Enlightenment
This Enlightenment thinker argued that all people possess natural rights that government must protect.
Who is John Locke?
This group made up the majority of the French population before the Revolution.
Who are the peasants?
In June 1789, this new revolutionary group was created from the Estates General and claimed the authority to write a constitution.
What is the National Assembly?
Louis XVI's attempted escape convinced many revolutionaries that he could not be trusted to cooperate with this.
What is the Constitution?
This revolutionary leader headed the organisation that gave him authority to carry out the Terror.
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
According to the idea of the social contract, government power ultimately comes from this group.
Who are the people?
Before the Revolution, members of this social group often made their money through business rather than land.
Who are the bourgeoisie?
Paris workers attacked this prison in July 1789 to obtain ammunition and defend the Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
On 10 August 1792, the sans-culottes and National Guard attacked this royal residence.
What is the Tuileries Palace?
This government body was led by Robespierre during the Terror.
What is the Committee of Public Safety?
This idea states that certain rights belong to people simply because they are human.
What are natural rights?
The bourgeoisie often resented the privileges of this group.
Who are the nobility?
One major cause of the Revolution was France's financial crisis, particularly bankruptcy caused by the enormous expenses of these.
What are past wars? (French and Indian War versus the British)
Following the August 1792 attack, the monarchy was abolished and France became this type of government.
What is a republic?
The Terror ended in the summer of 1794 when this happened to Robespierre.
What is his execution?
This Enlightenment thinker developed the idea that dividing government power could help prevent tyranny.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
Under the Old Regime, this institution provided hospitals and schools and kept records of births, marriages and deaths.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
Enlightenment ideas challenged the traditional power of these two institutions in French society.
What are the monarchy and the Catholic Church?
After being put on trial for no longer being considered loyal to the French government, Louis XVI received this fate.
What is execution?
The Terror was connected to Robespierre's attempt to promote this ideal within the Republic.
What is virtue?
For many Enlightenment thinkers, this was the key method for discovering truth and understanding human behaviour.
What is reason?
Many high-ranking officials in the Church and government came from this privileged social group.
Who are the nobility?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man reflected Enlightenment thinking by declaring that all men possessed this.
What is equality in rights?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man attempted to create greater equality by stating that taxation should be based on this.
What is the ability to pay?
According to the Tocqueville, the revolutionaries wanted this more than they wanted freedoms.
What is reform?