History
Estate System
Jean Paul Marat
Guillotine
Bastille
Jacques Necker
Tennis Court Oath
Reign of Terror
Peninsular War
Second Estate (nobility)
Third Estate (commoners)
First Estate(Clergy)
Church officials
Monarch (king)
less than 2% of the population
was about 2% of the population
owns about 20% of the land
Nobles and social elites
wealthy merchants, servants, peasants
made up of 80 % of the population
Treated the worst amongst the estates
King Louis XVI's desperately trying to address France's economic crisis. He decided to bring all the Generals from each estate together
The Third Estate made up most of the population, but were not represented enough
In short they vowed to never stop until the new French constitution had been adopted
Politician, journalist, physician
Forced to flee to England for his write ups about the Jacques Neckers
Radical during the French Revolution
When he came back, he started warning everybody for what the émigrés will do and to restore the monarch
He gradually started to believe the monarchy should be abolished
He became one of the most prominent members of the Convention and was a symbol for the Montagnards
Military conflict between Napoleon's empire and Spain
United Kingdom and Portugal assisted Spanish
The fight was for control of the Iberian Peninsula; one of the Napoleonic War
humane method of execution
People would spectate killings at the Guillotine
French physician who was part of the National Assembly named Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
Everyone dies equally with no pain
Guillotine got out of hand near the end of the revolution and nearly anyone who wasn't enthusiastic about the revolution could die
Government experiencing constant change and the government was in crisis
foreign countries attacking France taking leverage of their crisis
Dark and violent period of time during the French Revolution
Maximilien Robespierre started the Reign of Terror where anyone who was not enthusiastic about the revolution would get guillotined
To end the Reign of Terror the people decided to kill the creator itself, Maximilien Robespierre
Place of detention for the "important" prisoners charging serious offenses
Bastille was stormed by a mob of Parisians as a symbol of Revolution and to throw off the monarchy - July 14, 1789
medieval fortress on the side of Paris which became a French prison.
The people demolished the prison in the order of the Revolutionary government
He made many reforms to reduce the crowns power
he imposed different structural reforms on how the royal finances were administered
Swiss banker; King Luis XVI's finance minister
His political career ened in 1790
King Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
Versailles
Robespierre
King and Queen of France during the French Revolution
King Louis was not planned to be in power and was never trained to
Mary Antoinette married very young and did not bear a child until very late
Mary was blamed when Louis had a medical problem
They were not experienced or did not know how to rule a kingdom. Louis did try but the second and first estate did not comply
the place the king and queen used to live before the French Revolution
It was a massive palace with a huge garden
Radical Jacobin leader and one of the main leaders during the French Revolution.
He created the Reign of Terror and soon became the dictator of the French Revolution
He was overthrown when he made an overnight threat to his members.
Continental System
it was created to paralyze Great Britain
During the war, Neutral countries and France could not trade with the British
Waterloo
This battle ends the reign of Napoleon and France
The Prussians and British defeated the French
Belgium June 18, 1815
It was lavish and that did not help with defending the monarchy during the revolution
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