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21 Cards in this Set
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factions
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dissenting groups of people
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Marquis de Lafayette
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the aristocratic "hero of two worlds" who fought alongside George Washington in the American Revolution. he headed to the National guard( the first group to do the tricolor)???
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Olympe de Gouges
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she was a journalist who demanded equal rights in her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen " all citizens...must be equally eligible for all public offices, positions, and jobs."
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Marie Antoinette
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(daughter of Maria Theresa + brother of Joseph II) She did care for the peasants, but her lifestyle overshadowed the small deeds she performed for them. Her elegantly pure lifestyle angered the peasants, specifically the women, and they made their way to the palace in search of her. |
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émigrés
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nobles, clergy, and others who fled France and it's revolutionary forces
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sans-clottes
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IN PARIS sans-clottes were the working class men and women
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republic
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government ruled by elected representatives in place of a monarchy
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jacobins
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a revolutionary political club; mostly middle-class lawyersor intellectuals. used pamphleteers and newspapers to advance the republican cause
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Great Fear |
The great fear was a point in time where rumors resulted in the peasants setting fire to old manor records and stealing grain from storehouses as a form of "revenge" on the nobles. The RUMORS were that there were attacks on many towns and villages and that the government was seizing peasants' crops... The GREAT FEAR the peasants endured resulted in their state of panic. |
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What was the slogan of the French Revolution? |
Liberty,Equality,Fraternity |
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The National Assembly "gave up" their privileges as a result of peasant revolts. What were some of those privileges? |
-attempted to abolish the social order/feudalism -(more?) |
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The National Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of man and the Citizen. What were 3 of the ideas in their declaration? |
-all men are born and will remain free and equal in rights -liberty, property,security,and resistance to oppression -government exists to protect natural rights of citizens -all male citizens are equal before the law -every Frenchman has equal rights to hold public office with no distinction other than that of their virtues and talents -freedom of religion -no taxes to be levied according to the ability to pay |
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One idea in the Declaration of the rights of Man and the Citizen was that all Frenchmen had equal right to hold public office with no distinction other than that of their virtues and talents, but which group did this NOT apply to? |
women of course |
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Women like Olympe de Gouges were punished, but how so? |
they were typically imprisoned and executed |
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What were the National Assembly's 2 main goals? |
-draft a constitution -solve financial crisis |
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How did the national assembly intend on solving the financial crisis? Did they sell anything? Hire anyone? |
They took over and sold church lands |
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The National Assembly reached their goal of creating a constitution called the Constitution of 1791. What did it set up? What did it do for the new Legislative Assembly? |
It set up a limited monarchy in place of an absolute one and it gave the Legislative Assembly certain powers |
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What power did the new Legislative assembly have? |
They could -make laws -collect taxes -decide on issues on war and peace |
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The constitution of 1791 set up a limited monarchy, gave the new legislative assembly certain powers, and did what other 4 things? |
-ended the revolution -lawmakers had to be tax paying male citizens over 25 -equality before law for all MALECITIZENS -ended church interference with the gov. |
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Louis and his wife Marie Antoinette and her kids attempted and failed at what in response to the growing radicalism? |
They tried to escape |
