World History French Revolution

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How many Estates were there?

1

How many vote/members for each Estate?

1st and 2nd estate voted against the 3rd estate due to taxes

Were there any voting blocs among the Estates General?

The 3rd estate walks out of the Estates General because the 1st and 2nd estates didn't pay taxes and they were the only ones who did, so they walked out and called themselves the National Assembly.

Which estate will break away and why?

The Tennis Court Oath

All members had to sign?

The Bastille was a prison and torture center for prisoners. The prisoners were mostly people who didn't pay their taxes.

What was the Bastille?

This was the first political violent uprising that showed the revolutionaries that the third estate meant business.

Why was the Storming of the Bastille so important? What did this show the revolutionaries?

Conservatives

They felt that the revolution went too far. They favored a king with limited power and control.

Radicals

They wanted to kill the king and become a Republic. They had more drastic changes.

Moderates

They didn't have many extreme views on the Revolution.

The National Assembly had confiscated the Church Lands
The National Assembly started printing Assignats and bearing notes for the Church Lands as security.
They also started depreciating the Assignat by making them paper instead of coin. This caused infla

What controversial actions will be taken in order to help finance the new government of France? What was the biggest controversial action they did?

Religious Divisions- People were being forced to become atheist and not believe in God anymore which divided them from the Church, which was a very big part of politics
War- Outsiders who attack France caused France to become very unstable because there w

List and explain some of the major causes of the instability of France.

The French people rebelled because they had had enough of being the only people in France who had to pay taxes. Also, they wanted a Republic, not a monarchy, so they decided to rebel against their own government.

Why did the French people rebel?

They just changed their name slightly.

Why did the National Assembly change their name to the National Convention?

Both groups did not like the king, but one group didn't want to kill him while the other did. The one group wanted the king to be exiled. The Girondists were the Conservatives while the Jacobins were the Radicals. Both group's power bases were located in

Similarities and differences of the Montagnards and the Girondists?

Created by Maximilian Robespierre and they will create a court system to try people who were against the Revolution.

The Committee of Public Safety: Who started it and what they will create?

Maximilian Robespierre

The main guy who started the Revolution. Killed both King Louis and Queen Marie Antoinette. He was a Democrat who killed Georges Danton because of jealousy. Responsible for Reign of Terror and he loved watching executions.

Georges Danton

He was one of the guys who started the Revolution and he was a leader and an orator. He was for the Revolution and was the First President of the Committee of Public Safety. Beheaded by his best friend.

Law of Suspects

Started on September 17, 1793. This law stated that if anyone wasn't enthusiastic about the Revolution, then they could be placed under house arrest.

This was the adoption of a new Republican Calendar which abolished Sundays and religious holidays. In this new calendar, the months were named after seasonal features and the 7-day weeks were replaced with 10-day weeks and the beginning of the year was wh

The De-Christianation Program

The Directory had a new constitution and new government. They made it so only men who had property could vote. They had proposed laws with 300 members in the Lower House. They eliminated Universal Manhood Suffrage. On the other hand, in the Upper House, t

How will the Directory be different from the National Convention?

Jean Paul Marat gets murdered because Charlotte Corday murders him for putting her family's name on the list he makes for executions. His job was to write up any people's names who didn't support the Revolution. His death lead to more death because people

Why will Jean Paul Marat murdered and why? What he did for a living? How did his death lead to more death?