the american and french revolution Flashcards
king george III
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death.
taxatron without representation
slogan originating during the 1750s and 1760s that summarized a primary grievance of the American colonists in the Thirteen Colonies, which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution.
george washington
American politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
the stamp act
passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765.
redcoats
British soldier.
continental army
formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America.
seven year war
war fought between 1754 and 1763, the main conflict occurring in the seven-year period from 1756 to 1763.
loyalist
American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War.
patriots
professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region.
thomas jefferson
American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
declaration of independence
statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen
the three estates
the First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners). The king was considered part of no estate. The First Estate (Fr. premier état) was the clergy.
louis XV
monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death.
marie antoinette
An Austrian teenager (Kirsten Dunst) marries the Dauphin (Jason Schwartzman) of France and becomes that country’s queen following the death of King Louis XV (Judy Davis) in 1774.
versailles
Château de Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France.
national assembly
elected legislature in France during the first part of the French Revolution, 1789–91.
estates general
the bicameral legislative body in the Netherlands.
declaration of rights of man
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, passed by France’s National Constituent Assembly in August 1789, is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human and civil rights.
constitution of 1791
French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting.
emigres
a person who has left their own country in order to settle in another, usually for political reasons.
radicals
person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform; a member of a political party or part of a party pursuing such aims.
moderates
person who holds moderate views, especially in politics.
conservatives
person who is averse to change and holds to traditional values and attitudes, typically in relation to politics.
reign of terror
(5 September 1793 – 28 July 1794), also known as The Terror (French: la Terreur), was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between two rival political factions, the Girondins and Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of “enemies of the …
