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Louis XVI
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Louis XVI was the king of France during the French Revolution and was married to Marie Antoinette. He was executed.
Significant as shows the politics during the French Revolution. |
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Marie Antoinette
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Marie Antoinette was the Queen of France and married to Louis XVI. Known for her extravagant spending on jewelry. Was executed.
Significant as shows the royalty of France. |
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The Estates General
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The Estates General was a meeting of the classes of France, being the clergy, nobility, and common people. Common people had low representation.
Significant as shows reason for revolt as low representation of the peasants. |
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The National Assembly
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The National Assembly was a transitional government for the government of France after the Estates General.
Significant as shows the new type of government in France. |
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The Bastille
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The Bastille was the French State Fortress that was used as a state prison by the French Kings. Was stormed and was known for its storming.
Its significant as this was a turning point in the Revolution. |
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Jean Paul Marat
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Marat was known for his radical philosophies and Radical Movement. Was assassinated for his views.
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Emigre
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Emigres were the politicians/ public figures that fled the country in fear of assassination.
Significant as shows where many of the country's politicians fled. |
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Assignats
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Assignats were paper values that the government printed to represent the value of Church Lands.
Significant as was a failure. |
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The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
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This was a law passed by the French Government that subordinated the Roman Catholic Church in French Government.
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Georges-Jacques Danton
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A leading figure in the early stages on the French Revolution and was the President of the Committee on Public Safety.
Significant as shows the undergoings of the French Revolution. |
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Olympe de Gouges
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French Feminist and Abolitionist who went against the French Revolution and was executed.
Significant as new people were becoming executed. |
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Jacobins
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A Jacobin is a French Revolutionist who supports a centralized republic with power made at the federal level.
Significant as shows different groups in the revolution. |
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San-Culottes
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The San Culottes were the radical left wing of the French Government, dominated by urbaners.
Significant as shows different group from Jacobins. |
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Girondins
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A political group in the French Revolution that wanted to end the monarchy.
Significant as shows the people against the monarchy. |
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Edmund Burke
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Edmund Burke was a political philosophist who served in the house of commons in England, opposed the French Revolution.
Significant as opposed French Revolution. |
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Declaration of Pilnitz
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The Declaration of Pilnitz was a declaration by the Holy Roman Empire that vowed to help end the French Revolution.
Significant as helps show other countries going against the revolutionaries. |
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Valmy
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Valmy was the first major victory for the French Revolutionaries after the Monarchy was overthrown. The Duke of Brunswick attempted to march on Paris, but the French army stopped it.
Significant as major psychological boost to Revolutionaries. |
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Vendee
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The War in Vendee was a Royalist Rebellion and counterrevolution in the Vendee Region of France during the French Revolution.
Significant as a new counterrevolution. |
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The Terror
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The Reign of Terror was a period of violence after the French Revolution between rival factions.
Significant as shows the terror in France |
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Levee en masse
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Levee en masse was a French term for conscription in France.
Significant as a draft was occuring. |
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Committee on Public Safety
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Committee on Public Safety was headed by Robespierre and was made to protect the welfare of the country from foreign attack and inside traitors.
Significant as shows the people trying to maintain order. |
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Enrages
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A Radical left group more left than the Jacobins. Thought that liberty was number one priority.
Significant as shows different political groups of the time. |
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Maximilian Robespierre
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French Revolutionary who was part of the estates-general, who advocated for French Ideals such as abolition of the death penalty.
Significant as major player in the Revolution. |
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De-Christianization
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De-Christianization was a result of a number of policies in the French-Revolution aimed at getting rid of the Catholic Church.
Significant as shows the anti-catholic views. |
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Thermidor
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Refers to the 11th month of the French Republican Calender.
Significant as is known as retreat of regular goals. |
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The Directory
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The Directory was a body of five directors that directed the country preceeding the consulate.
Significant as shows the rise of Napoleon due to failure. |
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Eighteen Brumaire
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The Eighteen Brumaire was the coup d' etat in which Napoleon replaced the Directory with the Consulate.
Significant as shows new direction of the French Government. |
