French Rev Last Minute Flashcards
1
Q
Turgot’s Six Edicts
A
1776
2
Q
Comte Rendu
A
1781
3
Q
Calonne Reform Package
A
1786
4
Q
King lectures PP to endorse more loans
A
1785
5
Q
Assembly of Notables
A
1787
6
Q
Parelement banished to Troyes
A
August 1787
7
Q
Parlement agrees to loan in return for EG
A
End of 1787
8
Q
Fundamental Laws of the Kingdom
A
May 1788
9
Q
May Edict’s
A
1788
10
Q
Reduced don gratuit
A
1788
11
Q
Day of Tiles
A
June 17888
12
Q
Bankruptcy declared
A
August 1788
13
Q
PP declares 1614 procedure
A
Sep 1788
14
Q
Double representation
A
Dec 17888
15
Q
Poor harvests during Origin
A
1785-89
16
Q
Debt in 1783
A
3.3 million livres
17
Q
Expenditure on debt x2 stats
A
1780 = 43%, 1783 = 50%
18
Q
Aid sent by 1777
A
5 million livres sent
19
Q
Reveillon riots
A
April 1789
20
Q
What is the Third Estate?
A
1789
21
Q
Wages on bread
A
1789 = 88%
22
Q
Vote to be called National Assembly
A
17th June 1789
23
Q
Tennis Court Oath
A
20th June 1789
24
Q
Abolition of privilege
A
4th August 1789
25
DOROMAC published
16th August
26
The Great Fear
17th July - 3rd August
27
Troops moved into Paris by Louis
4600 more on 26th June
28
Voting by head + National Assembly accepted
27th June
29
King appears at Hotel de Ville with cockade
17th July
30
Number of troops in the capital July
4th July = 30,000
31
Dismissal of Necker
11th July
32
October Days
5th/6th October 1789 - forced to accept AD + DOROMAC
33
Swordsmiths raided + customs posts
12th/13th July -> 40/54 customs post destroyed
34
8000 descend on Bastille
14th July 1789
35
Provinces abolished
Nov 1789
36
One-off patriotic contribution
June 1789
37
Assignats introduced
Dec 1789
38
Le Chapelier Law
June. 1791
39
active + passive created
Dec 1789
40
Church land nationalised
Nov 1789
41
Sale of monastic land
Feb 1790
42
CCC
12th July 1790
43
Oath of loyalty + stat
Nov 1790 7/160 bishops and 55% of clergy agreed
44
Refractory priests declared counter-revolutionary
Nov 1791
45
King of the French
October 1789
46
King accepts Constitution
Sep 1791
47
Disbanding of King’s guard for celebrating loss
May 1792
48
Champ de Mars Massacre
17th July 1791
49
Armoire de fer
Nov 1792
50
Flight to Varennes
20th June 1791
51
Louis’ temporary suspension
16th July 1791
52
Robespierre’s Repubic spech
29th July 1792
53
CGS created
Oct 1792
54
House searches for weapons
30th Aug 1792
55
Le Patrie en danger
July 1792
56
Brunswick Manifeto
July 1792
57
Declaration of Pillnitz
August 1791
58
Lafayette defects
August 1792
59
Dumouriez defects
April 1793
60
1st Journee
20th June after Army of North in retreat
61
2nd Journee
10th August
62
First royalist rising in Vendee
August 1792
63
Execution of King
21st Jan 1793
64
Archbishop resigns
Nov 1793
65
Dechristianisation becomes policy
Oct 1793
66
Festival of Supreme Being
June 1794
67
Marat murdered
July 1793
68
Expulsion of Girondins
June 1793
69
Expulsion of Hebertists and Girondins
March 1794
70
Call for rise against corrupt deputies
May 1793
71
Summary Execution Decree
19th March 1793
72
Law of General Maximum
Sep 1793
73
March on Convention for bread prices
5th sep 1793
74
22 Prairial
June 1794
75
CPS created
March 1793
76
Law of Suspects + stats before and after
Sep 1793 - 250 from March, 500,000 until Dec
77
14 Frimaire
December 1793
78
Girondins executed
21 Girondins in 36 minutes on 30th October
79
Maximum Wage Set
23rd Jul 1794
80
Marie Antoinette executed
16th October 1793
81
Destruction of Vendee declared
August 1793 - 100,000 troops sent
82
Deaths in Vendee
7873 guillotined
83
Levee for 300,000
Feb 1793
84
Revolutionary Army created
March 1793
85
Natural Frontiers
End of 1793
86
British blockade
July 1793
87
Siege of Convention
30th May -2nd June - -90,000 SCs
88
Attacks on Girondin printing presses
Feb 1793
89
22 Prairial repealed
Aug 1794
90
Abolition of General Maximum
Dec 1794
91
Law of Suspects repealed
Oct 1795
92
Closure of Jacobin club
Nov 1794
93
Powers of Paris Commune reduced
July 1794
94
Church and state separated
Sep 1794
95
Robespierre’s final appearance
26th July 1794
96
Robespierre arrested
28th July 1794
97
Germinal
April 1795
98
Rising of Prairial
May 1795
99
Vendemiare
October 1795
100
Weights and measures standardised
1795
101
Taxation reform by Ramel
1796
102
Verona Declaration
June 1795
103
Babeuf Plot
May 1796
104
Brottier Plot
Jan 1797
105
Armistice of Cherasco
April 1796
106
Nelson destroys fleet at Aboukir Bay
August 1798
107
Siege of Acre
May 1799 abandoned
108
Siege of Jaffa
March 1799
109
Invasion of Egypt
May 1798
110
Coup de Brumaire
Nov 1799
111
Plebiscite 1800
25% to 46% turnout -> 99% support
112
Fructidor + result
September 1797 - 177 royalist deputies removed
113
Floreal + stat
