French Rev 3 Flashcards
English physicist
Isaac Newton
Controller general of finances
A.R Turgot
English philosopher
John Locke
What did Voltaire do
- was against the church
- for freedom of thought
- believed in absolute monarchy
- hated injustice
- he was a philosophers
Who was Montesquieu
A philosopher
Believed that a ruler had to work with elected parliaments
Who was Jean Jacques Rousseau
A philosopher
Believed society needed a social contract
Believed everyone had a natural goodness
Ideas still used today
What is the first estate
The clergy
Had twice as much voting power than the middle class
What is the second estate
The aristocrats
Had twice as much voting power than the middle class
Third estate
Middle class Had more delegates
Versailles
The village the sun king built his castle that he forced people to live in
And where Louis xvi ordered the estates general
The radicals
We’re at the back
Tennis court oath
A pledge they would continue meeting until France had a new government
Why were there riots
The high prices of bread
What did the mob do
Freed prisoners and stormed the bastille (a prison fortress)
What is a national guard
An army formed by citizens to keep the revolution going
What is the great fear
A panic throughout rural France
A lot of storming and burning happened
Girondists
A political club
More conservative
The jacobins
Radicals
Political club
Responsible for the reign of terror
The sans culottes
Poor people from Paris Very violent We're against anything that benefitted the business class Wanted lower flour prices Led by Jean Paul Marat
Jean Paul Marat
Leader of sans culottes
Radical
Murdered by Charlotte Corday in his bath
She was a Girondist
Jacques Danton
Radical leaders of the revolution
Killed in 1794 was beheaded
The reign of terror
The revolutionary government had lots of power
Lots of laws were passed to get rid of anti revolutionaries
People didn’t stand up to the government
Many executions
Maximilian Robespierre
Radical leader
Introduced the metric system, revolutionary calendar
Better schools
Attempted suicide but was guillotined
