Definitions
the political and social system that existed in France before the French Revolution
The Old Regime
How many Estates were there in the Old Regime?
Who belonged to each Estate
1st/2nd/3rd
1 - clergy 2 - Rich nobles 3 - peasants, workers, bourgeois
was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.
King Louis XVI
The name of the prison that was taken over by the people and late became a national holiday and symbol of the French Revolution
The Bastille
What did the Congress of Vienna create in Europe?
A balance of power
a sudden seizure of political power in a nation.
Coup d’Etat
a comprehensive and uniform system of laws established for France by Napoleon.
Napoleonic Code
the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an Archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I.
Marie Antionette
After being locked out of their meeting hall, a pledge was made by the members of France’s National Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution.
Tennis Court Oath
What is a "social contract"?
the agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society and government
a direct vote in which a country’s people have the opportunity to approve or reject a proposal.
Plebisite
a political situation in which no one nation is powerful enough to pose a threat to others.
Balance of Power
a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars.
Napoleon
the period, from mid-1793 to mid-1794, when Maximilien Robespierre ruled France nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed.
Reign of Terror
What type of government did France have after the Congress of Vienna?
Constitutional monarchy
A Declaration, found in the Constitution, which outlines the rights and freedoms of the people.
The Rights of Man
the hereditary right of a monarch to rule.
Legitimacy
was a French lawyer and politician who became one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution. He died via guillotine.
Maximillen Robespierre
This man crowned himself Emperor instead of having the pope crown him.
Napoleon I
3 terms we use today to describe where people stand politically
Left
Centre
Right
a French congress with the power to create laws and approve declarations of war, established by the Constitution of 1791.
Legislative Assembly
a series of meetings in 1814–1815, during which the European leaders sought to establish long-lasting peace and security after the defeat of Napoleon.
Congress of Vienna
were the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution, and in association with Robespierre, they instituted the Terror of 1793–4.
Jacobins
an 1805 naval battle in which Napoleon’s forces were defeated by a British fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson.
Battle of Trafalgar
What factors led to the French Revolution?
Enlightenment Ideas
Economic Troubles
A Weak Leader
Estate System
Absolutism