Vocabulary 1
Natural Rights
A government run by representatives elected by the people
Republic
Who was William Wordsworth
Romantic English poet
What were the three main causes (or roots) of the French Revoluation?
Enlightenment
English Rights
Ideas for the American Revolution
First estate: Churchmen (clergy)
Second estate: Noblemen
Third estate: Peasants, 98% of population
Someone who favors extreeme change
Radical
Laws that ensured several principles of the revolution including equality of male citizens before the law and the right to own private property
Napoleonic Code
What was Louis XIV known as
Louis 14th also known as the Sun King
The declaration of rights of man
What was the slogan of the French Revolution?
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
What does this sentence mean:
Napoleon was EXILED.
Exile: to force a person to leave his or her country and live somewhere else
The declaration of rights of man
Who ended his grandfather's reforms , extravagant spending lead to debt and the Revolution, beheaded for crimes against France
Louis XVI
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
National Assembly took an oath to stay at Versailles until a constitution was written
What caused the women's march on Versailles?
Women gathered demanding bread and went to kill the queen
Describe neoclassicism
The third estate
Who was a Romantic German composer?
Ludwig Van Beethoven
What was the OUTCOME of the battle at Waterloo?
Napoleon's army lost and his final attempt at power failed
Napoleon was exiled
What was the result of the women's march on Versailles?
It was the last time any of the royal family were at Versailles
What is a Jacobin?
An absolute monarchs power is not limited by..
a representative assembly
Who was Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Father of the Romantic era, philosopher who believed that human beings are born good but made worse by the civilization and society
How did Bastille stand as a symbol for the French Rev?
The fortress represented the tyranny of the Monarchs ruling over France
What was the Declaration of Rights of Man?