Fr Rev Timeline for 215 (no Voltaire Rousseau ref)

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Estates General

A representative assembly of the three estates (clergy, nobles, and commoners) in France, called by Louis XVI in 1789.

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Cahiers de doléances

Grievance notebooks compiled by the representatives of the Estates General, which outlined the problems and demands of the people.

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Tennis Court Oath

A vow taken by the representatives of the Third Estate in June 1789, pledging to write a new constitution for France.

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Storming of the Bastille

The attack on the Bastille prison in Paris on July 14, 1789, by a Parisian crowd, marking the beginning of the French Revolution.

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Great Fear

A period of peasant uprisings and attacks on symbols of feudalism in the French countryside in the summer of 1789.

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March to Versailles

A protest by Parisian market-women in October 1789, demanding bread and forcing the royal family to relocate from Versailles to Paris.

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Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

A document adopted by the National Assembly in 1789, proclaiming the universal rights of individuals and the principles of the French Revolution.

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Constitutional monarchy

A form of government in which a monarch's powers are limited by a constitution.

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Committee of Public Safety

A governing body established during the radical phase of the French Revolution, responsible for ruling by decree and maintaining public safety.

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Reign of Terror

A period of mass executions and political repression during the radical phase of the French Revolution, led by the Committee of Public Safety.

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Jacobins

Members of a political club during the French Revolution, known for their radical views and support for the republic.

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Civic virtue

The idea of citizens actively participating in the affairs of the state and prioritizing the common good over personal interests.

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Total War

A strategy employed by the revolutionary government of France, involving the mobilization of all available resources and the use of violence against both internal and external enemies.

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Separate spheres

The division of society into distinct roles and responsibilities for men and women, with men in the public sphere and women in the domestic sphere.

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Guillotine

A device used for beheading during the French Revolution, often associated with the executions of political enemies.1. Reign of Terror:A period during the French Revolution characterized by mass executions and political repression.

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Festival of the Supreme Being

A deist cult of civic religion planned by Robespierre during the Reign of Terror.

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Thermidorian Reaction

The overthrow of Robespierre and the radical Jacobins on July 27, 1794, marking the end of the Reign of Terror.

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The Directory

The government that ruled France from 1795 to 1799, characterized by a new constitution with checks and balances.

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Consulate

The government that replaced the Directory in 1799, with Napoleon Bonaparte as one of the three Consuls.

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Napoleonic Empire

The period from 1804 to 1815 when Napoleon Bonaparte declared himself Emperor of France and expanded French influence in Europe.

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Levée en masse

A conscript army of "citizen-soldiers" driven by patriotic ideals, introduced by Napoleon.

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