1 18 13 New calendar with 10 day week instituted by Government and days of week were not after Gods and reduced amount of vacation time months based on Nature Resistance to Revolution by conservatives and radicals thought leaders selling out National Assembly leaders had to work with violence to keep people from stopping it France declared war w Austria b c of lack of crops others wanted to contain France s revolution and not let it spread to their countries if they couldn t completely stop it New communal identity within France war helped Revolutionary gov t b c Austrians bigger threat than other French people Levee en masse every able bodied man of France were called to fight for not pay but freedom Merit not birth determined leadership in new army rewarded those with skill regardless of birth and saved revolution from integration Everyone got right to vote slavery was abolished during this phase Robespierre thought on breach to establishing utopia and small group of people stood in way of it leader in this radical phase and blamed for reign of terror Reign of Terror 1793 4 King Louis xvi and queen were killed at guillotine to show that they were just men 35 40k people were executed over reign of Terror most by guillotine Guillotine bloody symbol of revolution dropped large blade with 100 accuracy to take off head seen as scientific and became symbol of revolution Sometimes needed to do more than one swing of axe to get head off even though more gruesome it was better death than headsman swinging axe or hanging people Robespierre met his end by guillotine in 1794 Bourgeoisie took control of government imposed order w army and thought order couldn t exist without it Napoleon seized power and declared himself consul for life I am the revolution I m the best 1799 and claimed himself emperor in 1804 strengthened rights of men over women and restored slavery in French colonies Napoleon embodies new self invention his reign inspired new shifts in visual culture and he was responsible for expenditure of French empire in the East made him a key figure Conquered most of Europe and most interesting campaign was into Russia 1 23 13 Get Notes 1 25 13 Napoleonic wars wartime restriction on speech abolitionists couldn t get ideas very far out and British at forefront of restricting slave trade made slavery less and less harsh for the slaves Each new law had great resistance much tension slavers vs abolitionists and slavers would crack down on old slaves in retaliation People began to market anti slavery products cups British were first major power to abolish slavery 1863 Major rebellions when slaves realized they had allies especially in Cayman islands Would take 30 more years for US but might have happened sooner abolitionist movement led by three blacks in northern states felt discrimination came from slavery in south and they convinced no white evangelical groups could happen without abolition of slavery William Lloyd Garrison wrote liberator abolitionist newspaper Nat Turner s rebellion led slave holders to be stronger on slave laws Gag rule in congress said neither house would allow discussion of slavery to be brought up until 1844 US slavers had power in government whereas those of colonies of France Britain didn t Abe Lincoln ran on abolitionist platform Movie Glory about slave rebellion led by MA guy and plaque in Boston Common 15th amendment getting through Congress Lincoln Success of Haitian revolution was successor to French revolution first movement to recognize universal rights by France US and France promised universal but didn t include other races Jefferson argued Haitian revolution had to be contained and refused to recognize black Haitian government wasn t recognized until Lincoln came to power Achievement of first black rebellion should not be ignored Discussion notes 1 25 13 Citizenship only to property owners Must take up children put into Haitian Constitution instead of French because could be children of slavers and slaves and Haitians wanted slavers to have to claim their mixed children March 31 1776 Abigail Adams asked John Adams to be kinder to ladies in law making and said how men could be tyrants if allowed and women would rebel if this weren t done John Adams replied hahaha you re so funny Abigail Why Egypt Positioning goods attack British india Great Early civilization napoleon goes with vast group of scholars European outsiders lay claim to ancient heritage b c they see themselves as laying claim to the rebirth of it Napoleon reinvented self with name Bonaparte Going to empire offers fame Goods and antiquities develop relationships with Egyptian home governments No tv no reproduction of things so antiques were really treasured more England empire builders consider self modern but haven t broken with traditions as mi 1 28 13 The Global Origins of Industrialization Renaissance to Enlightenment to Industrial Revolution Europeans were not the only ones who played a role in industrialization South Asian cotton extremely important Global trade and consumption led groundwork for industrial revolution Industrial Revolution was deep transfer in society in where work was done originally home craft man s studios but now factory how time was done now by time with shift that s set number of hours and how the family functions migration to work in factories over farms support family that way Old model skilled person working individually New model many unskilled do own little part Cheap imports of raw materials due to colonization Britain biggest empire especially after 1815 defeat of Napoleon s army size allowed them to be first to industrialize Late 18th century was period of sales 8 months from England to India By end of century 5 minute telegraph British advantages political power of British elite agricultural revolution had occurred population had boomed geography Political power of British elite civil war mid 17th century had ended in Glorious Revolution of 1688 w William and Mary installed to monarchy Bill of Rights for people limited Monarch s power Many were capitalists and made money buying and selling good so they used vote to construct highways canals and eventually railroads to link the country together internally for the first time Could move goods about much more quickly Agricultural revolution from enclosure movement Villagers would work own little strip of land and let other land lay fallow During enclosure period they would enclose all these fields to plant