Revolutions Flashcards
(20 cards)
Three Estates
The three separate classes of people in France
Enlightenment
The inspiration of revolutionary ideas during the American war of independence and the French Revolution.
Commoners
The third estate. They weren’t the clergy or nobility
Feudal dues
Fees peasants paid to the nobles
Estates General
A parliament that contained representatives of the Three Estates
National Assembly
The representatives of the third estate who didn’t get their way and said they represented France
Liberty
Freedom
Equality
Equal treatment of everyone
Fraternity
Brotherhood or cooperation between people
Jacobins
Political party led by Robespierre
National Convention
Newly elected parliament who tried King Louis XVI for treason
Guillotine
Execution method during the French Revolution
Sans-culottes
The poor people of France
Irish Rebellion
Irish Rebellion
Defenders
Secret society set up to defend Catholic farmers
Orange Order
Protestant group that attacked and drove out hundreds of Catholics from Ulster.
Yeomanry
New army formed. Members were Protestants. Some came from Orange order
Pike
Sharp, spear-like weapon
Republicanism
Those who believed in getting a free Ireland by means of violence
Loyalist
Those who believed in the British crown and used violence in doing so