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French Revolution
Mr. Sandee's class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Estate | A Social Ranking System |
| Bourgeoisie | The highly educated and wealthy members of the third estate |
| Louis XVI | King in France. His failure to grant land led to the French Revolution. Was indecisive. |
| Marie Antoinette (Madame Deficit) | Queen of France who led a lavish lifestyle, sister to the king of Austria. Spent money excessively |
| Sans Culottes | A lower class, Parisian republican. |
| Clergy | Leaders of the church, part of the first estate, paid no taxes |
| Nobility | Royalty, and family of royalty by birth, first class paid little to no taxes |
| National assembly | Formed by the third estate, elected legislature |
| Estates General | A meeting held by Louis XVI to discuss taxation of the first and second estate by suggestion from Jacques Necker |
| Tennis court Oath | A vow that took place on a Tennis Court, not to separate and reassemble whenever necessary. |
| Bastille | A French prison raided by the National Assembly in search guns and ammunition.July 14th |
| Jacobins | Radical group of working class people, leaders of the radical movement |
| Suffrage | The right to vote. |
| Robespierre | Was a french lawyer and politician who lead the Committee of Public Safety and killed over 40,000 people using a guillotine. |
| COPS | Committee Of Public Safety |
| Reign of Terror | a period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, in particular Reign of Terror, lead by the directory |
| Napoleon | The man who ended the French Revolution by leading the revolutionists. Temporary emperor. |
| Napoleonic Code | A new set of laws and rules written by Napoleon. Women did not like this. |
| September Massacre | An attack on the clergy and churches. |
| Scorched Earth Policy | When Russia burnt down miles of crops to create an artificial famine. |
| Annex | Add a territory to an existing state or country |
| Plebiscite | A popular vote by ballot through this, Napoleon received permission to invade all countries |
| Secular | Having to do with worldly, rather than religious,matters; nonreligious |
| Blockade | The blocking off of a port, limiting trade |
| Abdicate | To step down from power |
| Committee of public safety | An extension of the National Convention set up by the Jacobins with the sole purpose of finding monarch supporters and putting them to death, lead by Robespierre. |
| Mass levy | A policy saying that all people must contribute to the French war effort, a mass tax on all French citizens, including the first two estates. Napoleon sold Louisiana to the US to pay for war efforts. |
| Explain 3 estates and the people in them | 1st: Clergy, which was made up of churches and the corrupt church system. No tax.2nd: Nobility, has less power than the first estate, but has more riches. Moderate Tax. 3rd: Peasants, farmers, bourgeoisie. Paid half of their income in taxes. |
| List the four phases of the French Revolution | Moderate(National assembly), Radical(Sans-culottes), Reign of Terror(Directory), and Age of Napoleon(Napoleon) |
| Explain the 4 reasons why the French people revolted | The French people revolted because of poor leadership, economic troubles, separation of classes or mistreatment of lower classes, and enlightenment ideas. |
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