Revolutions

3.50- The Second Coalition 07.09.2015 31:48 ↓

While Bonaparte was off trying to conquer Egypt, the rest of Europe mobilized against France.

3.49- The Egyptian Expedition 31.08.2015 39:31 ↓

In July 1798 Bonaparte and his healthy, hopeful army arrived in Egypt. In August 1799 Bonaparte ditched his now demoralized, plague-ridden army and sailed for home.

3.48- The Coup of Floreal 24.08.2015 34:22 ↓

The Directory manipulated the elections of Year VI to block left-wing candidates. Meanwhile Talleyrand provoked the Americans into war and Bonaparte sailed for Egypt.

3.47- The Directorial Terror 17.08.2015 37:09 ↓

After Fructidor the Directory cracked down on the conservatives. They also created more sister republicans to systematically loot. Sponsor Link: http://lynda.com/revolutions  

3.46- The Coup of Fructidor 09.08.2015 38:22 ↓

After taking a drubbing in the elections Year V, the Directory decided to just annul the results.

3.45- The Fall of Mantua 03.08.2015 32:49 ↓

Bonaparte almost gets beat! But then he doesn't. Also don't invade Ireland in December. sponsor link: http://lynda.com/revolutions.  

3.44- The War Feeds Itself 20.07.2015 36:34 ↓

Control the central position. Move on the rear. Live off the land. Sponsor Link: http://lynda.com/revolutions  

3.43- The Conspiracy of Equals 13.07.2015 35:11 ↓

The adventures of everyone's favorite proto-communist. k

3.42- The Whiff of Grapeshot 05.07.2015 32:15 ↓

When the Thermidorean Convention introduced the Constitution of Year III, the political Right went a little nuts.

3.41- Bread and the Constitution of 1793 28.06.2015 33:42 ↓

That's the slogan that rallied the last remnents of the sans culottes to action...right before they got crushed by the Thermidorean Convention.

3.40- The Frozen Rivers 22.06.2015 33:16 ↓

The terrible winter of 1794-95 helped France push back all her enemies. Also...Poland!

3.39- The Death of the Jacobins 14.06.2015 18:36 ↓

After the events of 9 Thermidor, the Revolution began to swing back to the right.

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3.38- Thermidor 08.06.2015 30:17 ↓

The events of 9 Thermidor II brought Act I of the French Revolution to a gruesome end.

3.37- The Republic of Virtue 01.06.2015 34:56 ↓

If the mainspring of popular government in peacetime is virtue, amid revolution it is at once virtue and terror: virtue, without which terror is fatal; terror, without which virtue is impotent.

3.36- The Liquidation Process 24.05.2015 32:57 ↓

In the spring of 1794. the Revolution devoured a few of her most beloved children. sponsor link: lynda.com/revolutions

3.35- The Law of 14 Frimaire 18.05.2015 35:37 ↓

At the end of 1793, the Committee of Public Safety completed it's consolidation of power.

3.34c- Citizen Genet 11.05.2015 15:52 ↓

Do not get into a popularity contest with George Washington. spnsor link: lynda.com/revolutions

3.34b- Phillippe Egalite 27.04.2015 14:03 ↓

Marie Antoinette thought he was behind EVERYTHING sponsor link: lynda.com/revolutions

3.34a- The Republican Calendar 20.04.2015 15:26 ↓

In Oct 1793 the French Revolution took a stab at reforming time itself.

3.34- Saturn's Children 12.04.2015 31:36 ↓

In October 1793 the Reign of Terror got started with the executions of Marie Antoinette and the Girondins.

3.33- The Geography of Terror 05.04.2015 33:44 ↓

In the fall of 1793, the French Republic started to gain traction against its enemies. Setting up the stage for the Reign of Terror. sponsor: lynda.com/revolutions

3.32- The Committee of Public Safety 29.03.2015 30:40 ↓

In the summer of 1793 a re-organized Committee of Public Safety began to consolidate power.

3.31- The Man of Blood Part Deux 23.03.2015 33:09 ↓

In the summer of 1793 the Revolutionaries in Paris were besieged from all sides.

3.30- The 250th Episode 16.03.2015 1:12:30 ↓

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