Enlightenment
This is the term used to describe a period of time when thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and scientific method to all aspects of society.
Enlightenment
The estate that made up 2% of the population was made up of rich ___________ .
Nobles
What was the date of the first deliberate act of the French Revolution?
(Month, day and year)
June 17, 1789
What was the name of the prison in Paris which an angry mob looted in search of weapons and gun powder?
Bastille
This was the most influential person at the Congress of Vienna
Klemens Von Metternich
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, France 1789:
Article 2. The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural...rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
What is the name of the Enlightenment philosophe who influenced this?
John Locke
The third estate made up what percentage of the population?
97%
This was the name of the meeting in which delegates from all 3 estates gathered. This meeting happened in 1789 for the first time in 175 years.
Estates General
What is the date of Bastille Day?
(Month, day and year)
July 14, 1789
Klemens Von Metternich was the minister of which country?
Austria
Which class in French society would be most concerned with the ideals and principles of the Enlightenment?
3rd Estate
This estate was only required to pay taxes during times of war
2nd Estate
The 3rd estate broke away from the Estates General and renamed themselves what?
The National Assembly
Who was the chief of the Public Safety Committee, which hunted down and executed thousands of "enemies" of the revolution without substantial evidence?
Maximilien Robespierre
Congress participants agreed that they needed to surround France with strong countries in order to prevent future French aggression.
What is this called?
Containment
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, France 1789
Article 9. As all persons are held innocent until they shall have been declared guilty, if arrest shall be deemed indispensable, all harshness not essential to the securing of the prisoner's person shall be severely repressed by law.
Which Enlightenment philosophe believed in the rights stated above?
Cesare Bonesana Beccaria
Which estate was most concerned with the rising cost of living, specifically the rapidly increasing price of bread?
3rd Estate
What issue arose at the Estates General meeting?
How votes would be counted
What did The National Assembly's early reforms focus on?
The Church
The Congress of Vienna was a direct result of this person's rule in France.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, France 1789
Article 11. The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious of the rights of man. Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write, and print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law.
Which Enlightenment philosophe influenced this?
Voltaire
Peasants made up ____ % of the population and made up the majority of the ______ estate.
80%
3rd Estate
The National Assembly vowed to stay inside a court in the Palace of Versailles until there was a new constitution for France. What was this called?
Tennis Court Oath
This document was adopted by the National Assembly in August of 1789 and was influenced by our Declaration of Independence.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The three goals of the Congress of Vienna were to:
1- Prevent future French aggression
2- Restore a balance of power in Europe
3- ???
Restore the monarchies/ royal families