The French Revolution Flashcards
1
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Louis XVI
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- bankrupt from american rev and 7 years war
- restored french gov
- pres. of French revolution
- married to Marie Antoinette
2
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Marie Antoinette
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- married to Louis XVI; couldn’t provide baby
2. “austrian whore” “madame deficient”
3
Q
Jacques Necker
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- compte rendu: ignore dept of american rev, stop paying aristocracy salary, don’t rise and levy taxes
4
Q
National Assembly
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- 3rd estate
2. keep meeting until limit power of king
5
Q
Tennis Court Oath
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- june 20, 1789
- won’t stop meeting till they form new constitution
- changed name to national constituent
6
Q
great fear
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- rumor king was having troops confiscate citizens supplies
2. highlight lower class at tipping point
7
Q
night of august 4th
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- feudalism is abolished
8
Q
fall of the bastille
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- after Jacque Necker is dismissed
- marched to Bastille for weapons (98 died)
- Louis writes NOTHING
9
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october days
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- women march to versaille
- generated by Marats rumors (let them eat cake)
- demand ratification of rights of men, bread, royals to move to paris
- versaille no longer home of monarch
10
Q
declaration of rights of woman
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- by olympe gouges
2. women equality
11
Q
civil constitution of clergy
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- french clergy under state control
2. clergy elected by ppl, salary paid by gov
12
Q
fight to varennes
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- Louis family try to escape, got caught, viewed as a trader
13
Q
storming of the tuileries
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- storm royal homes; rumor royal family was sending secret message to Austria
- royal family strip of power
- eliminate all counter revolutionaries
14
Q
september massacres
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- prisoners of counter revolutionaries executed
2. discredit revolution
15
Q
Maximilien Robespierre
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- incorruptible
2. mastermind of reign of terror
