French Revolution ccollins
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Louis XVI | French King who ruled before the French Revolution |
| Tennis Court Oath | the national assembly swore to never seperate and to constantly meet until they wrote a fair constitution. |
| National Assembly | The delegates of the Third Estate called themselves this. |
| three estates | 1. Clergy, 2. Nobility. 3.everyone else |
| Constitution of 1791 | Constitution created by the French Revolution that had a limited monarchy |
| National Convention | French Formed Governing Body That Abolished The Constitutional Monarchy, Declared France a Republic & Executed Louis XVI |
| Enlightenment | a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions, a philosophical movement (1600s-1700s) that emphasized human reason, scientific examination, and industrial progress |
| Fall of Bastille | (July 1789) angry Paris citizens attacked the bastille |
| Legislative Assembly | A French congress with the power to create laws and approve declarations of war |
| Great Fear | a wave of senseless panic |
| Olympe de Gouges | french journalist who demanded equal rights for women |
| Estates-General | representatives of each estate gather to vote |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | took control of France after the French Revolution |
| Nationalism | a feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward one's country |
| Reign of Terror | the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed |
| Committee of Public Safety | Political body of the French Revolution that controlled France during the Reign of Terror. |
| Directory | constitutes the last stage of the French Revolution and precedes the coming of the Consulate, which, in turn, was followed by the First Empire. |
| Coup d'etat | Napoleon ended the Directory in |
| Consulate | Form of government which followed the directory -established by Napoleon-ended when Napoleon was crowned emperor. |
| Civil Code | Napoleonic Code; this code preserved most of the gains of the revolution by recognizing the principle of the equality of all citizens before the law, and ect. |
| Battle of Waterloo | June 15, 1815: Napoleon's final defeat against the British and Prussians. |
| Bourbon Monarchy | Monarchy contorlled by King Louis XVII |
| short term causes of the French revolution | 1.Economic collapse, 2.Estates-General |
| long term causes of the French revolution | 1.Division of society, 2.Poor harvest, 3.Food shortage, 4.Inflation, 5.unempolyment |
| Bourgeoisie | The middle class in France. |
| Four Stages of Revolution | Incubation stage, moderate stage, radical stage, recovery stage |
| Napoleonic Wars | a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times |
| Fall of Napoleon | Invasion of Russia, defeated at Battle of Waterloo and Leipzig, abdicated, and finally exiled |
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