Gaul French Revolution Test Review

The Declaration of Independence & Declaration of the Rights of Man emphasized the idea of the governments must do what?

What is the main difference between the Girondin (G) and Mountain (M)?

Military genius who overthrew the Directory in a coup d'etat

France's chief tax and main source of revenue for the king.

Which estate owned 10% of the land in France and accounted for 0.5% of the country's total population?

In 1791 the unrest in France alarmed the other monarchs of Europe because they feared that...?

Leader of the Paris Commune; responsible for turning the Revoluiton down a radical path as the 1st head of the CPS

Which two estates did NOT pay the Taille in France in pre-Revolutionary France as one of their special privileges?

Brutal head of the Committee of Public Safety who was largely responsible for the Reign of Terror.

How did Napoleon gain control of the French government?

Who was the brutal head of the Committee of Public Safety that took the French Revolution down its violent path?

The French middle class. The "upper tier" of the 3rd estates consisting of educated and often wealthy professionals.

In an attempt to stem off complete financial collapse, what was Louis XVI's solution?

A special 12 member group created by the National Convention to defend France from all enemies foreign & domestic.

French author and playwright who wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Women and Female Citizen.

What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?

France's traditional representative body made up of delegates from all three estates.

Violent period of French history where 40,000 people were executed as enemies by the Committee of Public Safety.

During the Reign of Terror, why did the Committee of Public Safety set up revolutionary courts?

The unequal divisions in French society that had existed since the Middle Ages

Austrian princess who married into French royalty, became the queen of France, and was also executed for treason.

A statment of principles by the French Revolutionaries for the country they hoped to create based on the Enlightenment

Under the Constitution of 1791, who would share power with the king and make laws in France?

What were the divisions of French society that dated back to the middle ages known as?

A prison and armory in Paris that was a symbol of royal oppression. It's destruction was the beginning of the Revolution

Societal norms heldover from France's feudal past that kept the peasantry permanemtly in debt to the nobility.

Statement for womens' rights written in response to women being left out of the statement of revolutionary principles

In its attempts to create a new country that reflected a belief in reason, the National Convention did what?

It's nickname was the "national razor"; a machine for executing people.

The King of France who is overthrown and killed during the French Revolution.

The most radical group within the Paris Commune. Name means "without the pants of the wealthy"

In June 1789, the new National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath. What was this Oath?