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French Revolution :Pre-Revolutionary Society Long Term Causes Short Term Causes Aftermath Flashcards

Midterm Study

1
Q

PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY

What did this society consist of ?

A

Clergy,
Nobles
Professional people,
peasants and laborers

After this would lead on to the estates.

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PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY

Which estates were Clergy and Nobles

A

Clergy was First Estate
Nobles was Second Estate

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PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY

What estate was
Professional people,
peasants and laborers

A

Third Estate

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PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY

First Estate and Second Estate were…

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the smallest part of the
population

( least % in taxes )

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PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY

Third Estate was…

A

the Largest part of population

( paid greatest % in taxes )

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PRE-REVOLUTIONARY SOCIETY Land Ownership

in order

____ ____ _____
Clerks Nobles Professional people,
peasants and laborers

( percentages with the clerks, nobles..etc.)

A

10% 20% and 70%

this was their land ownership %

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7
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LONG TERM CAUSES

what was King Louis XVI known for being

to 1792)

( –ruled from 1774 –1792)

A

weak and indecisive,
and lacked self-confidence

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**LONG TERM CAUSES **(Economic)

General Jacques Turgot
believed in the…

A

Enlightenment
philosophy

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9
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LONG TERM CAUSES

Deficit Financing…

A

Variation on taxation from town to town

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LONG TERM CAUSES

Deficit Financing made expections for…

A

for privileged groups

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Unjust Legal System…

A

-The king could imprison anyone for any
reason for any period of time trial

( –A person could remain in jail without trial)

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ESTATES GENERAL

what did King Louis XVI need to do

A

he needed to raise money to support

The government

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LONG TERM CAUSES (ECONOMIC)

under economy they (Controller General Jacques Turgot)…

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didn’t have the peasants work on the
royal roads, no corvee labor.

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LONG TERM CAUSES (ECONOMIC)

what was removed

A

restrictions on grain and
abolished the guilds

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ESTATES GENERAL

How does King Louis XVI raise money

A

He calls together the first session of the Estates General

( It had not been called in 175 years)

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ESTATES GENERAL

How were the delegates selected?

A

The king invites citizens to meet and elect
delegates in their local parishes to district
local assemblies and to draft petitions (Cashiers) views

17
Q

ESTATES GENERAL

First Estate and Second Estate consist of

A

300 representatives.

18
Q

ESTATES GENERAL

Third Estate Consist of

A

300 representatives

19
Q

what happens
National Assembly

June 17, 1789

A

The Third Estate withdraws and forms
the National Assembly.

20
Q

Why did the Third Estate form the National Assembly?

A

They want to
limit the power of the king and more
rights for the common people

21
Q

Tennis Court Oath…

A

Third Estate members moved indoors to a Tennis court and vowed to not seperate until they had given France a constitution

22
Q

King Louis XVI’s Response…

A

addresses all the delegates on
June 23, 1789.

and

threatens to arrest the
National assembly.

23
Q

National Assembly’s Response

( to King Louis XVI’s Response )

A

Peasants storm the Bastille,
and
the peasants burn all the tax
records.

( The Revolution has begun)

24
Q

***The Reign of Terror and the Jacobins

1792–The revolution was in full force.

There were two factions:

Revolutionists and

A

Radicals

25
Q

**The Reign of Terror and the Jacobins

The radicals were called

A

Jacobins.

( They believed in establishing liberty by coercion.)

26
Q

**The Reign of Terror and the Jacobins

What happens to King Louis XVI?

A

Louis XVI is guillotined 1793 for
treason. plotting with the Austria and Prussia.

27
Q

**The Reign of Terror and the Jacobins

who takes over after king louis

A

Maximilien Robespierre

28
Q

**The Reign of Terror and the Jacobins

When Maximilien Robespierre takes over he …

A

institutes two laws:
Law of Suspects
and Law of Maxium

29
Q

**The Reign of Terror and the

Law of Maxium

A

General price controls

30
Q

**The Reign of Terror and the

\

Law of Suspects

A

Imprison citizens whose
loyalty they suspected

31
Q

The Reign of Terror and the Jacobins

*Maximilien Robespierre
*

All of his policies led to..

A

the Reign of Terror and the 12-Man Committee on
Public Safety

32
Q

*The Reign of Terror and the

After the death of Robespierre, France was ruled by

A

a Directory

It was a five-man executive group

and had a two-house legislature.

33
Q

**reign of terror

Directory

They were unable to fix France’s financial problems in result

A

As a result Napoleon takes over in France.

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