Revision Flashcards
Give 3 main reasons why the revolution happened in 1789
Economy, finances,war
Why did Louis call the estates general in 1789
Riots, bad harvests, general unhappiness
What was the tennis court oath and it’s significance
The oath by Sylvian Bailey pledged to never disband till a constitution happened
Why was rhe bastille stormed
Symbolic of mistreatment of the third estate
What were the October days
Women stormed a royal family feast and demanded bread
What six areas did the National Assembly fix
When was the flight to varennes and what was its significance
Louis and his family tried to flee to Austria, apprehended and taken back,called the estate an enemy of the state
Why did the war of the first coalition go so badly to begin with for France
What happened on the 9th and 10th of August 1792 to remove Louis and the legislative assembly
What were the two main political clubs within the convention
Jacobins and girondins
Vendee EXPLAINED
An area with an unfair tax rate, experienced conscription and we’re high in counter revolutionists and refractory priests
How and why did one of these clubs remove the other from the convention in June 1793
Why was government by Terror introduced from September 1793
To convinct anti revolutionary suspects
What happened in the political economic and religious terror
What was the great terror in 1794
