French Revolution Flashcards
Who was the King and his wife at the time of the French Revolution?
King Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette
What was different about Marie Antoinette?
Archdusses of Austria
Hated the French People
What is the National Assembly?
The government formed by the Third Estate during the French Revolution
Had the people’s interests at heart
Tennis Court Oath
Third Estate meeting in a local tennis court and swore not to leave until a constitution was formed.
How did the American Revolution influence the French Revolution?
The Declaration of Independence influenced the Declaration of Citizen and Man
What were the three estates in France?
First estate= Clergy
Second Estate= Aristocrracy
Third Estate= Peseants and working class
What is the Estates General?
A meeting of the three estates
Why was a meeting called for the Estates General?
Louis XIV had funded the American Revolution but left France in financial trouble
What was another factor that led to the French Revoltuion?
Shortage of bread
Famine
Storming of the Bastille
Peseants caused a rebellion.
Bastille= Political prison that was home to lots of gunpowder
Turning point of the French Revolution
Guillotine
Method of public execution
Blade comes down to chop off the head
What was the fate of King Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette?
Louis XIV tried to escape and was publicly executed
Marie Antoinette = Held prisoners for months and then executed
What was the Reign of Terror?
A period of time after the French Revolution where many people were killed under the Law of Suspects
Robespierre
A lawyer was also Jacobin who believed that if people were not with the revolution, then they were against it.
In charge of the government
Danton
Minister of Justice
