HIST 3130 Lecture Notes - Slater, Class Conflict, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 3130
• Professor: Ashley Mathisen

Document Summary

1789: estates general convenes, one of the estates separates ( 3rd) to create the national assembly: they set about creating a revolution, peasant revolt. 1789-1792: the first revolution: the national assembly abolishes the nobility, monasteries, and convents and attempts to establish a constitutional monarchy. 1792- 1799: the second revolution: radicals gain control and over the 50, 000 people are executed with the guillotine. 1799: napol on overthrew the government and ended the revolution: napoleonic wars start between britain and france, defeated at the battle of waterloo. William woodsworth and samuel coleridge initially supported the f. r as the dawn of a new age. But by the 1790"s, the revolution was dividing the british popular opinion. Edmund burke believed the revolution could only result in anarchy. 1793-1794: people were scared of the reign of terror, guillotine, and executions led to a repressive atmosphere. 1792: royal proclamations that banned tumultuous meetings and seditious writings , freedoms of the press was curtailed.