Vocabulary
The clergy, the nobility, rest of population
Estate
The Third Estate declared independence by establishing a new constitution in a tennis court
The First Stage
Who was the last king of France?
Louis XVI
As the revolution progressed, they started demanding extreme change
Radicals
Systems in French Society that was structured on the relics of feudalism.
The Estates system
Created to defend France against enemies and was led by Maximilian Robespierre and George Danton
Committee Of Public Saftey
The Monarchy is abolished and the Radical phase begins
The Second Stage
Who was the French playwright and political activist whose writings on women's rights and abolitionism reached a large audience in various countries?
Olympe de Gouges
Paid taxes in France in 1789
The Bourgeoisie
At the beginning of Louis XVI's reign, France was under the absolute monarchy and the feudal traditions of the estate's system
Ancien Regime
Prisoners were released but no weapons were found. It also is the symbol of France.
Bastille
Met at the Congress of Vienna, established a government and re-drew the map of Europe
The Fourth Stage
Who was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century?
Napoleon
They were forced to join the army
The Third Estate
People began to introduce ideas to people in Europe that opposed their principles and were instead based on liberty and equality.
The age of Enlightenment
Government Spending excess amounts of tax money for their own wants.
Deficit Spending
Napoleon Rises to power and slowly starts to build France back up.
The Third Stage
Who got arrested and tried for trumped-up crimes against the French republic?
Marie Antoinette
Published a radical journal called "Friend of the people"
Jean-Paul Marat
The French monarchy had complete control over this
Political power, economics, and all forms of authority
This tactic was used by the Russians to make the French retreat.
Scorched-earth policy
It started when Parisians stormed a prison, but no weapons where found.
Bastille
Who was the French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War, commanding American troops in several battles, including the Siege of Yorktown?
Marquis de Lafayette
Caused Asia and Prussia to go to war with France
Execution of Louis XV1
French Society was centered on this structure
The political structure of the absolute monarchy