People
Who was the King during the Revolution?
King Louis XVI
This foreign event influenced the French Revolution
American Revolution
3 estates during the French Revolution in the proper order
1. clergy
2. Nobility
3. Peasants/middle class
What did the National Assembly force the bishops and priest to do?
Did the pope approve?
No
He is one of the most famous leaders of the French Revolution. He was leader during the "Reign of Terror" and also led the country in de-Christianizing society.
Robespierre
What is the name of the period during the French Revolution were the Committee of Public Safety killed a lot of people including Marie Antoinette
Reign of Terror
Who are the bourgeois?
Middle class
Where were thousands of peasant Catholics killed defending their priests?
Vendee
He was an associate of President Washington and came back to France with ideas of individual liberties and republicanism
Marquis de Lafayette
1. bad harvest
2. Financial crisis/depression
French document that sets out the "natural and inalienable" rights
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens
What did they rename Notre Dame?
The Temple of Reason
What political group was the most radical and wanted to kill the king?
Jacobins
They were killed because of their religion...they sang while they were killed. The crowd was silent
Name the two houses and their functions that the New Constitution of 1795 created
-lower house: initiate legislation
-upper house : reject/accept legislation
Name 3 things the Revolutionists did to rid their society of Christianity
-Established a new calendar 10 days
-Replaced religious celebrations with revolutionary festivals
-shut down masses
Leader of the Paris Commune, drafted a new Constitution making himself leader.
Georges Danton
-Churches opened up
-Killed Robespierre
Total War
Why did the French Revolutionists want to get rid of Christianity?