The French Revolution Flashcards
Napoleon Bonaparte
1) general in the French army and leader of the consulate that overthrew the Directory
2) marked the end of the Revolution
3) made peace with the Catholic Church
4) Civil Code: equality, individual profession, religious toleration, abolition of feudal obligations
5) new bureaucracy: strong centralized administration that was based on merit
6) preserved many revolutionary ideas, but censored the free press and private mail
7) conquered many neighboring countries
8) spread nationalism
9) created the Continental System in order to force GB to become allies
10) lost to Russia and was exiled to Elba
11) returned for 100 days and was exiled to St. Helena
Maximilien Robespierre
1) leader of the Jacobin
2) chairman of the Committee of Public Safety
3) started the Reign of Terror to save France from invasions
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes (Abbe Sieyes)
1) supporter of the Third Estate, but he was a clergy
2) “What is the Third Estate?”
3) Tennis Court Oath
Bourgeoisie
1) the middle and upper classes of the french society
2) were represented by delegates in the Estates-General and the National Assembly
Committee of Public Safety
1) chairman Robespierre
2) 12 people
3) defended France from external and domestic threats
4) adopted the Reign of Terror
The Republic of Virtues
1) a democratic republic composed of good citizens
2) “citizens” and “citizeness”
3) tried to control the prices of bread
4) de-Christianization
5) other countries declare war on France
Georges Danton
1) leader of the Paris Commune
2) became a member of the CPS
Jean-Paul Marat
1) “Friend of the People”
The Thermidorian Reaction
1) the period of governmental restructuring
2) more conservative National Convention
3) the Directory was formed
The Directory
1) Council of 500
2) Council of 250
3) many political enemies and economic issues
4) used the military and abused power
Storming of the Bastille
1) Third Estate tore the Bastille stone by stone
2) begins the Great Fear
3) influences violence across the country
Women Marching on Versailles
1) women from the Third Estate and fish women (buff)
2) wanted bread to feed their family
3) caused the king and queen to go to Paris
4) got wagon fulls of flour
The Paris Commune
1) Jacobins declared a mob attack on the royal palace and the Legislative Assembly
2) took king captive
3) forced the Legislative Assembly to suspend the monarchy and call for a National Convention
4) sans-culottes
Tennis Court Oath
1) Third Estate swore an oath after the king refused to recognize the National Assembly
Declaration of the Rights of Man
1) inspired by the English Bill of Rights
2) all men were free and equal before the law
2) appointed to public office should be based on talent
3) not groups should be exempt from taxation
4) all citizens had the right to make laws
5) freedom of speech and press
Olympe de Gouges
1) she did not like the Declaration of the Rights of MAN because it did not include WOMEN
2) Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen
Congress of Vienna
1) GB, Austria, Prussia, and Russia
2) Klemens con Metternich (Austrian prince)
3) divided up Europe
4) agreed to meet occasionally in order to balance power (Concert of Europe)
5) Principle of Intervention: the Great Powers had the right to send armies into countries to stop revolutions
Liberalism
1) people should be as free as possible from gov. restraint
2) committed to religious toleration and the separation of the church and state
3) supporters of a representative assembly/ legislature
4) middle-class attitudes
Nationalism
1) people were the nation, not the monarchy
2) everyone had a common language and tradition
3) overcame some principles of liberalism
