Terms Pt. 1
What is Versailles?
The Royale Palace
What was the Storming of the Bastille?
Many of the 3rd estate stormed the bastille to free prisoners and obtain gunpowder.
Marie Antoinette
Queen of France
What phrase did Marie Antoinette say regarding bread?
Let them eat cake.
What estate was taken advantage of?
The Third Estate
What is Mass Production?
The manufacturing of large quantities of standardized products, often using assembly lines or automation technology.
What was the Great Fear?
A period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumors of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate.
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes
Politician during French Revolution.
What was the estates general?
Classes in France
What food item was in shortage?
Bread
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
On June 20, 1789, the Tennis Court Oath was taken. There, the men of the National Assembly swore an oath never to stop meeting until a constitution had been established.
What was the Reign of Terror?
Period of mass executions.
Louis XVI
King of France
Who are the Jacobins?
The Jacobins were a prominent political faction during the French Revolution, playing a significant role in the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of the republic.
What war caused france to be in major debt?
American Revolution
What is the National Assembly?
a legislative body representing the entire nation
What is the Guillotine?
a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
Maximilien Robespierre
President of National Convention
Who were the Girodins?
Supporters of Constitutional Monarchy.
What was the movement that caused people to dislike the monarchy?
Enlightenment
What was the Womens March on Versailles?
a crowd of women and men marching from Paris to Versailles on October 5, 1789, to demand bread and have King Louis XVI return to Paris
Where was the Royale Family caught fleeing?
A small town in eastern france on their way to austria.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Emperor of France
What was the National Convention?
A revolutionary assembly that governed France from September 1792 to October 1795.
What were the 3 main ideas for the revolution?
Life, liberty, and fraternity