vocab
when a government spends more money than they bring in
deficit spending
Who was the king during the revolution?
Louis XVI
This specific event led to the start of the French Revolution?
the storming of the Bastille
What did the revolutionaries think was inside the Bastille other than prisoners?
weapons
nobles and clergy who fled France during the Revolution
emigres
Member of a radical political club during the French Revolution.
Jacobin
Who was the biggest offender of deficit spending?
Louis XIV
What did the 3rd Estate want voting based on?
population
What did the Jacobins want in terms of government?
republic
Who had Versailles built?
Louis XIV
Working class men and women who made the French Revolution more radical.
san cullotes
Financial advisor for Louis XVI
Jacques Necker
1 year period in which tens of thousands of people were killed by the radicals
reign of terror
what was the first step towards writing a constitution?
the Declaration of the Rights of Man
Why were other European countries against the French Revolution?
afraid it would spread/monarchs overthrown
Legislative body made up of representatives of the three estates in France.
The Estates General
Brother of Marie Antoinette and king od Austria
Leopold II
Why did women march on Versailles?
high bread prices
12 man group who eliminated any threats toward the revolution
the Committee of Public Safety
He called for the reign of terror to be carried out and became a victim of the guillotine?
Robespiere
Vow taken by members of the 3rd estate to not break up until a constitution was written.
Tennis Court Oath
Who was the leader of the National Guard during the revolution?
Marquis Lafeyette
At the end of the revolution what was the name of the 5 man governing board put into place by the moderates?
the Directory
What is the name of the palace in Paris the royal family had to move into?
Tuilleres
verbal threat made by Austria that if the French Monarchy was threatened they would intervene
Declaration of Pilnitz