FRENCH REVOLUTION BCHS
Order by
25 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Old Regime | the social and political system of France in the 1770s |
| estate | social class in France |
| 1st Revolutionary act of the revolution | est. of the National Assembly |
| Tennis Court Oath | pledge taken by the National Assembly to draw up a new constitution for France |
| the Bastille | French prison attacked by a mob; symbolic start of the French Revolution |
| Great Fear | a wave of senseless panic that spread through the French countryside after the storming of the Bastille in 1789. |
| "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" | slogan of the French Revolution |
| guillotine | a machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution. |
| radicals | members of this law making body opposed the idea of monarchy and wanted sweeping governmental change, sat on the left side of the room |
| Jacobins | Radical political organization that in Sept. 1792 abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic |
| Directory | executive body created in 1795 as part of a new plan of government |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens | statement of revolutionary ideals adopted by National Assembly |
| Robespierre | became leader of the Committee of Public Safety and ruled France virtually as a dictator |
| emigres | nobles who fled France and hoped to restore the Old Regime |
| Legislative Assembly | law making body created by the constitution of 1791 |
| conservatives | members of the Legislative Assembly who wanted few changes in government, sat on the right side of the room |
| sans-culottes | Parisian workers wanted extremely radical changes in government |
| Danton | well known Jacobin lawyer eventually executed for being less radical than Robespierre |
| Louis XVI | French king executed during the French Revolution |
| Estates General | Under the Old Regime, the assembly of representatives from all three classes |
| Austria | Legislative Assembly declared war on this country |
| Reign of Terror | period of time during which Robespierre governed France |
| July 14, 1789 | Bastille Day |
| Committee of Public Safety | imposed the Reign of Terror |
| Marie Antoinette | French queen executed during the French Revolution |
First Time Here?
Welcome to Quizlet, a fun, free place to study. Try these flashcards, find others to study, or make your own.
Set Champions
Scatter Champion
14.2 secs by ihatemrsadams
Space Race Champion
33,850 points by ShelbyBergeron