French revolution study guide
Name the 3 French social classes and give a brief description of each.
First estate: 1 percent of the population. Made of the clergy. They didn't pay taxes and owned 1/10 of France. The leaders of the Catholic Church Second estate: 2 percent of the population. Consisted of the nobility. Paid taxes but a small amount Third estate: 97 percent of the population. Consisting of the bourgeois (middle class) (doctors, professors, business owners), skilled workers, merchants, peasants, farmers, unskilled workers. Paid majority of taxes.
National Assembly
Group made of the third estate because they wanted change in government
Marat
He was a revolutionary leader and got stabbed in the bathtub
What was the role of women during the French Revolution?
ONe role of women was the march, they supported the revolution in different ways, they had their own club
David
Painter during the revolution
What occurred at the Bastille on July 14, 1789? What is significant about Bastille Day?
Paris mobs stormed and destroyed the prison. July 14 is the French National holiday.
Bourgeoisie
People of the middle class
What happened to Louis and Marie Antoinette in the end?
They got executed by the guillotine.
Nationalism
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country
Coup d'etat
A sudden, violent, and unlawful seizure of power from a government
Suffrage
A vote given in deciding a controverted question or electing a person for an office or trust
Sans-Culotte
An extreme radical republican in France at the time of the French Revolution
Why was King Louis XVI blamed for the problems of France?
Because he spent a lot of money and wouldn't tax the nobility.
Why was the Tennis Court Oath important?
Because it pledged to provide France with a constitution
What occurred during the De - Christianization Period?
Churches were destroyed and closed, a new calendar was created, sundays were eliminated.
What were the cashiers?
Complaints in notebooks
What was the Constitution of 1791?
Created a limited monarchy. Still a king but the legislative assembly would make the laws.
What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?
It was a letter written to demand equal rights for peasant men since they were not seen as equal to rich men.
Name the two political clubs of the French Revolution.
Jacobins and Girodins
What was the Reign of Terror?
July 1793-1794, thousands of French people were sent to the guillotine and named an enemy of France.
List the 3 political causes of the French Revolution.
King Louis XVI ruled France as an absolute monarch, He denied the french people a voice in government
Girodins
Made of men outside paris. Were not so aggressive, wanted to work with King Louis XVI
Legislative Assembly
Makes all laws, declares war, regulates interstate, and foreign commerce and controls taxing and spending
Jacobins
Most violent of the political clubs. Wanted to get rid of King Louis XVI.
Name the two house legislature that helped the Directory lead France from 1795 to 1799.
The council of elders and the council 500
Maximilien Robespierre
The leader of the revolution
What was the Estates General?
The legislative/ law-making body of France
List 2 economic causes of the French Revolution.
The peasants paid the majority of the taxes to the government, nobility, and church. The French placed high taxes on them and hardly anyone else paid
What event took place in October 1789?
The women's march of versailles
What was the purpose of the Directory? What Constitution created the Directory?
Was the executive branch of the government. National convention created the directory.
Olympe de Gouges
Wrote the declaration of rights of women
