French revolution ) Flashcards
Divine Right of Kings
stands for youre born is youre destiny and you can never change estates or roles and how king closest to god
Bourgeoisie
theyre the ones who are in the first estate which are becoming wealthy yet are still in the lowest estate
Cahiers
it was the long list of complaintes from all estates over 40,000 about their class system
Enlightenment
the new ideas and thoughts that theres another way to live
feudal system
the 3 estates
Coalition
alliance that formed against France
Egalitarianism
all men born equal opportunities regardless of estate
Motto and meaning of revolution
liberty (free) equality (equal) fraternity (nationhood to make change)
Causes- (5 Factors) led to revolution
he things that led to the french revolution were their economic, geographical, political, social, historical
Tennis Court Oath
third estate locked out meeting room so 3rd went to tennis court to write the declaration man of rights
when did tennis court oath happen
june 20th 1789
Storming of the Bastille - what happened
third class stormed the prison to find gunpowder and to rebel against monarchy
Storming of the Bastille - significance
it was because it was seen as a direct attack on the king himself and was a huge deal because it shown rebellion something that was never seen before
Declaration of the Rights of Man- what does it say?
it states that all men are created equal
Declaration of the Rights of Man- Significance?
it was a big step to things becoming equal in terms of men then later more rights for women and other races
Women’s March on Versailles- What?
Many people not just women angry about the prices of bread and marched to pallice
Women’s March on Versailles - significance?
lead to the king and queen being held captive
Revolution
overthrowing gov with new order / change (change of how country governed)
Coup d’etat
suddenly overthrowing the government
Girodins
not as extremists against church and monarchy more moderate (would get killed)
Jacobins
highly extremists against the church and monarchy
Napoleonic Code
removes privileges from birth
Whar happened reign of Terror
when Maximilian got in charge and wasn’t extreme at first then the power got to him and he killed lots of people who wasn’t as strongly against monarchy/church
Meritocracy
positions of power earned through talent /skill
National Assembly
was created after the tennis court oath by the 3rd estate was a new position of government in 1789
continetal system
it was when france wanted to harm britian so they banned british trade resulted in lots of ppl smuggling and people wanting british goods
Why Napoleon (France) lost war with Russia
it was due to ememy alliances between russia and spain purrisia and britain
what happened during 100 Days
was when napoleon was exiled ( sent far away ) then made his merry way back to france then lost war with britain and exiled again died w cancer
Battle of Waterloo significance
big war that took place when napoleon came back to france during 100 days and it important because it ended 23 years of france trying to take over europe and napoleon lost power forever
estates general
where everyone went up to meet and discuss and vote each estate has 1 vote
Where did napoleon die
St Helena
Why did they use the Continental System
They did to try to drain Britain’s economy so banned trade
