French Revolution Causes, Legacy, Rights, and Contradictions

Flashcards based on lecture notes covering the causes of the French Revolution, its global democratic legacy, derived human rights, and limitations within the universal rights declaration.

Cruel and Autocratic Rulers

A major cause of the French revolution characterized by an absolutely autocratic, stubborn, insensitive, and luxurious king who ruled the government.

Pathetic Economic Condition

An economic crisis caused by King Louis VI requiring huge amounts of money for his luxury and maintaining thousands of idle palace officials through the state treasury.

Faults in Governance

A cause of the French revolution referring to defects in the administration alongside the autocratic rule of France's government.

Miserable Conditions of the Peasants

A major cause of the French revolution stemming from changes in the agricultural system during the eighteenth century.

Thoughts of the Intelligentsia and Revolutionaries

Intellectual ideas that played a significant role in giving rise to the revolution in France.

Principle of Equality

An important principle of the French revolution that was adopted by democratic nations during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Establishment of Democracy

A legacy of the French revolution resulting from exposing the weaknesses and faults of monarchy to the entire world.

Concept of Freedom

The fundamental basis of the French revolution that regarded freedom as a natural right of man and instilled a feeling of independence in people.

Idea of Brotherhood

A legacy of the French revolution that spread the concept of fraternity to the entire world.

Natural and Inalienable Rights of Man

Rights that political associations aim to preserve, defined as liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.

Liberty

Defined during the French revolution as the power to do whatever is not injurious to others.

Freedom of Speech and Expression

A democratic right from the French revolution allowing every citizen to speak, write, and print freely.

Protection Against Arbitrary Arrest

A democratic principle stating that no man may be accused, arrested, or detained except in cases determined by law.

Contradictions in Universal Rights

Flaws in the message of universal rights, which omitted the right to education and the freedom to do business and work.

Property Requirement for Voting

A rule requiring property ownership in order to vote, which deprived many citizens of equality and established new privileges.