Revolutions

3.25- The National Convention

The National Convention voted unanimously to abolish the monarchy on Sept 21, 1792. Then they proceeded to go at each others throats.  Sponsor: lynda.com/revolutions

3.24- The September Massacres

With the Allied armies approaching Paris, the sans-culottes broke into all the prisoners and slaughtered the inmates. 

3.23- The Insurrection of August 10th

On Aug 10, 1792 the radical sections of Paris overthrew the monarchy. Store: revolutionspodcastfundraiser.com Sponsor: lynda.com/revolutions

3.22- War

In April 1792 France declared war on Austria. Store: revolutionspodcastfundraiser.com

3.21a Supplemental- Talleyrand

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3.21- The Legislative Assembly

The new Legislative Assembly convened in October 1791 and quickly put France on the path to war.  Fundraiser Store: http://revolutionspodcastfundraiser.com

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3.20- The Constitution of 1791

As the National Assembly drew to a close, the Triumvirate rose to power. http://revolutionspodcastfundraiser.com

3.19- The Massacre of the Champ de Mars

After the Flight to Varennes, populist agistators in Paris called for an end to the monarchy, leading to a bloody confrontation in July 1791. Coming Dec 14: revolutionspodcastfundraiser.com

The Flight of Emperor Palpatine

Would really like to get my hands on the salacious limericks the good Emperor composed while whacked on spice. 

3.18- The Flight to Varennes

In June 1791 the royal family tried to escape from Paris, but they were busted while passing through Verennes.  Sponsor link: lynda.com/revolutions

3.17- A Temporary Summit

After the Feast of the Federation, Revolutionary France was outwardly calm, but internally divided. 

3.16- The Society of 1789

In the leadup to the great Fête de la Fédération, the Marquis de Lafayette and a group of liberal nobles began to direct the course of the Revolution. 

3.15- The Rise of the Jacobins

After the move to Paris, radical delegates from the National Assembly formed a new political club to help push their agenda.

3.14- The Women's March on Versailles

In October 1789 some angry houswives changed the course of the French Revolution.  Sponsor Link: lynda.com/revolutions

3.13a- The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

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3.13- The Rights of Man

After the Night of August 4th, the National Assembly divided into new political factions. 

3.12- The Great Fear

After a wave of chaos spread across France, the National Assembly abolished feudalism on the night of Aug. 4, 1789. 

3.11- The Fall of the Bastille

On July 14, 1789 a mob of angry Parisians stormed the Bastille.   

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3.10- The Tennis Court Oath

On Day 2 of the Estates General, the Third Estate went on strike.  Sponsor link: Lynda.com/revolutions

3.9- What is the Third Estate?

The debate over the coming Estates General awakened the political consciousness of the Third Estate. Also the weather was rotten. 

3.8- The Day of the Tiles

The king's attempt to break the Parments in the summer of 1788 was was met by widespread resistence. 

3.7- The Séance Royale

3.6- The Stately Quadrille

Round and round and round it goes...

3.5- The Assembly of Notables

King Louis called the Assembly of Notables in early 1787 to approve a major fincancial reform package. But intead of rubber stamping the initiatives, the Notables scrutinized every detail. 

3.4- Necker and the Necklace

Just as the financial situation was about to explode the monarchy was hit by a public relations nightmare.

3.3- Resistance to Reform

As power passed from Louis XV to Louis XVI, royal ministers attempted to implement reforms, but were thewarted at every turn. 

3.2-The Broken Regime

The Ancien Regime was a mess in desperate need of reform. 

3.1- The Three Estates

The population of pre-Revolutionary France was divided into Three Estates: the Church, the Nobility and Everyone Else. 

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2.15a- The Bill of Rights

Hang them on the wall of every classroom. 

2.15- The Rising Sun

The ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights marks the end of the Revolutionary Era. 

2.14- The Critical Period

Between the end of the War of Independence and the Constitutional Convention the new United States was plagued by problems. The Articles of Confederation were not up to solving them. 

2.13- The Articles of Confederation

As the newly independent United States trasitioned from war to peace, it was tripped up by the ineffective Articles of Confederation. 

2.12- Yorktown

Lord Cornwallis was trapped in Yorktown in October 1781. His surrender ended the American War of Independence. 

2.11- Tarleton's Quarter

Despite the thrashing he gave Horatio Gates at the Battle of Camden, Lord Cornwallis found the Carolinas slipping out of his grasp. 

2.10- Turning South

The Episode That Wouldn't Die.

2.9- Valley Forge

After Saratoga the French joined the war, the British changed strategies and Washington's army spent a miserable winter at Valley Forge. 

2.8- Saratoga

Gentleman Johnny's Party Train ran into some trouble in 1777. 

2.7- Crossing the Delaware

With the revolution on the line, George Washginton led his army to victory at Trenton. Unfortunately he would be unable to stop the British from taking Philadelphia in 1777.   

2.6a- Supplemental The Declaration of Independence

When in the course of human events...

2.6- Independence

The American colonies declared independence in July 1776. Then their armies got chased around New York. 

2.5- The Guns of Ticonderoga

After the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, war between Britain and the colonies broke out. George Washington was appointed commander-in-chief and laid siege to Boston.

2.4- The Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party led Parliament to pass the Intolerable Acts in 1774. The colonists were really super not amused. 

2.3- The Townshend Acts

After the failure of the Stamp Act, Parliament passed a new series of taxes known as the Townshend Acts. The colonists were not amused. 

2.2- The Stamp Act

After the French and Indian War, the British Ministry started levying new taxes on the colonies. The colonists were not amused. 

2.1- The Thirteen Colonies

A brief tour of the Thirteen Colonies. 

1.16- The Restoration

The English Monarchy was restored in 1660. 

1.16a Supplemental- Sir Edward Hyde, First Earl of Clarendon

  After serving in Parliament and the courts of both Charles I and Charles II, Edward Hyde wrote a massively influential history of the English Civil Wars.