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1789
DATE OF THE BEGINNING OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
JUNE 1789
DATE OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE ESTATES-GENERAL AND THE TENNIS COURT OATH
JULY 1789
DATE OF THE STORMING OF THE BASTILLE
JULY-AUGUST 1789
DATE OF THE GREAT FEAR
JUNE 1789-OCTOBER 1791
PERIOD OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
OCTOBER 1791-AUGUST 1792
PERIOD OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
SEPTEMBER 1792-JULY 1794
PERIOD OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
1794-1799
PERIOD OF THE DIRECTORY
1799
DATE OF NAPOLEON'S COUP D'ETAT
AUGUST 1792
DATE OF THE SECOND FRENCH REVOLUTION
1793
DATE OF THE EXECUTION OF KING LOUIS XVI
1793-1794
PERIOD OF THE REIGN OF TERROR
OLD REGIME
TERM THAT REFERS TO THE WAY FRANCE WAS BEFORE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
ABSOLUTISM
GOVERNMENT WHERE SOMEONE HAS ALL OF THE POWER
CONSTITUTIONALISM
GOVERNMENT WHERE POWER IS SHARED
MERCANTILISM
GOVERNMENT-RUN ECONOMY THAT WAS PART OF THE OLD REGIME
CAPITALISM
FREE ENTERPRISE ECONOMIC SYSTEM THAT REPLACED MERCANTILISM AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
FIRST ESTATE
CLERICAL (CLERGY) ORDER IN THE ESTATES GENERAL
SECOND ESTATE
NOBLE ORDER IN THE ESTATES-GENERAL
TAILLE
TAX ON LAND
TITHE
CHURCH TAX
THIRD ESTATE
ORDER OF COMMONERS IN THE ESTATES-GENERAL
PEASANTRY
RURAL LOWER CLASS THAT WORKED ON THE LAND
BANALITE
FEES PAID BY PEASANTS IN THE OLD REGIME, FOR USE OF NOBLE OVENS, WINEPRESS, FORESTS, ETC.
CORVEE
UNPAID LABOR FORCED UPON PEASANTS IN THE OLD REGIME
BOURGEOISIE
URBAN MIDDLE CLASS
PARIS
CAPITAL OF FRANCE, WHERE MOST OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OCCURRED
LOUIS XVI
KING OF FRANCE DURING FRENCH REVOLUTION
BOURBON
DYNASTY OF THE FRENCH KINGS IN THE OLD REGIME
ESTATES-GENERAL
OLD REGIME REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF FRANCE
VOTING BY ORDER
TRADITIONAL WAY OF VOTING IN ESTATES-GENERAL, IN WHICH EASCH ESTATE HAS ONE VOTE
VOTING BY HEAD
THIRD ESTATE-SUPPORTED WAY OF VOTING IN ESTATES-GENERAL, IN WHICH EASCH REPRESENTATIVE HAS ONE VOTE
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
LEGISLATURE OF FRANCE AFTER THE TENNIS COURT OATH
TENNIS COURT OATH
SWORN BY THIRD ESTATE IN JUNE 1789--POMISED TO WRITE A CONSTITUTION FOR FRANCE, AND GOVERN IT AS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY UNTIL THAT CONSTITUTION WAS WRITTEN
BASTILLE
STORMED BY PARISIAN WORKERS JULY 1789
GREAT FEAR
PEASANT UPRISING IN THE SUMMER OF 1789
AUGUST 4 DECREES
1789 LEGISLATION BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY THAT ENDED NOBLE PRIVILEGES IN FRANCE
DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND CITIZEN
1789 LEGISLATION BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY THAT PROVIDED INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS LIKE SPEECH AND PRESS
CIVIL CONSTITUTION OF THE CLERGY
1790 LEGISLATION BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY THAT PUT THE CATHILIC CHURCH UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
GOVERNMENT IN WHICH KING SHARES POWER, USUALLY WITH A LEGISLATURE
