French Revolution Flashcards
American Revolution
One of the influences for the French Revolution
“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”
The Slogan and motto of the French Revolution, this slogan meant that Men and Women were to be born free and remain free and equal in rights.
French Economy (1780’s)
Overpopulation, no bread, mass inflation
Three Estates
The Clergy, Nobility, and Commoners.
Clergy - Catholic church, the power to levy a 10% tax (Tithe) (3%)
Nobility - Royal family (not king), nobility, did not pay taxes, collected taxes (1%)
Commoners - Everyone else, peasants to the bourgeoisie (wealthy) (96%)
Louis XVI
The last king of France before the fall of the monarchy (August 23, 1754 - January 21, 1793)
Estates General
National Assembly
Tennis Court Oath
Bread Riots
Bastille
Great Fear
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Women’s Rebellion
Girondists
The Mountain