French Revolution
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Tennis Court Oath, 1789 | event during the French Revolution that Jacques-Louis David painted about + date |
| 1614 | the last time the Estates-General was held before 1789 |
| 2/3rds vote | original voting pattern before the French Revolution |
| Germanic Confederation | German state created by the Congress of Vienna |
| technical schools | improvement on the Continent (response to Ind.) |
| Confederation of the Rhine | German state created by Napoleon |
| Republic of Virtue | peasant rebellions in Lyons and Marseilles against the military draaft |
| Vendee Revolt | freed Haiti from French control under Napoleon |
| Society for Revolutionary Republican Women | female society formed during the radical phase which wanted to help the revolutionary cause |
| Constitution of 1795 | created a national legislative assembly with two chambers after the Radical Phase |
| Law of the General Maximum | put price controls on important goods; failed |
| Republic of Virtue | the republican order created by the COPS under rational ideas |
| Thermadorean Reaction | result of the reign of terror; in which the leaders of the French Revolution were killed and the COPS lost power |
| dechristianization | the religious policy persued by the COPS |
| reign of terror | period of time in which internal enemies of the COPS were killed |
| Committee of Public Safety | an 12-man executive committee led by Danton and Robespierre which dominated the French Revolution during the radical phase |
| Danton | led the Paris Commune |
| nation in arms | declared by the Committee of Public Saftey in 1793; created the largest army in European history |
| sans-culottes | members of the Paris Commune; people without fine clothes |
| cahiers de doleances | statements of local grievances |
| Marat | a radical French journalist who wanted the Committee of Public Safety to use national forces to crush rebellions |
| Louis XVIII | restoration of the Bourbons (ruler) |
| Estates-General, National Assembly, Legislative Assembly, Directory, Empire | chronology of French legislature during French Revolution (separated by commas) |
| egalite, fraternite, liberte | 3 main goals of French revolution (alphabetical order) |
| Danton, Marat, Robespierre | Leaders of the Revolution (3, alphabetical order) |
| Olympe de Gouges | author of The Declaration of Rights of Women in 1791, saying that men and women were equal, and that women were smart |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man, 1789 | a charter of French revolutionary ideals written by the National Assembly + date |
| Bastille | royal armory in France; attacked during the French Revolution |
| Tennis Court Oath | result of convening the Estates-General |
| Louis XVI | called for a meeting of the Estates-General |
| Paris Commune | governing system in Paris (French Revolution) |
| Girondins, Mountains | split of Jacobins (2 groups, alphabetical order) |
| 1789-1792 | Bourgeois Phase |
| 1793-1794 | Radical Phase |
| 1795-1799 | Directory/Oligarchy |
| 1799-1815 | Rule of Napoleon (dates) |
| Concordat | restoration of Catholic Church (Napoleon) |
| Grand State | Napoleon's empire, excluded Great Britatin |
| Grand Army | Napoleon's Army |
| Continental System 1806-1807 | anti-mercantilism; tried to keep British goods out of Europe (with dates) |
| Louisiana Purchase 1803 | American purchase of land from France (with date) |
| Consulate 1799-1804 | Napoleon's executive body + dates |
| 1804 | Napoleon declares himself Emperor Napoleon 1 |
| 1815 | Battle of Waterloo |
| Austria, Britain, Russia | Peace of Amiens (countries in alphabetical order) |
| Abbe Sieyes | wrote "What is the Third Estate" , emphasizing the need for political reform and the importance of the workers |
| Feudal System | part of the old regime which the National Assembly abolished in 1789 |
| Civil Constitution of the Clergy, 1790 | an attempt by the National Assembly to secularize the clergy, getting rid of bishoprics, titles, and offices and instituting a voting system |
| Thermadorian Reaction | result of the Reign of Terror; in which the leaders of the French Revolution were killed and the COPS lost power |
| Justification of the Use of Terror | Robespierre's twist on Rousseau's ideas (book) |
| 1791 | date the French Constitution was created by the National Assembly; strengthening the legislature and creating a limited constitutional monarchy |
| assignats | paper money given to the French to pay off debts |
| Concert of Europe, Congress of Vienna | created out of the fear of revolution and war in France, retracting to old regime (2 total) |
| 1813 | Great Retreat |
| 1808-1814 | creation of nobles by Napoleon (dates) |
| The Oath of Brutus, Oath of the Horatii | Neoclassic paintings that led France to revolution (alphabetical order) |
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