chapter 16.2 Flashcards
monarchy
old regime
consisted of the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church
first estate
nobility
Second Estate
98 percent of the French population
third estate
couldnt rule as absolute as louis xiv
louisxvi
lists of grievances
cahier
national assembly declaring that they would not disband until a written constitution was established
Tennis Court Oath
listed what’s considered to be the natural rights of all people
Declaration of the Rights of Man
placed the church under state control, provided for the election of all the clergy by the people, and required the clergy to take an oath of loyalty to the state
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
advocated the most radical changes
most prominent leaders were Jean-Paul Marat, George-Jacques Danton, and Maximilien de Robespierre
Jacobins
called on the French people to rally behind their king and protect him from the leaders of the Revolution
Brunswick Manifesto
This Committee gave the Revolutionary Tribunal orders to suppress opposition to the Revolution
Committee of Public Safety
two-chamber legislature
Council of 500/Council of Ancients
5 members of the executive branch
Directory
most common greivances of the third estate
a written constitution, equal taxation, equal justice, and the destruction of the remnants of feudalism
considered to be the start of the french revolution
The Storming of the Bastille
