French Revolution

Succeeded the Legislative Assembly in 1792; dominated by the Jacobins

• Sans-Culottes
• "Liberte,egalite, fraternite"
• The Storming of the Bastille
• National Convention

Began in 1793 under the rule of Robespierre; sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution"; around 40,000 were executed, with the vast majority being those of the lower or middle class, for whom the Revolution has supposedly begun

• Tennis Court Oath
• First Estate
• Reign of Terror
• Second Estate

Comprised of Bourgeoise, urban lower class, and peasant farmers; held little influence on government; 97% of the population of France in 1787; paid 50% of income taxes

• Third Estate
• Estates-General
• Georges Danton
• First Estate

refugees from France who wanted to stop the Revolution and restore the Old Regime; made up of in part nobility, Catholic Royalists, and anti-Republicans

• Bread
• National Assembly
• Emigres
• Regis of Terror

When locked out of the government meeting room, it was pledged by the Third Estate to stay until a new constitution was written; some members of the nobles and clergy supported them, causing the king to station his mercenary Swiss guards around Versailles

• Emigres
• Estates-General
• Tennis Court Oath
• The Great Fear

Made up of the nobles in French Society; held highest government offices; 2% of the population of France in 1787; 0% paid income taxes

• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• National Convention
• Reign of Terror

Written in August 1789; influenced by the American Declaration of Independence; stated "men are born and remain free and equal in rights"; guaranteed citizens equal justice, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion

• Maximilien Robespierre
• The Declaration of the RIghts of Man and the Citizen
• Louis XVI
• Legislative Assembly

The name the Third Estate took for themselves, suggested by a speech given by clergyman Sieyes; perhaps the first deliberate act of the revolution, as it called for the end of absolute monarchy

• The Storming of the Bastille
• Jacobins
• National Assembly
• Legislative Assembly

Happened July 14, 1789; after rumors of a foreign attacks, citizens began to gather weapons; they took this Paris prison, looking for gunpowder and arms; now a national holiday in France like U.S. independence day

• Tennis Court Oath
• The Directory
• The Storming of the Bastille
• National Convention

The First Estate was made up of this group.

• clergy

• common people
• nobles
• kings and queens