Causes & Terms
This division of the 3 Estates based on clergy, nobility, and everyone else is an example of this type of cause.
Social Cause
Fearing that Louis XVI was going to crush the revolution, a militia stormed this prison on July 14th.
Bastille Day (Storming of the Bastille)
This left-wing, radical group dominated the most aggressive and violent phases of the French Revolution.
Jacobins
This minor noble from Corsica seized power in a coup and built a massive European empire.
Napoleon
This is the specific branch of government responsible for making and passing laws.
Legislative Branch
Years of war and financial support for the American Revolution caused France to go bankrupt, creating this type of cause.
Economic cause
A crowd marched from Paris to the royal palace during this event to protest high food prices.
Women's March on Versailles
This political ideology aims to protect and maintain the traditional order of society.
Conservatism
Known as "The Incorruptible," he led France during the bloodiest days of the Reign of Terror.
Robespierre
In Canada's federal government, this elected body represents the people, matching the role of France's National Assembly.
House of Commons
Meaning "townspeople and middle class," this group made up the wealthier, educated portion of the Third Estate.
Bourgeoisie
After being banished by Louis XVI, members of the estates met to promise they would work on a new constitution.
Tennis Court Oath
This political ideology focuses on providing individual rights, freedoms, and liberties.
Liberalism
He was the shy, indecisive French monarch who was not originally meant to become king.
Louis XVI
The King of France belonged to this branch, which in Canada is headed by the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.
Executive Branch
Writers like Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Rousseau inspired the Revolution through these types of causes.
This brutal period of martial law under the Committee of Public Safety stripped the people of their everyday rights.
Reign of Terror
This right-wing, more moderate faction during the Revolution sat opposite the radicals.
Girondins
This French general and political figure was the primary author of the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
Lafayette
This is the name of the highest appointed court in Canada's Judicial branch.
The Supreme Court
This political term refers to maintaining the existing state of affairs or traditional order.
Status Quo
To avoid the Reign of Terror, many nobles fled France during the Revolution to avoid being killed by the revolutionaries. What were they called?
Emigres
The two political ideologies the Congress of Vienna ignored.
Liberalism and Nationalism
This foreign diplomat served as the influential leader and host of the post-Napoleonic Congress of Vienna.
Prince Metternich
This term describes a system where important state decisions are made by unelected officials rather than elected representatives.
Bureaucracy