Flashcards: 19 French Revolution
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French | English |
|---|---|
 Concordat | Agreement between Napoleon & the Catholic Church, regarding land and the appointment of Bishops. |
| Declaration of Pillnitz | Austria and Prussia asked rulers to buoy Louis XVI up. France responded with a declaration of war. |
| Women's March | Crowds of angry women marched on Versailles, demanding food. Led to Louis XVI's arrest and incarceration. |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen | French document that promised liberty, property, and resistance to oppression. Modeled on U.S constitution and the philosophes' ideas. |
| Louis XVI | French King during France's 1787 revolution. |
| Bastille | French prison - raiding this place set off the French Rev. |
| sans-culottes | French for "without fine pants." Radical bourgoisie in the French Revolution. |
| Jacobins | Groups of French radicals that met to discuss reforms. |
| Robespierre (d.1794) | Head of the Committee of Public Safety. Responsible for the Reign of Terror. |
| Nationalism | Idea that loyalty to one's nation should be placed above all other loyalties. |
| Napoleon | Leader of France following the Directory. Conquered most of Europe between 1805 and 1815. |
| Reign of Terror | Massacre of 16,000-50,000 French citizens during the French Revolution. |
| Continental System | Napoleon's control of European ports, including a boycott on British goods. |
| Girondin | Opposition to the Mountain in Revolutionary France. |
| Committee of Public Safety | Organization created to counter anti-French influences. Perpetuated the Reign of Terror. |
| Estates-General | Parliamentary system of France organized around social classes. |
| The Mountain | Represented the city of Paris. Mostly radical middle class. |
| Paris Commune | Rulers of Paris. A radical group that ultimately arrested the Girondin, leading to more violence in the revolution. |
| Dechristianization | The move to remove God from French public life. Included renaming streets & changing Notre Dame into the "Temple of Reason." |
| National Assembly | The new name of the French legislative body, who swore the tennis court oath (promise to create a new constitution). |
| Bourgeoisie | The wealthy portion of the middle class. Usually credited with actually running society. |
| Great Fear | When rumors of foreign invasion plagued France, leading to a large number of militias. |
| Thermidorean Reaction | When the National Convention seized control of the Committee of Public Safety and established the Directory. |
| Jean-Paul Marat | Radical journalist who called for blood during the French Revolution. His murder led to his being viewed as a kind of saint by the radical revolution. |