Government Structure
Singing In the Reign
Groups
Revolutionaries
Events
100
Tired of all the stalemating that was going on in the Estates General, the third estate created a new legislature called this.
The National Assembly.
100
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Palace of Versailles.
100
They were the most organized and powerful political club in France, and influenced heavily by Rousseau.
Jacobins.
100
He was an Austrian statesman and played a large roll in the Congress of Vienna. He would even have an era named after him.
Matternich.
100
Women were infuriated at the price of this food item so they marched on The Palace of Versailles.
Bread.
200
The Constitution of 1791 created a constitutional monarchy, created a new legislature which had the power to make war and peace. This new legislature featured political struggles among political clubs and was made of Jacobins.
The Legislative Assembly.
200
Austria and France had been at each other's throat for three hundred years. A peace treaty was created to try and sew up the conflict, even having Marie Antoinette Mary King Louis XVI of France.
Treaty of Westminster.
200
When Jacobins split, one group was called the Mountain, while the other, this. In comparison, they were relatively moderate, seeking constitutional monarchy and unfettered economy.
The Girondists.
200
He was deemed not revolutionary enough and was sentenced to death.
George Danton.
200
It split France, literally. Provinces were cut and separated cultures and norms.
Departments.
300
Radical sans-culottes demanded a political voice. The Legislative Assembly allowed them to elect a council to deal with problems within Paris. Eventually , it became an independent political force that sought to protect the gains made in the revolution at all costs. With this new power, they caused the September Massacres and the Convention.
The Paris Commune.
300
The Paris Commune demanded another new Legislature but based on universal male suffrage. Its first act declared France a republic; meaning the king was no longer needed.
The Convention.
300
Despite it being only a twelve-man executive, it became responsible for the death of thousands, and lead by Maximillien Robespierre. This organization was obsessed with protecting anything related to the Revolution.
The Committee of Public Safety.
300
She spoke up for women's rights in France, writing a book titled Rights of Women. She was respected almost as much as hated for her works targeting Robespierre. Eventually, she was executed by him...
Olympe de Gouges.
300
Daily Double.
The Thermidorian Reaction.
400
It became the last executive branch during the French Revolution and was made of three people. Hey, wasn't Napoleon apart of this?
The Consulate.
400
It was a list of grievances brought to the king from all of the estates. If the states didn't cooperate doomed this peaceful means of change.
Cahiers de doléances.
400
It pushed the needs of the citizens over the needs of the Republic and was based on Rousseau's radical democracy. It later would ban anything that was not pro-revolutionary.
The Republic of Virtue.
400
It was called to settle Europe after the era of Napoleon and the Concert of Europe happened during this.
Congress of Vienna.
400
It was a staged event in front of the National Constitute Assembly set by nobles to protect themselves from the furious and destructive third estate from attacking them. On this night, the Ancian Regime ended and the French Revolution had started.
The Night of August 4th.
500
It was the five man executive that replaced the Committee of Public Safety.
The Directory.
500
Although a dictator, Napoleon had a form of democracy but the masses were really worked by Napoleon and the outcome was predicted.
Plebescite.
500
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy purpose was to make Roman Catholicism a branch of national government and it required an oath to be a part of it. Clergy that refused were banned from the church and called this.
Refractory Clergy.
500
He wrote Reflections on the Revolution in France. He was also the father of Conservation lists.
Edmund Burke.
500
Napoleon was defeated by a coalition army in this battle.
Battle of Nations (Leipzig).