HY 102 Midterm (Chapter 19)

broadened women's rights to seek divorce and inherit property

The National Assembly that ruled France from 1789 to 1791 passed laws that

everyone who is not a noble or member of the clergy

The legal definition of the composition of the prerevolutionary third estate included

failure to raise taxes that were denied by the Parliament

Louis XV's power in France was undermined by his

equality before the law

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen guaranteed

Napoleon returned from exile to rule France briefly

What occurred during the Hundred Days in France?

to use dictatorial powers to respond to threats in France from within and without

What was the goal of the Committee of Public Safety?

they believed that Robespierre might soon have them arrested and executed

Why did the National Convention turn against Robespierre?

interests payments on the debt

In the 1780s, over 50 percent of France's annual budget was expended on

French peasants

In the summer of 1789, the National Assembly was driven toward more radical action by

several thousand Parisian women

Who forced the king and the royal family to abandon Versailles and return to Paris?