Phases of French Revolution

Attack by coalition forces of Austria, Prussia, Spain, Portugal, Britain, and the Dutch Republic

As early as 1791, the other monarchies of Europe looked with outrage at the revolution and its upheavals, and considered whether they should intervene, either in support of King Louis XVI, or to prevent the spread of revolution, or to take advantage of the chaos in France. Anticipating an attack, France declared war on Prussia and Austria in the spring of 1792,

Constitution of 1791

Constitution of 1791, French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting.

Georges Danton

Georges Jacques Danton was a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution, in particular as the first president of the Committee of Public Safety.

The Girondins, The Mountain, and the Jacobins

Girondins. The Girondins or Girondists were members of a loosely knit political faction during the French Revolution. ... They came into conflict with The Mountain (Montagnards), a radical left-wing faction within the Jacobin Club.

Execution of Robespierre

He is perhaps best known for his role in the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. ... As part of his attempts to use extreme measures to control political activity in France, Robespierre later moved against the more moderate Danton, who was accused of corruption and executed in April 1794.

Committee of Public Safety

Image result for Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety—created in April 1793 by the National Convention and then restructured in July 1793—formed the de facto executive government in France during the Reign of Terror (1793-94), a stage of the French Revolution.

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an Archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.

Maximilien Robespierre

Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician, one of the best known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.

Republic of Virtue

Maximilien Robespierre: Republic of Virtue (1794) In his speech of February 5, 1794. Robespierre provided a comprehensive statement of his political theory, in which he equated democracy with virtue and justified the use of terror in defending democracy.

War with Austria

Revolutionaries wanted war because they thought war would unify the country, and had a genuine desire to spread the ideas of the Revolution to all of Europe. On April 20, 1792, the Legislative Assembly declared war on Austria.

The Great Fear

Rumors were told that royal troops were coming so the people in the third estate broke into nobles houses and destroyed the record of their obligations.

Legislative assembly

The Legislative Assembly was the legislature of France from 1 October 1791 to 20 September 1792 during the years of the French Revolution.

Paris Commune

The Paris Commune was a radical socialist and revolutionary government that ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871. Following the defeat of Emperor Napoleon III in September 1870, the French Second Empire swiftly collapsed.

Reign of Terror

The Reign of Terror, also known simply as The Terror, was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution".

Womens March on Versailles

The Women's March on Versailles, also known as The October March, The October Days, or simply The March on Versailles, was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution.

Storming of Bastille

The third estate was angry so they decided to revolt. They took down Bastille brick by brick killing the guards and setting free prisoners.

Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

This Constitution was inspired by the Bill of rights and it said that all me are equal before the law and it gave them freedom of speech and the press. These did not apply to women.

Tennis Court Oath

When the Third estate couldn't get into their meeting place they went to an indoor tennis court (handball) and they said they will stay together until they have made a constitution and have it signed

Estates General

When the three estates meet up and each estate only has one vote on a subject

De-Christianization

the action or process or removing Christian influences or characteristics from something.

National Assembly

A group formed by the third estate and there goal is to get the king to sign there constitution

Sans-Culottes

A lower-class Parisian republican in the French Revolution.

Constitution of 1795

Image result for Constitution of 1795en.wikipedia.org Constitution of 1795 (Year III), French constitution established during the Thermidorian Reaction in the French Revolution. Known as the Constitution of Year III in the French republican calendar, it was prepared by the Thermidorian Convention. It was more conservative than the abortive democratic Constitution of 1793.

The Directory

Image result for The Directoryen.wikipedia.org Directory, French Directoire, the French Revolutionary government set up by the Constitution of the Year III, which lasted four years, from November 1795 to November 1799.

King Louis XVI

Louis XVI, born Louis-Auguste, was the last King of France before the French Revolution; during which he was also known as Louis Capet.

National convention

National Convention, French Convention Nationale , assembly that governed France from September 20, 1792, until October 26, 1795, during the most critical period of the French Revolution.

Olympe de Gouges

Olympe de Gouges, born Marie Gouze, was a French playwright and political activist whose feminist and abolitionist writings reached a large audience. She began her career as a playwright in the early 1780s.

Church reforms by the national assembly

On July 12, 1790, the assembly passed the Civil Constitution of the Clergy that subordinated the Roman Catholic Church in France to the French government. It was never accepted by the Pope and other high-ranking clergy in Rome.