Important Dates
What year did the French Revolution begin?
1789
Radicals come to power and the ___ of ___ begins headed by ________.
Radicals come to power and the Reign of Terror begins headed by Maximilien Robespierre.
What were the 3 estates in France before the revolution?
1. Clergy (Highest)
2. Nobility (Middle)
3. Commoners (Lowest)
What is the Bastille?
A Royal Armory and State Prison.
What was the Committee of Public Safety?
Broad powers given to a special group of 12 and took care of rebellions in cities back under control of the National Convention.
What year was the National Assembly founded?
1789
Name the governor killed during the storming of the Bastille.
The people beheaded Governor de Launay.
What are the first two stages of the French revolutions?
Creation of the National Assembly
Seizure of the Bastille
Why did France decide to declare war on Russia then Austria?
Rulers of these countries threatened to use force to restore King Louis XVI full power.
Describe the Constitution of 1795.
The Constitution of 1795 established a national legislative assembly consisting of two chambers: a lower house (Council of 500), which initiated legislation; and an upper house, the Council of Elders, which accepted or rejected the proposed laws.
A severe winter in 1788 resulted in ____ and ____ in the countryside.
Famine and Starvation
Who was the king of France during the year 1789?
King Louis XVI (16)
The Estates-General was composed of representatives from the ___ orders of French society. Each estate had ___ vote.
The Estates-General was composed of representatives from the 3 orders of French society. Each estate had 1 vote.
The French government spends enormous sums on costly ___ and court ___.
...costly wars and court luxuries.
Members of the Paris commune were called...
The Sans-culottes
What year did King Louis XVI die and how?
King Louis died in 1793 by guillotine.
Who is Olympe de Gouges?
Olympe de Gouges wrote the Declaration of Rights of Women and Female Citizen.
What were Napoleons laws called?
The Napoleonic Code
King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette attempted to travel to what country before being captured?
Austria.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man proclaims freedom and equal rights for all men, access to public office based on talent, and an end to exemptions from taxations.
What year did the National Convention meet, abolish the monarchy, and establish a republic?
1792
The Legislative Assembly consisted of which two clashing political factions (dissenting groups)?
Montagnards (represented interests of radicals) and Girondins (leaned towards keeping the king alive)
Economic slump resulted in the French government increasing ___ for the Third Estate.
taille (tax)
What countries border France.
Spain, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Andorra, Luxembourg, and Monaco.
What were the relics of feudalism?
The relics of feudalism were aristocratic pillages.. French peasants had to pay fees for use of village facilities such as flour mill, community oven, and winepress, as well as contributions to the clergy.