French Revolution 1
The number of estates under the Ancien Regime
What is three?
The 10 year period from 1789-1799 in France is called
What is the French Revolution?
The estate that made up 95% of the population
What was the third estate?
This is what enlightenment thinkers used to solve problems
What is reason and logic?
A period of time where people begin to use reason and logic to question the world around them
What is the enlightenment?
This is the biggest political cause of the French Revolution
What is the absolute power of the king?
The Constitution of 1791 set up this type of government that restricted the power of the king
What is a Limited Monarchy?
The leader of France during the Reign of Terror
Who was Maximilian Robespierre?
Montesquieu's idea that government should be split up into different branches.
What is separation of powers?
What John Locke believed people needed to do if the government took away their rights.
What is revolt / rebel?
The group of people that made up the majority of the Third estate
Who were peasants or common folk?
This was the biggest social cause of the French Revolution
What is the Estate system?
This is when the National Assembly promised to continue meeting until they had created a new constitution for the people of France.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
Voltaire's contribution to The Enlightenment
What is Freedom of Speech?
These are the natural rights of man according to John Locke
what are Life, Liberty, and Property?
The incident sparked the French Revolution
What is the storming the Bastille?
The members of the Third estate walked out of the Estates General and created this group they said was a better representation of the people.
What is the National Convention?
The primary method of execution during the Reign of Terror
What is the guillotine?
The idea that people form governments to protect their natural rights.
What is the social contract theory?
This type of government has a king/queen that has COMPLETE control over all aspects of their country
What is an absolute monarchy?
The reason members of the 3rd Estate stormed the Bastille
What was to get gunpowder?
The date of the beginning of the French Revolution
What was July 14, 1789?
These were the two biggest economic causes of the French Revolution
What are high taxes on the 3rd estate and the high price of bread?
Diederot's attempt to gather all the knowledge of humanity into books
What is the Encyclopedia?
These are the three branches of government according to Montesquieu
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial?