HIST 1215- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 139 pages long!)

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He and his wife, marie antoinette (austria) continued to live lavish lifestyles. Austria and prussia wanted the monarchy to be restored, so that revolutions would not strike in their countries (at this point, most of europe was militarily against france). 1794 national convention/director was established (leg. The national convention arrested robespierre and beheaded him. 1795 the national convention/directory drafted a new plan for government: two-house legislature 5 man executive body called the. Directory: they were moderates (not part of revolutionary idealists; found the right general to command france"s armies napoleon) 1796 appointed by the directory/national convention to lead the army against austria and won a series of victories. 1799 coup d"etat convinced the legislature to dissolve the director and replace it with three consuls (one being napoleon) eventually napoleon took. 1801 toussaint l"ouverture led the first successful slave uprising in st. Dominique (haiti) napoleon doesn"t care will recapture again.