French rev flashcards

The old regime: The old regime is the people of France that get divided into three large/estate social classes.

The 3 estates: The first estate is made up of clergy by the Roman Catholic Church and disliked Enlightenment ideas. The second estate is made up of rich nobles, controlled the highest offices and disagreed about Enlightenment ideas. The third estate embraced Enlightenment ideas, no power to influence the government, invited bourgeoisie, urban lower class and present farmers.

Bourgeoisie: The Bourgeoisie were bankers, factory owners, merchants, professionals and skilled artisans.

The Great Fear: The Great Fear is rumors that nobles were hiring outlaws to terrorize peasants and the prices of bread skyrocketing.

Legislative Assembly: The Legislative Assembly is where someone gets chosen to create laws, approve/reject declarations of war.

Reign of Terror: The Reign of Terror is where Robespierre became the dictator virtually for France and it was the most violent phase of the French Rev.

Guillotine: Guillotine is an executioner with a blade starting from the top to the bottom aimed for the victim’s neck/head.

September Massacres: The September Massacre is a war between France and Prussia where prisoners were killed and rumors about the king got worse and worse over time.

Robespierre: Robespierre wanted to erase France’s past so for that he gained power by his supporters and he became the Committee of Public Safety.

National Convention: The National Convention took office and declared France a republic.

Estates-General: The Estates-General is an assembly of representatives from all three estates to approve the new tax that Louis XVI just suggested/made.

Louis XVI: Louis XVI was the king of France but he was weak in office.

National Assembly: The National Assembly is where the Third Estate wanted an effect to end the absolute monarchy and a new government would be formed.

Emigres: The Emigres fled France to escape violence and wanted to undo the Revolution and restore the Old Regime. Also had a role in the Assembly.

Sans-Culottes: The Sans-Culottes wanted to keep the Revolution so it can bring greater changes to France.

Absolute Monarchy: Absolute Monarchy is a form of government.

Committee of Public Safety: The Committee of Public Safety was to protect the Revolution from its enemies.

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen is human and civil rights.

Tennis Court Oath: The Tennis Court Oath is Third Estates delegates locked out their meeting room and broke a door that led them to a tennis court.

Storming of the Bastille: The Storming of the Bastille is where a rumor about Louis XVI had intent for using the military to dismiss the National Assembly so people stormed it.

Radical/Conservative: The Radicals are people who wanted change on how the government runs things and the Conservatives upheld an idea to limit monarchy.

Napoleon: Idk since we didn’t learn abt him

Enlightenment: The Enlightenment was a cultural movement.

Locke: John Locke believed that people can learn from experience and improve.

Rousseau: Rousseau believed that civilization corrupted people’s natural goodness.

Voltaire: Voltaire fought for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom of speech.

Montesquieu: Montesquieu believed that Britain was the best-governed and most politically balanced country.

Beccaria: Beccaria believed laws existed to preserve social order and he promotes criminal justice.