THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 1789-1799 - Darien Public Schools

Wars
Europe had several wars in the 18 th Century,
many of them over colonial territories as well
as who would dominate Europe (Balance ( Balance of Power) Power
18 th Century was filled w/warfare
War of the Spanish Succession
War of the Austrian Succession
And The Seven Years War
particularly costly to France; at its end France lost all its North North
American Territories- Territories On the Plain of Abraham
(Quebec City- City Wolfe defeated Montcalm)
American Revolution- Revolution France sided with the colonists- colonists
France’s France s support for the revolutionaries was primarily
naval and financial.
Victory by the Colonists caused French spirits to soar- soar both
because they defeated their common enemy the British, but also
because… because
American Revolution embodied many of the ideas of the
Enlightenment which were being discussed in the salons of Paris