French Revolution Begins Quiz Flashcards
Louis the 14th
Allowed matters to drift paid little attention to advisers and had very little patience
Why was France’s economy suffering
Bad harvests high prices of taxes and disturbing questions raised in enlightenment
Marie Antoinnette
Spent a lot of money on material things
Madame deficit
What the commoners called Marie
Estates general
And assembly of representatives from all three states
Third estate
Delegates were mainly members of the Nobles and were influenced by medieval ideas
National assembly
The new name of the third estate
Tennis court oath
The new constitution drawn up in a tennis court
The storming of Bastille
People heard rumors and try to protect the city from attack revolting of France, prison June 14, 1789
Great fear
Soon after Volscian the peasants became outlaws to protect themselves
Bastille day
Fourth of July in the United States
Declaration of the rights of man and citizen
All people created equal, freedom, speech and religion, right to liberty property security and resistance to oppression
Constitution of 1791
Limited powers of monarchy
March of Versailles
Women marched demanding bread
Assembly man
Lawmakers
Radicals execute the king
Mob started created radical clubs
Jacob club
Violent speechmaking
France’s citizen army
Constitutional war with Austria and Prussia
First collation
Alliance between Great Britain Holland Spain and Austria and Prussia
Maximilian Robespierre
Republic of virtue, wipeout monarchy, change political reference new calendars dictator
New constitution
Upper middle-class, to house legislative, executive body of five men
Continental system
Napoleon ordered a blockade of trade and communication between Europe and Britain
Invasion of Russia
They refused to stop selling to Britain, breakdown of alliance
scorch earth policy
Russians retreat then Barry and burn field until livestock
