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French Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Estates General | -Legislative body to the French king -Organized based on social system of France - Called after 175 years & meeting did not go well |
| Regime Ancien | - Political and social system that existed before the French Revolution. - The king had authority over everyone (they were his subjects) and people were part of estates |
| Louis XVI | -absolute monarch of France, was disliked by the 3rd class because he did not show much care towards them -France got stuck in a bad financial problem due to his extravagant lifestyle + funding of wars -held prisoner, tried, executed by his people |
| Third Estate | -Consisted of the working + lower class + peasants of France -Had to do military service, pay taxes, + did not have privileges that the other two classes had -Made up most of France's population |
| First Estate | - the Roman Catholic Clergy - had power over peasants - did not have to do military service + did not have to pay most taxes -many of them had luxurious lives -tolled people who used their roads and markets *GIVEN SPECIAL PRIVILEGES |
| Second Estate | -Nobles - had power over peasants - did not have to do military service + did not have to pay most taxes -many of them had luxurious lives -tolled people who used their roads and markets *GIVEN SPECIAL PRIVILEGES |
| Tennis Court Oath | -Taken by the third estate, they vowed to write a constitution - They ( the third estate) named themselves the NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
| National Assembly | - Made up of people from the 3rd estate - Wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen - Formed during the Tennis Court Oath |
| National Convention | -After the execution of Louis XVI, France became a Republic and the National Convention took control. - Established the Committee of Public Safety which was run by Robespierre -Committee initiated the "Reign of Terror" |
| Reign of Terror | - If the Committee of Public Safety (who created the Reign of Terror) thought that an individual was not loyal to the revolution, he/she were executed |
| Robespierre | -Ran the Committee of Public Safety -His Committee executed lots of people! |
| Jacobins | -Dominated the Constituent Assembly, wanted radical change + persecution of Louis XVI |
| Bastille | - prison + armory -the lower class people of France invaded the Bastille with to take weapons in order to defend the National/Legislative Assembly from the King's troops. In a turn of events, the troops unite with those people. King = held prisoner |
| Committee of Public Safety | - Established by the National Convention -Run by Robespierre -Executed any individual that they thought to be disloyal to the revolution |
| Guillotine | -Device used to execute people during the Reign of Terror |
| Directory | - In this form of gov, the French depended on Napoleon to defend France from outside invasion |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man | -Written by the National Assembly who wanted it to express how France was to be run |
| Napoleon | -Great military leader, came after the end of Terror -became Emperor of France -Made Napoleonic Code: everyone fair under the law, no more privileges, religious freedom + trial by jury guaranteed -Conquered multiple European lands |
| Enlightenment | -A lot of Enlightenment thinkers came from France -Enlightenment ideas influenced the French Revolution |
| American Revolution | -Influenced the French Revolution: many French people who fought with the Americans were impressed and inspired by the American patriot's ideals : "unalienable rights" "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" "all men are created equal" |
| Inflation | Poor harvests = not enough food for the lower class = bread and other food prices increased in France (during the time King Louis XVI was in control) |
| Napoleonic Code | Laws created by Napoleon that all French people had to obey. *Other parts of Europe that were overthrown by Napoleon and under his control had to follow the Napoleonic Code. |
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Sabrina Akter
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