May 1798 = 127 Jacobin deputies removed
114
Coup de Prairial
June 1799
115
Venice occupied by Napoleon
May 1797
116
Battle of odd + consequences
May 1796 - Pope pays indemnity + Milan looted
117
Treaty of Campo Formio
October 1797
118
Batavian Republic created
1795
119
Cisalpine republic created
1797
120
Code on criminal procedure
1808
121
Penal code
1810
122
Civil code
1804
123
Court practice standardised
1806
124
Commercial code
1807
125
Prefects created
1800
126
Purge of judges
1807
127
Forced to allow licensed trad with Britain
1810
128
Import of sugar prohibited
1813
129
Society for Encouragement of industry
1801
130
Bank of France
1800
131
Bank branches
1808
132
Decline in harvests during Napoleon
1809 onwards
133
Central taxation bureau
1807
134
Battle of Marengo
1800 success
135
Purge of Senate, Tribunate + legislative body
1802
136
Consul for life + plebiscite
1802 + 50% turnout
137
Increasing use of senatus consultum
1801
138
Tribunate abolished
1810
139
Legislative Body abolished
1813
140
Emperor
December 1804
141
Liberals expelled
1803
142
Jacobins deported
129 in 1801
143
Napoleon + Chouan
6000 imprisoned and 750 shot
144
Execution of Bourbon prince
1804
145
Attempt on Napoleon’s life
24th December 1800
146
Jacobin dagger conspiracy
1800
147
Churches open every day
Dec 1799
148
Sunday day of ret
1800
149
Concordat of Fontainebleau
1813
150
Annexation of Papal States
1809
151
Gregorian Calendar
1806
152
Concordat
1801
153
Lycees and ecole populaire created + lycee stat
1802 - 1/3 to military sons
154
Imperial Univeristy
1808
155
1/3 of staff from clergy
1812
156
Legion of honour
1802
157
Knight of the Empire + stat
1808 - 59% to military men
158
Paris newspapers
1800 = 70 to 13
159
One departmental newspaper
1810
160
Censorship board create
1810
161
Publishing houses
1808 = 200 to 60
162
Declaration of war on Austria
April 1792
163
Austria + Prussia alliance
Feb 1792
164
Fall of Longwy + Verdun
August 1792
165
Battle of Wattignies
Success - end of 1793
166
Battle of Fleurus
June 1794
167
Peace of Basel
1795 - Prussia + Spain
168
Russian withdrawal
1799
169
Battle of Hohenlinden
1800 - success against Austria
170
Treaty of Luneville
1801 with Austria
171
Peace of Amiens
1802
172
Britain declares war again
1803
173
Battle of Ulm
1805 - enters Vienna
174
Battle of Austerlitz
1805 - Russians retreat and Austra withdraw
175
Battle of Trafalgar
1806
176
Berlin Decree
1806
177
Confederation of Rhine
1806 - Prussians join
178
Battle of Jena
1806 - enter Berlin
179
Battle of Eylau
1807 - Russian withdrawal
180
Peace of Tilst
1807
181
Orders of Council
1807
182
Milan Decree
1807
183
Battle of Eckmuhl
1809 - enter Vienna
184
Tsar breaks blockade
1810
185
Tsar allies with Sweden
1812
186
Battle of Leipzig
1813
187
Treaty of Chaumont
1814
188
Treaty of Fontainbleau
1814
189
1st Coalition
1793
190
2nd Coalition
1799
191
3rd Coalition
1805
192
4th Coalition
1813
193
Departments and people during Empire
1810 = 130 departments and 44 million people
194
Land lost to donations stat
In Poland = 25% lost to donations
195
Silk industry in Empire fact
Silk industry in Piedmont declined as had to be sent to France
196
Louis XVIII invited to France
April 1814
197
Conditions of first peace
No indemnity, keep loot, border of 1792
198
2nd peace conditions
700 million franc indemnity, occupation for 5 years, borders do 1790, return loot
199
Treaty of Chaumont
1814
200
Treaty of Fontainbleau
1814
201
Austria declare war joined by Prussia, Russia and Sweden
1813
202
Napoleon declared outlaw
13th March 1815
203
Paris army defects
19th March 1815
204
Napoleon surrenders to British
July 1815
205
Waterloo
June 1815
206
Invasion of Russia
June 1812
207
Russia withdraw from continental system
1810
208
Malet conspiracy
End of 1812
209
Austria re-enters war
1809 - invades Bavaria
210
Battle of Eckmuhl
Austrian retreat 1809
211
Battle of Essling
Napoleon retreats 1809
212
Treaty of Schonbrunn
October 1809
213
Forced abdication of Spanish monarchs
March 1808 - 100,000 French soldiers
214
Battle of Bailen
1808 - beaten by Spanish rebel army
215
Franco-Spanish force sent to control Portugal
1807 - took Lisbon and royal family fled
216
Battle of Vimiero
1808 - Napoleon beaten by British/Spanish force
217
Wellesley enters Madrid
1813
218
Serfdom abolished in duchy of Warsaw
1807
219
Peasant risings in Spain and cause
1808 - seizure of Pope
220
After 1808 - enlightened ideas
Supply of soldiers more important than social reform
221
Backlash to police control
Northern Germany and Southern Italy
222
Treaty of Luneville
1801
223
Battle of Trafalgar
1805 - Franco-Spanish fleet destroyed
224
Occupation of Rome
1808
