french rev

Question 1

ancien regime

Answer 1

rules and laws were determined only by god and the bible, no others
- 3 estates

Question 2

absolute monarchy

Answer 2

• the king holds complete power with no restrictions

Question 3

first estate

Answer 3

the clergy
- no taxes
- eligible for prestigious positions

Question 4

second estate

Answer 4

nobility, royal family members (minus the king)
- no tax
- eligible for prestigious positions

Question 5

third estate

Answer 5

everyone else
peasants, bourgeoisie
- have taxes
- not eligible for prestigious positions

Question 6

bourgeoisie

Answer 6

wealthier middle class

Question 7

american revolution

Answer 7

war for independence against british rule ending near the beginning of the french rev.

Question 8

meeting of the estates general

Answer 8

• composed of all 3 estates
  trying to find solution to the financial state of the country

Question 9

cahiers de doleances

Answer 9

the lists of wants from all three estates at the estates general meeting

Question 10

national assembly

Answer 10

acted as a body that would represent the needs of the French people
- made up of the 3rd estate
- takes place on a tennis court
- committee of 30 members drafts a constitution
- forms a citizen militia

Question 11

tennis court oath

Answer 11

agreed not to seperate until they had given france a constitution
- majority of the clergy joins them
- 47 members of the nobility join them

Question 12

republic

Answer 12

a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives

Question 13

declaration of rights of man and citizen

Answer 13

• does not address the status of women and slavery
• all estates follow the same laws (equal)
• influenced by enlightenment theory and philosophers

Question 14

bastille

Answer 14

was stormed by an angry mob of parisians in the beginning of the revolution

Question 15

russian campaign

Answer 15

led by napoleon, attempt to capture russia (failed) but gained napoleon respect

Question 16

the continental system

Answer 16

Napoleon’s strategy to weaken Britain’s economy - banning trade between Britain and states occupied by or allied with France

Question 17

enlightenment ideals

Answer 17

• equality
• scientific reason
• secularism
• democracy
• effective + efficiant economic and political systems

Question 18

declaration of pillnitz

Answer 18

issued by austia and prussia
- condemns the revolution and fights for monarchy

Question 19

robespierre

Answer 19

• overthrows the government
• storms the tuileries palace in paris
• arrest the royal family
• led the jacobins
• oversees the reign of terror
• dominates the committee of public safety
• executed for dictatorship

Question 20

committee of public safety

Answer 20

• defended the nation against foreign and domestic enemies
• political body that oversees dictorial control over france during the reign of terror

Question 21

jacobins

Answer 21

• followers of centralized and democratic gov., extreme radicalism and violence
• led by robespierre

Question 22

radicalism

Answer 22

people who advocate thorough or complete political or social return

Question 23

girondins

Answer 23

believed in a constitutional monarchy with limited powers for the king
- Jacques Pierre Brissot (leader)

Question 24

san-culottes

Answer 24

• wanted a more democratic constitution, harsh laws against political enemies
• “without breeches”

Question 25

reign of terror death toll

Answer 25

27 000 people
17 000 by guillotine

Question 26

napoleon bonaparte

Answer 26

• led his followers to overthrow the directory with a 3 person consultate yet having complete power
• declares himself emperor

Question 27

the directory

Answer 27

governed france, attempted to restore stability to france by resurrecting the initial revolutionary principles

Question 28

napoleonic code

Answer 28

new legal framework for france
- freed peasants from serfdom, abolished the feudal system
- guidelines for the revolution after napoleons reign ended