French Revolution - main Flashcards
original reason for the start of the French Revolution
fiscal crisis (dept)
King of French Rev
Louis XVI
date for Louis XVI
1700s
wife of Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
“house of representatives” with unfare ratio of voters from 3 estates - of the ancien regime
estates general
oath taken by 3rd estate/ex-estates generals to resist king and vote/meet - symbolic first act of revolution
Oath of Tennis Court (1789)
what estates general wanted to be called after Oath of Tennis Court
National Assembly
army for National Assembly
National Gaurd
French general for National Gaurd
Lafauette
date for Lafauette
late 1700s
how the National Gaurd got weapons; is the symbolic/violent start of French rev
Storming of Bastile (1789)
statement of beliefs abt human rights; pro pop. sovereignty and religious tolerance
Declaration of Rights of Man (1789)
women-led mob to castle against Marie and for King to see terrible shape of Paris
March on Versailles (1789)
-ism against clergy/their power but not against church overall
anticlericalism
symbol of freedom (clothing piece)
Phrygian cap (liberty cap)
act for clergy to be elected and not chosen by pope
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
result of Civil Constitution of the Clergy
split in France (two Frances)
The “two Frances”
red France - left, liberal, pro rev
white France - right. conservative, against rev
a way gov tried to help dept
uses paper money - but causes inflation
Louis XVI and Marie flee from Paris
Flight to Varennes
immigrants / nobles leaving France with goal of returning to overthrow king (?)
emigres
statement that other countries would war with France if they dont restore the kings power
Declaration of Pillnitz
name for 3 main events in French Revolution in 1792
the 2nd Revolution
3 events of the 2nd Rev
Storming of Tuileries Palace,
September Massacres,
National Convention
Storiming of Tuileries Palace
mob gets king and queen in jail
September Massacres
conservative prisoners killed
National Convention
new governing body that ended monarchy and put king on trial for treason
device used to kill ppl in rev
guillotine
12 men from National Convention given direct powers
Committee of Public Safety
rebellion of conservative catholics in W France
Revolt in the Vendee
3 aspects of total war
conscription - military draft
mobilization - gov taking over economy
propaganda - media manipulating pop
song that becomes new french national anthem; symbol of rev
La Marseillaise
time period when courts fine/kill ANYONE against rev
The Reign of Terror
date for Reign of Terror
1790s
revolutionary group; ended monarchy and slavery
Jackobin Club
name for 3 main radicals of Jackobins
the Mountain
Mountain member - “villian of rev”; pro reign of terror but against slavery
Maximilien Robespierre
Mountain member - doc to journalist; killed in bathtub for being pro reign of terror
Jean-Paul Marat
killer of Jean-Pail Marat
Charlotte Corday
Mountain member - switches fro pro ROT to against but still killed
Georges Danton
3 ppl of the Mountain
(Georges) Danton
(Jean-Paul) Marat
(Maximilien) Robespierre
painter; painted Marat’s death, Napoleon, etc
Jacques-Louis David
move in rev back towards conservative direction
Thermidorian Reaction
new constitution made in Thermidorian Reaction; ends ROT, restricts voting, okays catholicism
The Directory
date for The Directory
1790s
-ism for lessening gap between social groups
socialism
members of working class; radical clothes
sans-culotte
