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First Quiz on French Revolution
Pre-Revolution and Moderate Period
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History
9th Grade
01/05/2015

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First Estate
Definition
Made up of The Clergy, highest in power besides the king. Scorned Enlightenment ideas
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Second Estate
Definition
Made up of wealthy Nobles. Held the highest offices in government. Disagreed about Enlightenment Ideas
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Third Estate
Definition
Included bourgeoisie, urban lower class, and peasant farmers. Had no power in government and resented the upper estates. Embraced Enlightenment ideas
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Cahiers
Definition
"Notebooks" List of grievances written by each estate as part of the electoral process in spring of 1789. Intended to inform of local views and authorize reform. Third estate were written at the parish level, then consolidated by order, providing a source for those interested in public opinion.
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"Great Fear"
Definition
A wave of panic in France. Peasants rebelled and broke into nobel's residences and destroyed important documents or burned the houses down
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Louis XVI
Definition
King from a long line that inherited and caused great debt. Indecisive, and inattentive about governmental matters
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Jaques Necker
Definition
Finance manager of Louis XVI during the Revolution
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Bourgeoisie
Definition
Pronounced Bore Zwah Zee, part of the third estate. A class of wealthier frenchmen. Appointed into government to provide support to the nobles and counterbalance other nobles, got more of the third estate on the side of the king.
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Marie Antoinette
Definition
Wife of Louis XVI, interfered in governmental matters. Austrian (Enemies of France) and disliked by the French people
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Deficit Spending
Definition
When government spends more money then it takes in
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Political Spectrum
Definition
Radicals and liberals are the highest
Moderates are between both ends
Conservatives and reactionals are on the low end
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Radical
Definition
A person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform; a member of a political party or part of a party pursuing such aims.
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Liberal
Definition
Favor progress or reform, advocate rights, maximum individual freedom
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Moderate
Definition
An individual, group or idea in favour of limited or gradual change.
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Consevative
Definition
Cautiously moderate
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Bastille
Definition
A medieval fortress-prison in eastern Paris. Used for the subjects/victims of rebellion, held seven prisoners in 1789. Symbol of royal power. Seized by the Paris crowd on 14 July 1789; end of the absolute monarchy. Bastille Day
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Legislative Assembly
Definition
Created by the new constitution, limited constitutional monarchy, stripped king of authority. Had power to create laws and decide on war
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Estates General
Definition
An assembly of representatives from all 3 estates.
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Marquis de Lafayette
Definition
French general who helped the colonists, a member of the Estates-general, helped write Declaration of rights of Man. Leader of the National Guard
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Constitution of 1791
Definition
Created a limited constitutional monarchy, stripped king of authority and created Legislative Assembly
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Declaration of the Rights of Women
Definition
Created by Olympe de Gouges to apply the Rights of Men to women, idea was rejected and she was executed
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Declaration of the Rights of Man
Definition
Stated men are born free and equal and included rights of liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
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Tricolor
Definition
The flag of France having three colors, new French flag
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Emigres
Definition
Nobles, clergy, and others who had fled France and its revolutionary forces
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National Assembly
Definition
Delegates of the Third Estate declared themselves this and began writing a constitution, opressed by Louis XVI
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Tennis Court Oath
Definition
National Assembly agrees to continue meeting until a new constitution is created.
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Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite
Definition
The motto for the Declaration of men, meaning "Liberty, equality, and fraternity"
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Paris Commune
Definition
Government of Paris from 1789-1795, created after the storming of Bastille, refused orders from central French government
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Civil Constitution of the Clergy
Definition
Law that moved the clergy to lower power and put them beneath the new French government
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Women's March on Versailles
Definition
October 1789, women marched on Versailles over the rising price of bread. Demanded National Assembly to provide bread, had the king and queen move back to Paris
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How did the meeting of the Estates General lead to the formation of the National Assembly?
Definition
The 3rd estate was not represented properly and was constantly outvoted by the selfish higher estates, angered the peasants causing a revolt
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How did foreign affairs affect the French Revolution?
Definition
American Revolution gave the idea to the French, along with increasing their debt through requests for wartime aid, angering peasants and pushing a revolt
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What roles did different classes play in the French Revolution?
Definition
1st and 2nd did not do much, but the 3rd estate drove the Revolution by itself
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