French Revoultion

Question 1

Enlightenment beliefs

Answer 1

Equal rights, less war, remove oppressive governments or governments all together

Question 2

Main beliefs/Contributions of French Revolution Figures

Answer 2

Abolish oppressive ideals from Louis 16, equal taxes and such. #fuckyoulouis16th

Question 3

Enlightenment ideas and their effects on French Rev

Answer 3

There ideas were very popular and since there about like peace and there not in peace.. it sparked revolution

Question 4

The old regime: Problems with 3 estates

Answer 4

3rd estate was majority, but only taxed. Clergy and nobility weren’t taxed and the 200,000 lived da life while 98m were in suffering.

Question 5

Old regime: attempts at reform

Answer 5

Louis 16 hired Jacques necker to help economy aka taxing all estates. Louis 16th brought up estates-general to help as well but had no success.

Question 6

Cahiers

Answer 6

Fair taxes, freedom of press

Regular meetings of EG
Demonstrated class resentment
Condemned tax collectors, courts of nobles
Clergy”devowed” ½ wealth of france

Question 7

Estates general

Answer 7

Body of representatives for each states

Question 8

Tennis court Oath

Answer 8

Delegates from 3rd estate elected WHO?
Reform financial crisis
Deadlocked an issue of voting
1 vote per group
3rd estate wants to count votes by head
Call themselves the national assembly

Question 9

Storming the bastille

Answer 9

Storming it marked beginning of revolution

Question 10

Bastille

Answer 10

Prison/huge building that represented french monarchy power

Question 11

The great fear #start of moderate phase

Answer 11

Pesant revolts on nobility #riots

Question 12

Faction

Answer 12

Group or click in a larger group

Question 13

The Paris Comunne

Answer 13

Replaced royalist gov of the city of paris, increased violent action #continuetherevolution

Question 14

National Assemlby

Answer 14

Group of 3rd estate and some nobles who moved to get rid of estate differing priv

Question 15

Decoration of rights of Man

Answer 15

Assembly issued statement giving human rights

Question 16

Goals of political parties aka factions

Answer 16

Men were happy with revolution, women were not bc they weren’t given rights, the clergy were not happy with anything etc etc

Question 17

Pressure on the king

Answer 17

Louis was pressured to make reforms even though he didint want to and didnt

Question 18

Radical phase started with what? What did louis 16th do?

Answer 18

Radicals establishing national convention and seizing nation control. Louis tried to escape, with put on trial and then killed.

Question 19

What was the committee on public safety?

Answer 19

created by the National Convention in 1793 with the intent to defend the nation against foreign and domestic enemies, as well as to oversee the new functions of the executive government.

Question 20

Who’s Robespierre?

Answer 20

Maximilien Robespierre, the architect of the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention. As the leading member of the Committee of Public Safety from 1793, Robespierre encouraged the execution, mostly by guillotine, of more than 17,000 enemies of the Revolution.

Question 21

The Reign of Terror

Answer 21

(1789-99), which saw the public executions and mass killings of thousands of counter-revolutionary ‘suspects’ between September 1793 and July 1794.

Question 22

The directory phase started with what?

Answer 22

The french constitution