The Terror
Robespierre
Babouf's ideology and the radical social policy of the Jacobins inspired this mid-19th century radical socialist thinker
Karl Marx
Despite his liberal views and authorship of Common Senses and Rights of Man, ___________ was arrested during the Terror and only saved by the intervention of American diplomat James Monroe
Thomas Paine
The Revolution legalized this practice - always illegal under Catholic law - for the first time in any Western nation
Divorce
The ___________ decree in Fall, 1793 enabled the French army to grow to 750,000 within a few short months
Levee en Masse
This second-largest city in France - a center of the Federalist revolt - was singled out to be made an example of by the Committee of Public Safety.
Lyon
The English thinker Edmund Burke is considered the Father of _____________ , a movement embodied within his incendiary literary condemnation of the French Revolution
Conservatism
This early Revolutionary leader - famous for rallying a cafe crowd to storm the Bastille in 1789 - became an ally of Danton during the Terror and was executed along with him that spring.
Camille Desmoulins
Although this practice was affirmed in legality in 1790, despite much controversy, it was abolished in 1794
Slavery
The Law of __________ in September, 1794 empowered local local revolutionary committees across France to arrest anyone suspected of counterrevolutionary activity.
Suspects
In Nantes, up to 4,000 counterrevolutionary prisoners were cruelly punished by ______________ during the Vendee War
Drowning
The emergence of Germany and Italy during the 19th century is an example of the spread of _____________ , the acceleration of which historians assign to the French Revolution.
Nationalism
This CPS member confined to a wheelchair and was guillotined along with Robespierre
Couthon
During the Thermidor Reaction, the ______________ engaged in ostentatious displays of luxury and often sought vengeance upon the Jacobins and their supporters
Gilded Youth
The Law of the ___________ empowered the government to set price controls on nearly every important commodity in French life
These 2 factions (each named after their respective leader) were suppressed, and many of their members executed in Paris during the final months of the Terror.
The Hebertists and Dantonists
Although the French Aristocracy was restored along with the Bourbon monarchy in 1814, it was a shadow of its former self. Despite the governmental recognition of hereditary titles, Noble __________ and __________ were NEVER restored.
Dues and Privileges
The notorious deputy was guillotined under the Directory, for his excessive cruelty while on mission in Nantes during the Vendee war.
Carrier
This medieval-era inheritance practice favored first-born sons and was targeted by revolutionary reformers
Primogeniture
The "Grand Terror" was ushered in during early summer 1794 after virtually all defense rights were removed in judicial proceedings by the radical "Law of 22 _________"
Prairial
Robespierre famous speech of 5 Feb 1794 focused on ______ and ________ , the two of which he believed were inherently linked
Terror and Virtue
John Stuart Mills - a leading proponent of THIS 19th century intellectual movement - condemned the French Revolution's violent excesses while praising it as a crucial step in advancing democracy
Classical Liberalism
The 2 most radical CPS members - Billeau-Varennes and __________ were tried, convicted and exiled to French Guyana during the Directory period.
Collot d'Herbois
Although the program it outlined was never fully implemented the Bourqier Decree of December 1793 was a radical advance in _________
Public education
This law - put to the public vote after the approval of the Constitution of 1795 - led to public unrest because it stated that 2/3 of the legislature's members must remain seated (for the sake of stability and continuity) regardless of electoral results
Law of Two Thirds