PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Human Rights are the basic rights given to all people.
Tyranny is the unjust use of power.
King Louis XVI was a French king who hated rebellion and the British.
Queen Marie Antoinette was married to King Louis XVI, and she tried to flee to Austria, but was caught and returned to Paris.
Estates are social classes. (The Clergy, the Aristocracy, and The Bourgeoisie.)
Estate General is an assembly made up of representatives from all three estates.
Aristocracy or nobles made up the Second Estate.
Bourgeoise or middle class stood at the top of the Third Estate.
A National Assembly is a government cons,sting of delegates from the Third Estate.
Fall of the Bastille was when a large crowd managed to set the prisoners free.
Tennis Court Oath is when they gathered on the King's tennis courts to write a new constitution for the government.
Declaration of the rights of man and citizen said that government got it's power from the people, not the king. It also stated basic freedoms.
National Convention declared France a republic based on the universe male suffrage.
Radicals are people who favor quick and far-reaching changes to set up a new government.
Many members of the convection were jacobins, a radical revolutionary group.
Maximilian Robespierre gained increased power until he became the leader of the Committee of Public Safety.
Robespierre was a man who killed anyone suspected of being disloyal to the revolution or who might favored the returned of the Monarchy.
Reign of Terror was time period when some 40,000 people, including Queen Marie Antoinette, died.
Directory is when middle class leaders set up a five-person council to run the government, but it lacked the support of the people.
Napoleon Bonaparte was making a name for himself in the French Army during this time.
Coup d'état is swift seizure of government.
Dictatorship is a government run by a government.
Napoleonic Code is a new legal system based on Enlightenment ideals.
