Chapter 6, Section 2
Marie Antoinette
Austrian born, queen, daughter of Maria Theresa. Sister to Joseph II of Austria, wife of Louis XVI
Aug, 1791
Declaration of Pilnitz was issued
Tricolor
Flag of France
Declaration of Pilnitz
Issued by the emperors of Prussia and Austria, threatened to intervene to protect the French monarchy
What type of gov't did the Constitution of 1791 create in France?
Limited constitutional monarchy
June, 1791
Louis and Marie try to escape France, fails
What & when were the 3 phases of the French Revolution?
National assembly, France becomes a constitutional monarchy (1789-1791), radical phase, Reign of terror and end monarchy (1792-1794), Age of Napoleon (1799-1815)
Which city was the "revolutionary center"? Why?
Paris, it was the capital and chief city of France
Refer to pg. 222, read Article 6: which Enlightened philosopher's ideas is reflected there?
Says all citizens are equal under the law and have the right to participate in gov't. Marked a significant change for most French citizens who were not previously treated equally under law, John Locke
Oct. 5 1789
Women march on Versailles
Olympe de Gouges
a journalist, demanded equal rights for women in her Declaration of the rights of Woman and the Female citizen.
Jacobins
a revolutionary radical political club
The Declaration of the Rights of Man & the Citizen
announced that all men were born and remain free and equal in rights, issued by the National Assembly; modeled on the American Declaration of Independence
Marquis de Lafayette
aristocratic "hero of two words" who fought alongside George Washington in the American revolution, head of the National Guard
Faction
dissenting groups of people, competed to get power
Republic
government ruled by elected representatives instead of a monarch
Girondins
moderate French political faction in the National Assembly
Oct. 1791
newly elected Legislative Assembly took office
Émigré
nobles, clergy, and others who had fled France for political reasons
What was the "French Plague"?
spread of the French Revolution or ideas of the Enlightenment
The Great Fear
started by fear and famine, rumors that created chaos. Showed the peasant's anger with unjust
Aug 4 1789
the National Assembly voted to end their own privileges
The action taken by the Assembly against the Catholic Church was very similar to what law passed by Henry VIII in England?
the act of Supremacy
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
the enduring slogan of the French revolution
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
the national assembly put the French Catholic Church under state control, issued in 1790
Refer to pg. 220 & answer the 2 questions under Analyzing Political Cartoons
they didn't want a revolution to happen, didn't want to lose privileges and power and the rats are the plague driving away the people, tails formed guillotines
April 1792
war of words between French revolutionaries and European monarchs moved onto the battlefield. Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria and Prussia
Why does your book suggest that nobles had not given up anything they hadn't already lost when they agreed to give up their privileges?
without their privileges they have nothing, by refusing, nobles faced violence and could lose their lives
Sans-culotte
working class men and women, wore trousers due to their work