French rev. History

Question 1

Estates General

Answer 1

a meeting of the three estates. ended with the Third Estate breaking from royal authority and forming a National Assembly.

Question 2

Enlightenment

Answer 2

an intellectual and cultural movement in the eighteenth century that emphasized reason

Question 3

Estates System (1st, 2nd, & 3rd)

Answer 3

a three-estate system which was made up of clergy (the First Estate), nobles (Second Estate), peasants and bourgeoisie (Third Estate)

Question 4

Louis XVI

Answer 4

king of France from 1774 to 1792. failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution

Question 5

The Tennis Court Oath

Answer 5

the National Assembly swore not to stop meeting in an indoor tennis court until France had a constitution

Question 6

The Storming of the Bastille

Answer 6

when a mob of angry French citizens and rebellious soldiers attacked the Bastille on 14 July 1789.

Question 7

Guillotine

Answer 7

a machine for beheading by means of a heavy blade that slides down in vertical guides

Question 8

Women’s March on Versailles

Answer 8

a riot that took place during this first stage of the French Revolution

Question 9

Reign of Terror

Answer 9

a period of state-sanctioned violence and mass executions during the French Revolution.

Question 10

Maximilien Robespierre

Answer 10

radical democrat and key figure in the French Revolution of 1789

Question 11

Royalists

Answer 11

a person who supports the principle of monarchy or a particular monarchy.

Question 12

Radicalism

Answer 12

the beliefs or actions of people who advocate thorough or complete political or social reform.

Question 13

Nationalism

Answer 13

loyalty and devotion to a nation especially as expressed in a glorifying of one nation above all others and a stressing of the promotion of its culture and interests.

Question 14

Girondins

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a label applied to a loose grouping of republican politicians

Question 15

Jacobins

Answer 15

members of a French republican organization called the Jacobin Club at the time of the French Revolution.

Question 16

The Mountain

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was a political group during the French Revolution. Its members, called the Montagnards

Question 17

The National Assembly

Answer 17

the name of the revolutionary assembly formed by representatives of the Third Estate

Question 18

The National Convention

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a legislative body created to replace the Legislative Assembly. wanted to establish a republic

Question 19

The Committee of Public Safety

Answer 19

created by the National Convention in 1793 with the intent to defend the nation against foreign and domestic enemies

Question 20

The Directory

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the name of the government that ruled France during the final stage of the French Revolution. wanted to reinstall the original intent of the revolution.

Question 21

The Battle of Waterloo

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The battle to determine the future of europe. also the battle that defeated Napoleon

Question 22

Napoleon Bonaparte

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A French general, political leader, and emperor of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries

Question 23

Monarchy

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political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person

Question 24

Republic

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a form of government in which the people elect, or choose, their leaders.

Question 25

The Napoleonic Code

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the written laws developed by Napoleon to modernize and unify France. Created consistent law and gave equality before law.

Question 26

Conservatism

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ideas that support social traditions and oppose change

Question 27

The Declaration of the Rights of Man & Citizen

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a document from the National Assembly that wrote down man before law, etc. INSPIRED BY DEC. OF INDEPENDENCE, ENG. BILL OF RIGHTS, & CONSTITUTIONS

Question 28

Sans-Culottes

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radicals that were “without breeches(no fancy pants)” and supported the rule of the common people, lower class

Question 29

Liberalism

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the belief in freedom, equality, democracy and human rights, is historically associated with thinkers such as John Locke and Montesquieu

Question 30

intervention

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a policy of interfering in another nation’s affairs through coercion or threat of force

Question 31

The Great Fear

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The name of the revolts that broke out after the storming of the Bastille.