Week 7 The French Revolution Flashcards
How did the french rev start
storming of bastille
By June 1789, peasants became restless and violent as the price of this staple food soared and its supply decreased
bread
Question: The Great Fear provided this group with the opportunity to criticize aristocratic privilege.
the National Assembly
On August 4, 1789, French aristocrats surrendered their special privileges by decree, marking the end of this system in France.
feudalism
What key document of the French Revolution was drawn up on the night of August 4 and outlined mans rights and rally the country and lend support to the National Assembly
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
Why was the short length of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen advantageous
it could be cheaply printed on one side of a piece of paper and allowed maximum citizen access
What was Louis XVI’s response to the decrees of August 4 and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
e ignored them and waited in Versailles hoping for an end to the revolutionary fervor
What event occurred on October 5, 1789, where Parisian women marched to Versailles to protest the lack of bread
the Women’s March
What rumor did the Parisian women hear about Marie Antoinette during the Women’s March
she was hoarding grain inside the palace
What famous quote, though likely incorrect, is often attributed to Marie Antoinette during the Women’s March
“let them eat cake”
How many Paris guards loyal to the revolution joined the mob during the Women’s March
20,000
What did Louis XVI promise the angry mob gathered during the Women’s March?
bread
Despite Louis XVI’s promise of bread, what did the crowd demand, leading the king and his family to return to Paris with them
return as “guests” of the crowd
Where did Louis XVI and his family stay in Paris under guard after returning with the crowd
Palace of the Tuileries
On June 20, 1791, Louis XVI began planning to raise an army to crush the revolution, which resulted in this consequence.
earning the distrust of his subjects
What document, signed on August 27, 1791, signaled Austria and Prussia’s intent to support the French monarchy
Declaration of Pillnitz
How did Louis XVI and his family escape from the Tuileries Palace on June 20, 1791?
in a heavy coach drawn by four horses
Who recognized Louis in St. Minahoulde, leading to his capture?
Jean Baptiste Drouet, a former member of the palace guard dismissed by Louis
What reforms did the National Assembly enact to dismantle the Ancien Régime?
abolishing special privileges of nobility, subordinating the Church to the state, and introducing liberal ideas such as limited monarchy and full equality before the law
(radical left-wing partisans of the
lower classes, or tradesmen who stormed the Bastille
Sans-Culottes
reduced power of the bishops
and paid the clergy by the state, and limited powers of the Church
Constitution of the Clergy
Louis XVI was put on trial for violating liberties of his subjects by how many votes
1
Legalized the guillotine but then died by it
King Louis XVI
Mary Antoinette’s last words
Pardon me sir I mean not to do it.
