Unit 2 ( French Revolution)

Question 1

Ancien regime

Answer 1

A political or social system that has been displaced ,typically by one more modern

Question 2

First estate

Answer 2

Roman Catholic clergy
1% of the population
The only people above them is the monarchy / royalty

Question 3

Second estate

Answer 3

The nobility

Makes up 2% of the population

Question 4

Third estate

Answer 4

17% cityworkers/ merchants / bourgeoisie

30% peasants / farmers

Question 5

Was France a nation prior to the French Revolution ?

Answer 5

Yes

• spoke a version of french
• had a government
• had borders

Question 6

How did the enlightenment lead to the ideas of natural law?

Answer 6

• Their success convinced educated Europeans of the power of reason.
• Natural law could be used to solve social, political and economical problems.
• Free from ignorance, prejudice and superstition.

Question 7

Salons

Answer 7

Informal social gathering where writers, artists, philosophers and social gatherings.

Question 8

The great fear

Answer 8

1787 - 1789

• Depended heavily on agriculture
• Bad weather
• Food becomes very expensive
• People starving and the country not doing anything about it
• Poor harvest = many farmers unemployed

Question 9

Estate general

Answer 9

• May of 1789
• It was represented by members of the 3 levels of society.
• The Estates-General had no true power but acted as an advisory body to the king by presenting petitions and consolting on fiscal policies.

Question 10

Tennis court oath

Answer 10

• June 20, 1784
• The 3rd estate declared themselves a national assembly “
• They were 96% of the population and felt they were the “‘true parliment”
• the tennis court oath was a pivotal event in French Revolution

Question 11

Storming of the Bastille

Answer 11

• King Louis accepts the changes of the tennis court oath.
• foreign troops loyal to the monarchy wer converging on Paris.
• In attempt to gain weapons, the people of paris stormed the Bastille.
• The Bastille was kings prison.

Question 12

Declaration of the rights of man

Answer 12

• an essential document of the French Revolution that was passed in the National constitution.
• the document was based on natural laws
• it outlined freedom to property, liberty, social equality of all men and resistance to oppression

Question 13

Collective consciousness

Answer 13

An internal consciousness or awareness, shared by many

Question 14

Serfdom

Answer 14

Slaves

Question 15

What are some factors that shaped nationalism?
Historical
Social
Economic
Geographic
Political

Answer 15

Historical factors -the storming of Bastille

Social factors - the monarch and aristocrats, who also made up much of the high-ranking clergy in the Catholic Church, held most of the power.

Geographic factors-sever weather impacted the crops for farmers and food. The winters are cold and snow blocked the roads making travel impossible.

Political factors- In 1789, the national assembly had put finishing touches on the declaration of the right of man and of the citizen. Which eventually lead to the creation of a French nation based on new principles.

Question 16

The enlightenment

Answer 16

When they came out of the dark ages and people started learning ex. Printer press

Before that when they learned stuff they got it from the church

More inventions

Growth of information

Starts thinking for themselves

One of the causes of the French Revolution

Question 17

Napoleonic code

Answer 17

• all people are equal before the law
• feudal rights were ended
• trial by jury is guaranteed
• religious freedom
• woman could not own property
• fathers were allowed to imprison their children

Question 18

Concordat with the pope

Answer 18

The pope agreed that the church would not get it’s land back and in return, Catholicism was accepted as the religion of the majority

Question 19

Infrastructure (Napoleon )

Answer 19

• he order the building of new roads, canals and bridges.
• Old buildings were fixed and new ones were built
• L’arc de triumph was built to celebrate Napoleons victories in wars

Question 20

Legion d’honneur

Answer 20

• 1802
• intended to bring together French citizens
• the highest award a citizencould recieve
• it is still given out today

Question 21

What does divine rights of kings mean?

Answer 21

Whenever he speaks you need to listen because it is coming from god / on behalf of god. Because not everyone will listen to the king but they will all listen to god.

Question 22

Reign of terror

Answer 22

1st part
Robespierre used the guilatine to scare the people to push out the royalist

2nd
They took it to far and was beheading anyone against the revolution