French Revolution Flashcards
Abbe Emmanuel Joseph sieyes
Member of first estate
Wrote “what is the third estate”
Estates general
Representative body of all three estates in France
Called back by Louis XVI
What is the third estate
Said nobility was small and over privileged minority
The third estate represented the true strength of France
National Assembly
Third estate called themselves this after the king didn’t give them a fair vote
Tennis court oath
National Assembly met and pledged not to give up until a new constitution was written
Bastille
A royal prison
Invaded by the people of France to obtain weapons and symbolized the beginning of revolution
Great fear
Fear and uncertainty about the rebellion
Declaration of the rights of man and citizen
Issued by National Assembly
Guaranteed equality in law, representative government, and individual freedom
Olympe de gouges
Writer
“Woman of the people”
Protested slavery/unfair treatment of women
Wrote declaration of the rights of a woman
Declaration of the rights of a woman
Pamphlet that claimed women are born free and equal to men in rights
Civil constitution of the clergy
Established a national church with priests chosen by voters
Edmund Burke
Conservative leader in England
Wrote reflections on the revolutions in France
Reflections on the revolutions in France
Defended inherited privileges
Glorified Britian’s parliament
Predicted the reforms would lead to chaos
Mary Wollstonecraft
Writer from London
Wrote a vindication of the rights of men in response to Burke
Wrote a vindication of rights of women
A vindication of the rights of man
Attacking on burke’s book
A vindication of the rights of women
Demanded equal rights for women
Advocated coeducation
Became text of feminism movement
Declaration of pillnitz
By monarchs of Austria and Prussia
In response to attempted flight of french royal family
Showed willingness to intervene and restore Louis’s rule
Jacobin club
Political club
Debated political issues
Many revolutionary leaders
September massacres
Crowds invaded prisons and killed jailed counterrevolutionaries and priests in fear of counterrevolution
National convention
Established France as a republic
Replaced National Assembly
Girondists
Group of jacobins that didn’t want to execute Louis XVI
The mountain
Group of jacobins who wanted to execute Louis XVI
Maximilien Robespierre
Revolutionary leader
Took control of France
Reign of terror
Led public safety committee
Georges Danton
Encouraged people to join French Revolution and army
