Key Terms
Another term for Freedom; something that the French were willing to give up for something better (Equality)
What is, Liberty?
The people who own land, parcel it to the peasants, and take lots of food and money from them in the form of taxes? The economic elite?
Who are, the Nobles?
The new name for the group of French citizens who took over during the Revolution. The group who promised to write and create the French constitution
What is the National Assembly?
A suburb in Paris; the place where the French Revolution officially began
Where is, Versailles?
The most important piece of the French Constitution
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
What the French Revolution was all about. The key motivation for the French to revolt
What is, Equality?
The Royalty figure in charge of France during the Revolution, who was executed in Paris after refusing to give up power
Who is King Louis XVI
A document detailing all the rights, liberties, and equalities for the French citizens after the Revolution. This was written by those in the National Assembly
What is a Constitution?
The name of the old French prison in Paris that was taken over by the Revolutionists
What is the Bastille?
The name of the weapon that was used to kill French royalties and other elites
What is the guillotine?
Another term for a bond, a brotherhood between all people of France. The third tenant of the French motivation for the Revolution
What is, Fraternity?
The wife of King Louis XVI, who was also executed during the French Revolution
Who was Marie Antoinette?
This is the term for the movement that took place prior to the French Revolution. A period of scientific discovery and philosophical growth in Europe.
What is the Enlightenment?
An indoor setting in which scientists and philosophers could sit, eat, drink, and discuss their findings and discoveries.
What is a Salon?
The term for the period of time after the revolution, when justice and law was enforced with fear, strict rules, and violence
What is the Reign of Terror?
Another term for the money and food that was taken away from the peasants by the Nobles
What are Taxes?
The name of the man who eventually took control over all of France, Post-Revolution
who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
The name of the government that influences French matters, besides the King
What is the French Parliament?
The name of another country that grew fearful and angry towards France, since they were abolishing all royal figures
What is Switzerland, Prussia, Austria, Spain, England
The expensive event that King Louis took part in that a) cost over $250 million dollars, and b) bankrupted France?
what was the American Revolution?
The name for the merchants, the peasants, and the businesspeople in France, who took over during the French Revolution
Who are, the Third Estate?
The name of the military leader who assisted the French citizens during the French Revolution
The name of the system that involves Nobles taxing the peasants to great degrees, and giving them a small bit of land and housing in return. Was popular during the Middle Ages, but was abolished during the French Revolution
The main city of France, where many of these revolutionary events took place
What is Paris?
The name of the Philosopher who inspired many of the beliefs of both the French and the Americans when writing their constitutions. Believed in "Life, Liberty, and the Right to own Property"
Who was John Locke?