🇫🇷The French Revolution🇫🇷 Flashcards
What was the ‘Ancien Regime’?
The old way of government in France where the people were divided into three
Name three French enlightenment writers:
Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau
What King was in power?
King Loui the 16th
How many Nobles were there in France?
100,000
What was the French Parliament called?
Estates-General
What was the First Estate?
Clergy
What was the Second Estate?
Nobles
What was the Third Estate?
Everybody that wasn’t clergy or noble
What did the Third Estate do?
Set up the National Assembly
What was the ‘Tennis Court Oath’?
The National Assembly swore to not go home until Loui and the other estates agreed to make the system of taxation and government fairer
When was “The Declaration of Rights of Man and of The Citizen” signed?
1789
When was the Fall Of The Bastille?
14 July 1789
Where did the Royal Family try to flee to?
Holland because Marie-Antoinette’s brother ‘Leopold’ ruled over Holland
Where did the Royal Family make it to before they were caught?
Varennes
What happened during ‘The Terror’?
The Assembly was divided into Radicals (fast) and Conservatives (slow)
