French Revolution

Question 1

Enlightenment

Answer 1

European movement in the 17th and 18th century which preached reason and individualism rather than tradition (an effect of the American revolution)

Question 2

Natural rights

Answer 2

Ideology that contributed to france’s revolutionary mood. They are God’s given rights to man

Question 3

Financial crisis

Answer 3

France was broke. They partook in wars and Louis XVI inherited the debt and doubled it by borrowing to help the American revolutionaries

Question 4

Estates general

Answer 4

Assembly of representatives from all 3 estates at Versailles ( clergy, nobility, and peasants) they had to meet to approve louis’ new tax

Question 5

Tennis court oath

Answer 5

When the third estate starts calling themselves the National Assembly they get sent out from the estates general. So they stick together and they go to a nearby tennis court and they agree to work together until there is a constitution

Question 6

Radical/moderate revolution

Answer 6

The French Revolution has radical and moderate stages
Moderate phase: at the beginning the anger was with the kind and they were angry and rioted. The declaration of the rights of man is written
Radical phase: revolution turns bloody and the king and queen are executed. The committee of public safety is created and the reign of terror starts

Question 7

Bastille

Answer 7

Castle/ prison and storage for ammunition
The revolution stormed in on July 14, 1789
They took over the bastille and this was the real start of the revolution

Question 8

National guard

Answer 8

French militia that existed separately from the military

Question 9

All authority stems from the nation

Answer 9

The idea that the power is in the people not the king

Question 10

The great fear

Answer 10

Panic caused during the French Revolution because of protests due to economic concerns, rural panics and rumors

Question 11

Women’s march

Answer 11

Nearly 7,000 woman marched from Paris to Versaille. Known as one of the most influential moments in the revolution. It showed people they had power over royalty

Question 12

Nationalization

Answer 12

Government taking over ownership of industries or parts of the economy

Question 13

Rationalization

Answer 13

Finding logical answers to justify an action

Question 14

Jewish emancipation

Answer 14

Jews were emancipated during the French Revolution. Didn’t happen anywhere else. They were allowed to live equally

Question 15

War with Austria and Prussia

Answer 15

In 1792 war was declared between France and Austria and Prussia, because frances neighbors wanted to end the revolution and restore the monarchy

Question 16

Elan

Answer 16

Revolutionary spirit, especially used to describe the strong feelings of the French army

Question 17

September massacres

Answer 17

Wave of killing in Paris and other cities during the revolution. It was feared that the people imprisoned would get out and join them

Question 18

Universal manhood suffrage

Answer 18

A form of voting rights in which all adult males are permitted to vote

Question 19

Sans-culottes

Answer 19

Middle and lower class Frenchmen that fought in the revolution. They were radical and extreme

Question 20

Jacobins

Answer 20

A group that formed after the revolution. They were the most extreme group and ended up killing a lot of people during the reign of terror

Question 21

Crisis of 1793

Answer 21

Period from early March through April which marked a turning point in the revolution. The national convention created the groundwork for the reign of terror during this time

Question 22

Committee of public safety

Answer 22

Made by the National convention and then restructured in July 1793, formed the de facto executive government in France during the reign of terror

Question 23

Reign of terror

Answer 23

Happened during the rule of sans-cullote during the French Revolution. Anyone what was thought to be against the revolution was killed

Question 24

Levee en masse

Answer 24

French term for mass conscription which means when everyone rich or poor was forced to join the war against Prussia and Austria who wanted to restore the monarchy

Question 25

Bread of equality(baguette)

Answer 25

White bread

The baguette-became symbol of revolution because the rich and poor could both afford it