Enlightenment And French Revolution Flashcards
(30 cards)
The Great Fear in which the peasants attacked the nobles, began the fall of the _______________.
Bastille
_______ could be used to solve all human problems.
Reason
Their ideas would change and impact new nations, like the __________.
United States
____________ said,”The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it… No one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions… Everyone… May not… Take away, or impair… The life, liberty, health, limb, or goods of another.”
John Locke
__________ said: All people are equal and under the law and should be recognized.
Rousseau
___________ said: the best form of gov’t is one that includes the separation of powers.
Montesquieu
Frances three estates before the revolution:
1st Estate:_______________________
2nd Estate:______________________
3rd Estate:______________
- Clergy
- Nobility
- Bourgeoisie
•San culottes
•Peasants
•Everyone else
The main theme of the French Revolution.
Equality
Louis XVI called the __________________ in order to tax to get approval for new taxes on the Third Estate to fix the financial situation.
Estates General
The 3rd Estate also proclaimed itself a legislature called the _______________________.
National Assembly
When the peasants attacked the nobles causing the fall of the Bastille was __________________.
The Great Fear
_________________ stated: all men are created equal before the law.
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The king and queen__________&___________ suspected they were unsafe and tried to leave France.
Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
Many ______________ came to oppose the Revolution because they opposed the Revolutions anticlerical moves and the draft.
Peasants
_________________: Ended the Monarchy and declared France a republic.
National Convention
The Committee if Public Safety created the ___________________ to eliminate people who threatened the Revolution.
Revolutionary Tribunal
__________________: A 10 month period of time of accusations, trials and executions that caused a wave of tear throughout the country.
Reign of Terror
__________________: A radical revolutionary leader that changed his mind to opposed the violent excesses of the Revolution.
George Danton
In the _____________________ the 3rd Estate swore that it would not stop meeting until a new constitution was made.
Tennis Court Oath
The Reign of Terror resulted in increased __________________ opposition to the French Revolution.
Foreign
_______________: Radical leader during the Reign of Terror, died as a result of the Thermidorian Reaction which ended that chaotic time in French history.
Robespierre
________________: War hero that took cintrol of the Directoru gov’t in France with a Coup d’tat and later named himself Emporer of France.
Napoleon
The French people welcomed Napoleon because they hoped he would help the collapsing French _______________.
Economy
The __________________ restricted trade with Great Britain.
Continental System
