French Revolution Flashcards
Versailles
Palace of the French kings; extravagant spending to host parties and keep it in top shape
“L’etat, c’est moi.”
Louis XIV
“Après moi, le deluge.”
Louis XV in reference to whoever ruled after him would have to clean up his (financial) mess
Marie Antoinette
Called Madame Deficit because her luxuries were thought to be contributing the the country deficit
She was out of touch with the common people
Ancien regime
Old order
Where there was absolute monarchy, the estates general, no individual rights, and the three estates
This was abolished during the revolution
The estates general
The French legislative assembly during the old order
Hadn’t been called for 175 years until Louis XVI in 1789
Was eventually abolished
Tennis Court Oath
Oath taken in a tennis court to never separate and to meet until they had made a good constitution
Taken by the National Assembly (third estate)
National Assembly
Formed in 1789
Comprised of the Third Estate
Did three important things: wrote a Declaration of the Rights of Man, took over the lands of the Church, and began writing a constitution
Storming of the Bastille
Bastille- medieval fortress used as a prison
Parisians stormed the Bastille, a symbol of oppression and the old order
French celebrate Bastille Day
La Marseillaise
French national anthem
Originally composed in city of Marseille during the revolution
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Written by the National Assembly
Upheld natural rights, freedom of religion, taxes levied
Modeled after American Dec. of Ind.
Émigrés
Nobility who left France because of the uprisings
Spread horror stories of the revolution in France
The tricolor
Worn to show support for the revolution
Red, white, and blue
Once titles were done away with, people began calling each other these instead:
Citoyen (citizen)
Citoyennes (citizeness)
French dynasty (1643-1793)
Bourbon dynasty
