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The French Revolution
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- 1The French RevolutionTook place after the American Revolution
- 2The King & Queen of FranceKing Louis
Queen Marie Antoinette - 3EnlightenmentNew way of thinking
Questioning ideas
Democracy - 4French Writers of the EnlightenmentRousseau
Voltaire - 5The Estates GeneralThe name for the French Government
- 6The First EstateThe Church
Rich - Tithe
Pay no taxes - 7The Second EstateThe Nobility
100,000
Pay no taxes - 8The Third EstateThe rest of the French population
90% of the population
Ordinary people
Pay all the taxes - 9The French Government were bankruptExcess spending .......
War
Extravagant Lifestyle - 10Who were the only group to pay taxes??The Third Estate
- 11Who doesn't want change to take place??The king & Queen
The First Estate - Church
The Second Estate - Nobility - 12On return from America...... How do you think the 6,000 French soldiers felt about France??They wanted change
They wanted freedom
They wanted democracy - 13National AssemblyNew name for the third estate that wanted change
- 14The Tennis Court OathPromise
They would not go home until the third estate had gotten change - 15—Tri colour
Red & Blue = Traditional Colours of Paris
White = Monarchy - 16Sans ColottesThe Poor people of Paris
- 17The BastilleFrench Prison in the centre of Paris
- 18—Storming the Bastille
- 19Old system of government was calledThe Ancien Regime
- 20Born to be KingDivine Right of Kings
- 21Voting System was Rigged How?Block Voting
1 group got one vote
1st & 2nd Estate would always vote with king - 22Third Estate made an Oath on the Tennis Court What was it?Wouldn't leave until they got change
New fair laws - 23Location of the Royal PalaceVersailles
- 24King & Queen tried to escape France to go where?Holland
- 25Where were the King & Queen captured?Varennes
- 26How were the King & Queen killed?By Guillotin
- 27A time of fear in FranceThe Reign of Terror
- 28Leader of the committee of public safetyRobespierre
- 29How many were killed in the Reign of Terror?40,000
- 30What type of people were killed in the Reign of terror?Clergy
Nobility
Shopkeepers who overcharged
Any enemy of the revolution - 31The radicals of the revolution Wanted change to happen quicklyJacobins
- 32How was Robespierre killed?Guillotine
- 33New Emperor of FranceNapoleon Bonaparte
- 34France was no longer an absolute monarchy..... it was a...A republic
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- High School Diploma History - JC Flashcards on The French Revolution, created by aileen Mc on 06/02/2015.
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