the monarchy, she was later guillotined with her husband at her side. The French Revolution came as a result of her reign along with her husbands'. 1755-1793Maximillian Robspiere- The leader and founder of the Jocobin club. He was a rich man who wanted the death of the king and of the monarchy. It was unique of the time for one of such high esteem and rank in society to wish for change but he broke the rule and swayed many others. 1758- 1794Napolean Bonaparte- The French leader who took over after the French Revolution. Napolean was unique because he led a nation that hated everything having to do with a monarchy and yet he in some ways ran one, but the people loved him. He conquered much of Europe and claimed it for France until his defeats in Russia and finally hi final undoing at Waterloo. 1808-1873The Congress of Vienna- A group of European countries met in Vienna after the French revolution with the goal of stopping all revolutions later, and to qiuickly extinguish the French Revolution, its leaders, and followers. The wished to restore a monarchy in France and throughout Europe because they were afraid of losing their own reign if a revolution developed in their own country. 1814-1815Prince Clemons von Metternich- He was an Austrian statesmen. He became foreign minister in1809 and secured a temporary alliance with France. Later he developed a policy of substituting Austrian and French monarchy and Austria joined the quadruple alliance. 1773-1859The New agricultural revolution- The agricultural revolution in Britain helped spark economic revolutions around the world later on. In this revolution machines took the place of humans and food was mass produced. The corn laws also contributed to this.It helped cause the mass movement of people to major cities. 1700- 1916The Industrial Revolution- The factories acrossed Europe began to mass produce goods using new, faster and cheaper methods of production. It used new inventions and the u...
