Nationalism Flashcards
Speculators
people seeking big profits from risky investments
Rule of Law
No one is above the law
Nation-state
majority of its citizens often share common cultures, traditions, and languages; different from nation, which lacks ability to self-govern.
Factors that shape nationalism (5)
Shared history, geography, politics, economy, political/economic/social status
Egalitarianism
Equal treatment across gender, religion, economic status, and political beliefs
Vengeance
revenge, retribution, avenge
Reign of terror (What and Date)
September 1793 - July 1794
“Terror is the order of day”
Committees of surveillance, mandated execution for those deemed guilty (suspended suspect rights)
Archetypical division between left and right: Which side supported royal veto? When was this division inaugurated?
Supporters of royal veto sat on RIGHT
It was inaugurated during the vote in the National Assembly in 1789 on the introduction in the Constitution of a royal veto to parliamentary decisions.
Why were the transformations in France so accelerated during the Revolution?
- Pressure of war
- Sans culottes
- Debate clubs
- Paris Commune (municipal government) had become a serious counterpower to the Assembly, with a military force at its disposal: Refusing to take orders from the central French government
Members of Jacobin club
Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette
Brissot
Alexandre Sabès Pétion
Maximilien Robespierre
Royal family flee: When, where
- June 21, 1791
- Flee its “captivity” in the Tuileries Palace and escape across the Belgian border
- found in town of Varennes
Periods + Dates:
MODERATE
1. _____________(_____________)
- declaration of_____ of _______
- abolished ________
- just ______, not destroy _________
RADICAL
2. _____________(_____________)
- _______ monarchy
- ____ on European monarchs
3. _____________(_____________)
- Republic
- raised army
- all men could _____
- gave _______ of nobility to commons
CONSERVATIVE
4. _____________(_____________)
- Republic
- Appointed ________ as commander of army in Italy
5. _____________(_____________)
Periods + Dates:
MODERATE
1. National assembly (1789-1791)
- declaration of rights of man
- abolished feudalism
- just reform, not destroy monarchism
RADICAL
2. Legislative Assembly (1791-1792)
- limited monarchy
- war on European monarchs
3. National Convention/Committee of Public Safety (1792-1795)
- Republic
- raised army
all men could vote
- gave property of nobility to commons
CONSERVATIVE
4. Directory (1795-1799)
- Republic
- Appointed Napoleon as commander of army in Italy
5. Napoleonic (1799-1815)
September Massacre: year, what
1792
- A wave of killings in Paris and other cities in late summer 1792
- partially triggered by a fear that foreign and royalist armies would attack Paris
- tolerated by city government Paris Commune
Brunswick Manifesto: What
- Date: July 25, 1792
- To: population of Paris during the War of the First Coalition.
- From: Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, commander of the Allied Army (principally Austrian and Prussian)
- Proclamation threatened that if the French royal family were harmed, French civilians would be harmed.
- Intention: intimidate Paris, but instead helped spur radical French Revolution.
3 groups of radicals:
Jacobins, Girodins, Cordeliers (later konwn as Montagnards [The Mountains])
Committee of Public Safety Date, why; Who originally dominated the committe?
April 6, 1793
France was beset by foreign and civil war.
Originally dominated by Georges Danton, who pursued a policy of moderation and reconciliation but who failed to deal adequately with the precarious military situation. Replaced by radical Maximilien Robespierre.
Red flag symbol
Adopted by the left as the symbol of resistance to oppression.
Used by La Fayette as a symbol of martial law, warning rioters to disperse
Societé des amis de la Constitution
Jacobins
Whose motto is “vivre libre ou mourir” (Live free or die)
Jacobins
Insurrection of 10 August 1792: What happened during and after? What was created?
- armed revolutionaries in Paris stormed the Tuileries Palace.
- Led to abolishment of the monarchy and establish a REPUBLIC.
- Legislative Assembly became national convention
War of the First Coalition
A 1792–1797 military conflict that was the first attempt by the European monarchies to defeat the French First Republic. France declared war on the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria on April 20, 1792, and the Kingdom of Prussia joined the Austrian side a few weeks later. The two monarchies were joined by Great Britain and several smaller European states.