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
LEGISLATURE OF FRANCE AFTER THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FINISHED WRITING CONSTITUTION AND DISBANDED
WAG THE DOG TACTICS
GOVERNMENT PRACTICE OF STARTING WAR TO UNIFY NATION AND DISTRACT FROM DOMESTIC PROBLEMS
COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY
ANYONE WHO ACTIVELY OPPOSES THE AIMS OF THE REVOLUTION
NATIONAL CONVENTION
GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED AFTER THE 2ND FRENCH REVOLUTION
PARIS COMMUNE
RADICAL GROUP OF LOWER CLASS PARISIANS THAT PUSHED THE REVOLUTION TO BE MORE RADICAL
JACOBINS
POLITICAL PARTY OF RADICAL BOURGEOISIE
ROBESPIERRE
LEADER OF JACOBINS DURING REIGN OF TERROR
SECOND FRENCH REVOLUTION
AUGUST 1792 UPRISING THAT OVERTHREW THE MONARCHY AND REPLACED THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY WITH THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
REPUBLIC
GOVERNMENT WITHOUT A KING, USUALLY WITH REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
REGICIDE
KILLING OF A KING
COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO IDENTIFY AND PUNISH ENEMIES OF THE REVOLUTION DURING THE REIGN OF TERROR
LEVEE EN MASSE
AUGUST 1793 UNIVERSAL MOBILIZATION OF FRANCE TO FIGHT EXTERNAL ENEMIES
REIGN OF TERROR
1793-4 PERIOD OF FRENCH REVOLUTION WHEN THOUSANDS OF SUSPECTED ENEMIES WERE EXECUTED
REACTION
POLITICAL ACTIVITY CAUSED BY A REPULSION AGAINST THE EXTREME POLICIES OF CURRENT GOVERNMENT AND A DESIRE TO RESTORE A PAST GOVERNMENT
THERMIDOR
NAME GIVEN TO THE JULY 1794 REACTION AGAINST THE REIGN OF TERROR AND OVERTHROW OF ROBESPIERRE/CPS
COUP D'ETAT
SUDDEN OVERTHROW OF A GOVERNMENT BY A SMALL BAND, USUALLY MILITARY
DIRECTORY
POST-THERMIDOR GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE, 1794-9
NAPOLEON
HIS COUP D'ETAT OVERTHREW THE DIRECTORY
NATIONALISM
IDENTIFICATION WITH AND PRIDE IN ONE'S NATION
FIRST CONSUL
TITLE NAPOLEON TOOK IN 1799, IN EMULATION OF CAESAR
CONSTITUTION OF 1801
NAPOLEON'S CONSTITUTION OFFERING TRADE-OFF TO FRENCH: EQUALITY IN EXCHANGE FOR LIBERTY
CIVIL CODE
NAPOLEON'S CENTRALIZATION OF FRENCH LAWS, ALSO CALLED NAPOLEONIC CODE
NAPOLEONIC CODE
NAPOLEON'S CENTRALIZATION OF FRENCH LAWS, ALSO CALLED CIVIL CODE
REPUBLIC
KINGLESS GOVERNMENT RULED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE
SECOND/ THIRD COALITIONS
MILITARY ENEMIES OF NAPOLEON 1799-1807 (AUSTRIA, RUSSIA, PRUSSIA, ENGLAND)
GRAND EMPIRE
NAPOLEON'S EMPIRE
CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE
UNION OF GERMAN STATES, EXCEPT AUSTRIA & PRUSSIA
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
NAVAL DEFEAT OF NAPOLEON BY BRITAIN
CONTINENTAL SYSTEM
NAPOLEON'S ATTEMPT TO DEFEAT ENGLAND ECONOMICALLY BY BLOCKING BRITISH GOODS FROM REACHING THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT
NATIONALISM
STRONG PRIDE IN ONE'S NATION (PEOPLE, LANGUAGE, HISTORY, ETC.)
ONE HUNDRED DAYS
1814 RULE OF NAPOLEON AFTER HE ESCAPED FROM ELBA
BATTLE OF WATERLOO
FINAL BATTLE WHICH DEFEATED NAPOLEON
1799
DATE OF NAPOLEON'S COUP
1804
DATE OF NAPOLEON'S CROWNING AS EMPEROR
1805
DATE OF BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR
1812
DATE OF NAPOLEON'S INVASION OF RUSSIA
1815
DATE OF BATTLE OF WATERLOO