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Bourgeoisie
Middle class citizens, usually merchants and business owners.
Civic Nationalism
Nation created regardless of ethnicity, culture, and language.
Collective Consciousness
An internal consciousness, or awareness, shared by many.
Divine Right of Kings
King’s authority is from God and cannot be responsible for earthly authority
Emigres
A person who flees their country for political reasons
Ethnic Nationalism
Nation created by shared ethnicity, culture, and language.
Feudalism
A social system where land was exchanged for military service and loyalty.
Manorialism
Medieval economic structure which rendered peasants reliant on their lords
Secular
Not bound by religious rule.
Tennis Court Oath
Representatives of the non-aristocrats of France who would not disperse until a constitution was established.
Who said “L’etat, c’est moi (I am the state)”?
King Louis XIV
Who was the King during the French Revolution?
King Louis XVI
5 May 1789
The Estate General Meeting
July 14, 1789
Storming of Bastille
17 June-9 July 1789
National Assembly
July 12, 1790
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
1793-1794
Reign of Terror
1799
Napoleon Rise to Power
June 18, 1815
Battle of Waterloo
The Storming of Bastille was caused by…
The king locking up citizens who spoke out against him.
In a population of 26 million… what percentage were aristocrats?
4%
In a population of 26 million… what percentage were common folk?
96%
What was the Age of Enlightenment in response to?
The idea of absolute power and divine right of rule.
What was John Locke ideals?
‘All persons are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property.’
What was Montesquieu’s ideals?
‘No power should become stronger than another.’
What was Voltaire’s ideals?
‘Efficacy of reason.’
What was Rousseau’s ideals?
‘Man was born basically good, and idea that society is what corrupts mankind.’
What did Voltaire think of the Church?
He advocated for the separation of Church and State.
Who was in the First Estate?
Clergy
Who was in the Second Estate?
Aristocrats
Who was in the Third Estate?
Common Folk
What was the Estates General?
The Estates General was a legislative body in France made up of representatives from the clergy, nobility, and commoners.
Why were the French angry at Marie Antoinette?
The French citizens believed a widespread rumour about how her response to the famine is “Let them eat cake” in place of bread.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Established France as a secular republic and granted equal rights to men
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
France revolutionary government to subordinate the Roman Catholic Church to the state and reduce civil government.
Reign of Terror
The revolutionaries cracked down on those against them as they feared opposition to their own regime. Killing 17,00 people
Olympe de Gouges
Challenged the Declaration of the Rights of Man as it excluded women.
How did Napoleon Rise to power?
Via a coup d'état in 1799.
What did Napoleon do?
He crushed threats from both radicals and royalists who wanted to extend or reverse the French Revolution.
What was the purpose of the Napoleon Code?
To extinguish nobility and class privileges and to make all men equal
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