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French Revolution
History Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Louis XVI | King during the french revolution, death by guillotine, Louis Bourbon |
| Marie Antoinette | From Austria, family name is Hapsburg, royal family of austro-hungarian empire, named Madame Defeceit |
| Estates-General | Disollution of estate general started the revolution,97 percent borugousie,3percent clergy,1st estate, church people, and noblemen.Because the economy was so bad during the war. Wanted to raise taxes on the poor, was what the noblemen did.Clergy and the N |
| Jacques Necker | Fincancial person who helped louis, a lot of people liked him, but then he was fired. Started the Storm of Bastille. |
| Maximilien Robespierre | Leader of the revolution,lawyer with revolutionary ideas,Mira Beau, The incorruptible called him that because he was too good, so he was incorruptible. Virtue= Loving of one’s country. “Virtue without terror is powerless. Terror with out virtue is terribl |
| Jean Paul Marat | Charlotte Courdeay stabbed him in the chest in his bathtub. Bloodthirsty newspaper writer, who called for heads in his famous paper “The Friend of the People” Had Herpes. Was buried in the pantheon in france, seen as a martyr. |
| Georges Danton | Was a Jacobin who went against the Girodins, considered not radical enough by Robespierre, was dead with his dantonists. Rallied people against the war. Was sick of the revolution, but robespierre didnt want to stop. |
| Jacobins | led committee of safety, more radical group, supporters of the revolution, killed Girodans |
| Girodans | happy with the constitutional monarch |
| Sans-culottes | Without knee-breaches, common people that didn't want to wwear them, radical group who lead, always wore long pants and red hats |
| National Assembly | Original Name before changes |
| Committee of Public Safety | 12 man jacobin panel, thought they were defending the country |
| The Directory | The new calender that they decided to replace, replaced C.O.P.S with 5 executive men to rule for 5 years |