French Revolution Flashcards
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Define Revolution
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- movement for change, unity, power
- change the way things worked and what people think
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When did the French Revolution start?
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1789
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Nobility (kings family)
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- second estate
- had important positions
- Special powers and privileges, demands taxes and services from lower classes
- 400 thousand people
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Clergy
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- First Estate
- people who had religious jobs (priest)
- 100 thousand people
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The Ancien Regime
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- Political and Social system of kingdom of France (late middle ages)
- King was most important
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Third Estate
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- Peasants
- majority of French population (97%)
- paid taxes
- no voice or power
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Timeline of French Revolution
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- Calling of Estates General
- Tennis Court
- Storming of Bastille
- New constitution
- King and Queen arrested
- Monarchy abolished
- King Louis is executed
- Committee of public safety
- Reign of terror
- Terror ends withs Robespierre’s execution
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Absolute Rule
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- Absolutism
- One ruler w/ supreme authority
- recognized as God
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Legacy
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- Developed French collective consciousness
- Questioned about nature of peoples rights and where they came from
- Laws come from citizens, not from kings or gods
- Laws should apply to everyone equally
- Radical ideas for the time
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Feudalism
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Medieval system of government based on relationships between lord and vassals
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Bastille
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Fortress seen as a symbol of the King, government and everything wrong with France
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Jean-Paul Marat
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- had extreme radical views
- demanded death of thousands
- advocated massacre
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On the Tennis Court
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- Aimed for a new constitution in France
- Created the National Assembly
14
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Robespierre
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- Leader of Jacobins
- ordered executions
- denounced and arrested by the Convention
- July 28, 1794 he was executed
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Jacobins
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Radical and ruthless of
political groups formed from French Rev.
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Sans Culottes
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- Hated the monarchy
- Radicals on the streets
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Committee of Public Safety
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- Responsible for watching the government
- Take measures to defend the revolution against enemies
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What is the National Assembly
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- Made up of the Third Estate
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Storming of the Bastille
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- The bastille was a symbol of the royal despotism
