King’s solution was to raise taxes
• First two estates didn’t want change
• Third Estate breaks away and calls itself the National
Assembly

5. •A mob hears that weapons are stored in the
Bastille (an old prison) and heads there on
July 14, 1789
•They find no weapons and a battle ensues,
quickly making this a symbol of the
revolution.
•During the revolution 300,000 people are
imprisoned and 40,000 are executed,
including the king and queen, under the
Committee of Public Safety.
•Napoleon sets up the Consulate in 1799 after
the Directory takes over in 1795. He later
crowns himself emperor in 1804.

6. •Born 1769 in Corsica, as a child always
loved the military
•Quickly rises through the ranks of the
military and becomes General
•Begins his career in politics in 1799 with
the three man Consulate, loved by the
people
•In 1804 he crowns himself emperor
•Sets up:
• The Napoleonic Code
• Continental System

7. •Russia withdraws from the Continental System, Napoleon decides to invade
with the Grand Army, the largest military force on the planet at the time
•Russians lead him through the country, wearing down Napoleon’s men, food,
and morale. This is a terrible loss for Napoleon and his army trudges back with
only 10,000 of the original 400,000 men
•Napoleon is exiled, returns and faces another defeat at Waterloo, and is exiled
for good until his death in 1821.
•Napoleon also gives us
the gift of nationalism,
which would be perhaps
his greatest legacy among
many

8. •Fought 1853-1856 between France, Britain, and Turkey against Russia
over dominance of holy lands
•Turkey declares war on Russia on October 4, 1853 after rejecting the
Russian ultimatum in May; France and Britain join early next year
•January ,1855 Sardinia declares war on the Russians
•Russia accepts peace terms in February 1856 and the Treaty of Paris is
signed March 30
•Russia was very technologically behind during this war
as it did not have the industrial revolution on its side
•More casualties from disease and famine than from
actual war

10. •One of the three wars of German unification under Chancellor Otto von
Bismarck, who wanted to unite northern and southern states of Germany
into a single unified Germany
•Both sides were hungry for war
•With the placement of a Prussian prince on
the Spanish throne, France now had Prussian
leaders on both sides and declared war
•France got owned How France ends this and most wars
•Lost 150,000 men, two territories, and had to
pay for the war

11. •France and the United States were great allies
•The statue was meant to symbolize the end of the Civil War and of the
help France provided to the United States during the American
Revolution
•Dedicated October 28, 1886
•305 Feet tall
•The tablet in her left hand reads July 4, 1776 in Roman
numerals
•The statue is made of copper, which is a bronze color,
it is green due to the natural weathering of the copper

12. •In 1836 France claims Madagascar and Sudan as colonies
•Two years later, Britain would conquer Sudan and
France would, as always, lose its territory

13. •France begins construction on the canal in 1881 but the company in charge
goes bankrupt in 1888
•In 1899 control is handed over to the U.S. for $4o million
•Construction finishes in 1914
•A trip from New York to San Francisco previously took 13,000 miles, now it
was about 5,000 miles

14. •Starts with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and a series of
countries declaring war on each other
•France, Britain, Russia, later the U.S. when Russia drops out form the Triple
Entente
•Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy form the Triple Alliance
•Once again France displays its power of losing and loses 6.1 million men

16. •Rule #1: France’s armies are victorious only when not led by a
Frenchman-proven during the Hundred Years war
•Rule #2: France only wins when America does most of the fighting-
proven during the American Revolution
•First Rule of Muslim Warfare*: We can always beat the French- proven
during the Algerian Rebellion
* Also identical to the rules of the Italians,
Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish,
Vietnamese, and Inuit