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Miss K's French Rev.
French Rev. Radical Days of Revolution (Ch. 6.3)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Suffrage | the right to vote; the National Convention extended the right to vote to all male citizens, not just property owners |
| Robespierre | lawyer and political who became leader of the Committee for Public Safety and was known as “the incorruptible”; favored the revolution and said liberty could not be secured unless criminals lost their heads |
| Guillotine | “humane” invention created to extinguish life instantly versus the uncertain ax; used during the Reign of Terror to execute thousands |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | popular military hero who rose to power and dominated France and Europe; a hero to some and villain to others; made many reforms |
| Nationalism | strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country; it spread throughout France as the revolution gave the country a strong unified identity |
| Secular | having to do with worldly, rather than religious, matters |
| Committee of Public Safety | had almost absolute power as they battled for the revolution; led by Robespierre and the Jacobins, they prepared France for all out war |
| Reign of Terror | when revolutionary court tribunals conducted hasty trials to convict those against the revolution; 17,000 were executed by the guillotine and 300,000 arrested |
| Marseilles | translates to “children of the fatherland”; later became the national anthem |