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| Legislative body consisting of representatives of the three estates |
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| Clergy 1.5 % of the people |
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Nobility
1.5 % of the people |
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Everyone else
97% of the people |
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| This occurs when a government spends more than it makes |
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Abolished feudalism
Nobles voted away their privileges |
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| Women’s march on Versailles |
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This march was fueled by anger against the French queen, Marie Antoinette
The women of France couldn’t feed their children and yet Marie lived finer than any woman in that part of the world |
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These were riots that happened all over France
Houses were robbed
Bakeries raided
The people were tired of being ignored in their cries for food |
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The middle class of France
Included bankers, lawyers, merchants, journalists, and other businessmen |
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Oath taken by the delegates of the third estate
They swore never to separate until they had a suitable constitution |
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General under George Washington during the American Revolution
headed the french national guard |
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King of France
Married to Marie Antoinette
Was noted for his attraction for food
He was the king that incited France to riot in the streets |
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Austrian grand duchess and Queen of France
Married to Louis XVI |
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| The group that was the voice of the people in France during the Revolution |
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The attack made by Parisian citizens
They stormed the bastille looking for gunpowder
They slaughtered anyone who got in their way |
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June 1791
Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and their children tried to escape by dressing as peasants but drove in a royal carriage
They nearly got to the border but then someone recognized them
They were escorted back to Paris and they were insulted by the angry crowd |
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| The most radical revolutionists |
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Louis XVI was put to death via guillotine on January 21, 1793
Marie Antoinette would be executed 9 months later |
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| Committee of Public Safety |
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the people that were in charge of killing the traitors and bad people
people that were in charge of the safety of the country
set up to protect france |
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| a shrewd lawyer and politician, quickly rose to the leadership of the committee of public safety |
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the president of the jacobin club
effective head of government during terror. |
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| revolutionary and journalist. A virulent critic of the moderate Girondists, he was instrumental (with Danton and Robespierre) in their fall from power in 1793. He was murdered in his bath by Girondin supporter Charlotte Corday |
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| september 1783 - july 1794 revolutionary courts conducted haisty trials and lots of people were sent to the guillotine |
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engine of the reign of terror, made by Dr. joseph guillotine, more humane than the ax. but quickly became a symbol of horror
40,000 in 10 months |
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| a strong feeling of pride and devotion to one's country |
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| a popular military hero who had won a series of brilliant victories against the austrians and italy, he would outwit the politicians and become ruler of france |
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| someone who releases people from captivity or bondage. |
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| A sovereign ruler of great power and rank, esp. one ruling an empire. |
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embodied enlightenment principles
napoleon's most lasting reforms |
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| incorporated into the empire |
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| a naval battle in 1805 off the southwest coast of Spain; the French and Spanish fleets were defeated by the English under Nelson (who was mortally wounded) |
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| English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at the battle of Trafalgar |
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| closed ports to british goods |
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| War between England and the USA sparked by the French Revolution |
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| the czar of Russia whose plans to liberalize the government of Russia were unrealized because of the wars with Napoleon |
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| where napoleon lost his final battle |
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| one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. He is often referred to as "the Duke of Wellington" |
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| The Places where Napoleon was sent to after losing his bid for world domination |
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| brilliant gathering of of european leaders, faced the monumental task of restoring stability and order after years of war |
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