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What is a system of rights or justice that is shared by all people and that comes from nature (not society)?
Natural Law
What is a government by a king or queen whose power is limited by a constitution?
Constitutional Monarchy
what is an army composed of the people of a nation rather than soldiers?
Citizens Milita
What is a government in which people elect representatives to rule for them?
A republic
What refers or relates to a city, citizen, or community?
A civic
What happened at the Bastille on July 14, 1789?
The sans culottes stormed the building and killed the leader of its defenders.
What happened in the summer of 1789 that led people to call it the “Great Fear”?
Peasants rioted and fled from what they thought was a nobles’ plot to kill them.
Why did women from Paris travel to Versailles in October 1789?
Because of continued hunger, lack of jobs, and rising bread prices.
What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
French Bill of Rights
How did the royal family respond after the women marched to Versailles?
They were forced to move to Tuileries in Paris.
What does it mean to Exile someone?
To force them to live outside of a place as a punishment.
What is a major symbol of the French Revolution?
Guillotine
French Flag
La Marseillaise
Under the Law of Suspects, what would happen to someone who cried at the death of a loved one?
They could be arrested and/or executed.
What are some things that occurred during Napoleon's time in ruling?
He stopped rising prices
Balanced the national budget
people could afford bread
built roads and bridges
won battle after battle throughout Europe
He added more territory and gave it away to friends and family.
Who was Maximilian Robespierre and what did he believe?
He was the leader of the Jacobins and the Committee of Public Safety, he wanted to root out all opposition to the Revolution.
What was the final defeat in Napoleon's military career?
Waterloo
What title was never granted to Napoleon during his life?
King of France
What is a regime?
period of rule
After the royal family was moved to Paris, who passed the laws that were the beginning of a new constitution?
the National Assembly
Name 3 Factors that caused the French Revolution.
Food shortage
Massive Government Debt
Fall of the Bastille
Weak Leadership
Spread of Enlightenment ideas
Inequalities in society
What are Cossacks?
soldiers known for their skills on horseback.
What are some things that were affected by the French Revolution?
European alliance against France
Napoleon seized power
growth of nationalism
Congress of Vienna
Spread of revolutionary ideas
Monarchs were restored
The map of Europe was redrawn
Commoners could cause change
What rights are protected by the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Liberty
Property
Security
Resistance to oppression
Freedom of speech
Freedom of religion
Equal justice
People have the right to say how they would be governed.
What does neoclassical mean?
The revival of Greek and Roman ideas, especially in literature, art, or architecture.
Why was a new calendar developed by the Jacobins?
The old calendar was connected with Christianity