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Chapter 19.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the four phases of the French Revolution? | 1. Moderate Phase (turns France into a constitutional government) 2. Reign of Terror (filled with violence) 3. The Directory (reaction of extremism) 4. Age of Napleon (consolidated changes) |
| Why are the peasants upset? | -hail storm destroys crops causing famine - faced with Great Fear (nobles would attack and destroy their homes) - go on rampage, burn nobles' homes and steal grain |
| Why and who stormed Versailles? | - women stormed Versailles because they were upset wi Marie Anotinette and wanted the royal family to move - lies about giving the poor cake/bread - royal family goes to Paris |
| Lafayette | aristocrat who headed the National Guard which was a largely middle-class militia that was in response to the arrival of royal troops in Paris |
| Paris Commune | replaces royalist government of the city; mobilize whole neighborhoods for protest and violent action for further revolution |
| Declaration of the Rights of Man | issues by the National Assembly modeled after the Declaration of Independence; highlighted ideas of Locke and philosophes (government protects rights of people) ; all male citizens equal before the law |
| Civil Constitution | issued by the National Assembly which made bishops and priests become elected salaried officials; ended papal supremacy and dissolved monasteries/ convents; 1790 |
| Constitution of 1791 | limited monarchy; Legislative Assembly had power to make laws, collect taxes and decide upon issues of war/peace; reflected Enlightenment (ended Church interference and ensured equality before the law) |
| Louis's Failed Flight | disguised as a servant and Marie as a governess, tried to escape Paris; disguise discovered along the way and soldiers take back to Paris; this made many label him as a traitor |
| emigres | nobles, clergy and others who had fled France and its revolutionary forces ; reported attacks on property, religion and lives |
| Widespread Fears | other European rulers fear that the revolution in France will spread to their land; locked up Enlightenment ideas and critics |
| Declaration of Pilnitz | issued by Marie Antoinette's brother (king of Austria); threatened to intervene to protect French monarchy; bluff but French citizens prepared for war |
| sans-culottes | men who did not wear fancy knee breeches and pushed revolution with a more radical reaction; demanded a republic (government not ruled by a monarch but by elected representatives) |
| Jacobins | revolutionary, political club that were mostly middle-class lawyers/intellectuals; used pamphlets and newspapers to advance republican cause |