french revolution Flashcards
causes of the french revolution
social- subsistence crisis, middle class, estate system
political- monarchy, tennis court oath
economic- empty treasury
what did the constitution state
feudal system and taxes, clergy, 2bil livres, separation of power
how did France become a republic
war, Jacobins, bread, hostage, elections, convention, republic, death
describe the Jacobins
pol party, m Robespierre, poor ppl, clothes
reign of terror
rob, severe control, and punishment, guillotined, bread, name, church, fall of Jacobins
directory
middle class, deny vote, appt by two leg council, 5 members, instability, napoleon b
life of women during the war and after becoming a republic
1/2 - pol clubs
3- work
compulsory ed, child marriage, marriage,divorce, train for jobs. right to vote
slave trade
colonies, commodities, triangle, why, where, when
na, convention, napoleon, abolished
napoleon
directory, laws(2), defeat
legacy
the idea of liberty and dem rights, europe and feudal system, tipu sultan and rammohan roy