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1
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What date was the estates general last called?

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1614

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When did France declare bankruptcy?

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16th August 1788

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When was the treaty of Versailles?

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1783

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Who were liberal nobles?

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Marquis de Lafayette, the Duke of Noailles

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Abbé Emmanuel Sieyès

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  • lota
  • drew up pamphlet ‘What is the Third Estate?’ in which he argued that it was the most important part of the nation- beginning of the self confident bourgeoisie and sans culottes
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What was the popular movement?

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Crowds of ordinary Parisians who became politically active as a consequence of the economic crisis. They demanded a political role as a means of improving their living standards.

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Citizens’ militia

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A bourgeois defence force set up to protect the interests of property owners in Paris. After the storming of the Bastille it became the National Guard.

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Menu people

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Used to describe ordinary people living in towns.

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9
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When did the EG meet at Versailles?

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May 5 1789

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10
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When was the start of the great fear?

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July 20th 1789

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When were the August decrees passed?

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4th August 1789

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Dec of Rights of Man and the Citizen

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August 26th 1789

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13
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October Days

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Oct 5-6 1789

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14
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Civil Constitution of the Clergy

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July 12th 1790

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15
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Flight to Varennes

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June 20th 1791

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Champ de Mars massacre

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July 17th 1791

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Final abolition of feudalism

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17th July 1793

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18
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Declaration of Pillnitz

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August 27 1791

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19
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War declared on Austria

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April 20th 1792

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Overthrow of the monarchy/ August journee

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August 10th 1792

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21
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September Massacres

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September 2-6 1792

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22
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Proclamation of the Republic

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September 22 1792

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Decree of Fraternity

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November 19 1792

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June journee

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June 20th 1792

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Brunswick manifesto

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August 1st 1792

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Victory at Valmy

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September 20th 1792

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Louis’ execution

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January 21st 1793

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War declared on Great Britain and the Dutch Republic

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February 1st 1793

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Revolt in the Vendee

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March 11th 1793

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Battle of Wattignies

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October 16th 1793

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Austrian Committee

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A group of influential politicians and close confidants who gathered around Marie Antoinette, the daughter of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa. They kept in close secret contact with Vienna, the capital of the Austrian/ Habsburg Empire.

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Revolutionary War

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Fought by France against other European powers between 1792 and 1802.

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Fédérés

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Mainly national guardsmen sent from the provinces to display national unity during the Fête de la Fédération that commemorated the fall of the Bastille.

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Paris Sections

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Paris was divided into 48 sections to replace the 60 electoral districts of 1789 – the section became the power base of the sans-culottes.

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La patrie en danger

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  • issued 11th July 1792

‘The fatherland is in danger’ became a rallying cry to ordinary people to help save the country.

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Montagnards

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The Mountain – the name given to Jacobin deputies who occupied the upper seats in the tiered chamber of the National Assembly.

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Appel nominal

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Each deputy was required to declare publicly his decision on the guilt or innocence of
Louis XVI.

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The first coalition

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A loose anti-French alliance created by Britain and consisting of Holland, Spain, Piedmont, Naples, Prussia, Russia, Austria and Portugal. Russia refused to commit soldiers to the coalition when Britain did not send money to support her armies.

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Requisitioning

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Compulsory purchase by the government of supplies of food and horses paid for in assignats – the new paper currency.

40
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Danton

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  • 1792: Appointed minister of Justice: gives rousing speech calling for the defence of the nation after the fall of Verdun to Prussians
  • 1793: joins CPS, calls for slowing down of the terror
  • 1794: Labelled by his enemies an Indulgent and executed
41
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CPS created

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April 6th 1793

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Gerondin deputies purged

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June 2nd 1793

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Constitution of 1793 approved

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June 24th 1793

44
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Levee en mass issues calling for total war

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August 23rd 1793

45
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Law of 14 Frimaire establishes Revolutionary government

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December 4th 1793

46
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Coup of Thermidor

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July 27-28 1794

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Prairial Uprising

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May 20–23 1795

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Constitution of Year III

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August 22 1795

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Vendémiaire Uprising

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October 1st 1795

50
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Directory established

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Nov 2 1795

51
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Coup d’état of Fructidor

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September 4 1797

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Law of 22 Floréal

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May 11 1798

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Coup d’état of Brumaire

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November 9-10 1799

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Constitution of Year VIII

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December 25 1799

55
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Regicides

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Those involved in the trial and execution of Louis XVI.

56
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Peace of Campo Formio ends the war between Austria and France:

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18 October 1797

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