PRESENTATION OUTLINE
HUMAN RIGHTS ARE THE BASIC RIGHTS GIVEN TO ALL PEOPLE.
TYRANNY IS THE UNJUST USE OF POWER IN THIS CASE THE FRENCH MONARCHY
King Louis was a extravagant and weak ruler during the French Revolution who was the last King of France and was beheaded by the guillotine
QUEEN MARIE ANTOINETTE WAS...
- The Austrian-born Queen of France,
- Who like her husband was a weak and extravagant leader.
- She was executed by the guillotine
THE ESTATES ARE...
- Social Classes
- Clergy (preist, Bishops, Cardinals etc. made up the first Estate
- The aristocracy made up the second Estate
- Everyone else made up the third Estate.
THE ESTATE GENERAL IS...
- The French Legislative body which consisted of representatives from
- Each estate.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WAS...
- The government that consisted of representatives from the third estate.
THE FALL OF THE BASTILLE WAS....
- When a crowd of people stormed amd raided the prison/armory
- Which was a symbol of the King's Power and stole the weapons
TENNIS COURT OATH WAS...
- The writting of the new constitution on Louis XVI indoor Tennis court
- After Louis XVI kicked them out the Palace of Versailles.
DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND CITIZEN WAS....
- Written by Marquis De Lafeyette with ideas from Thomas Jefferson
- Stated that the Government got its power from the people, not the king
- It also stated basic freedoms.
NATIONAL CONVENTION WAS...
- The convention that declared France a republic based n universal male
- Sufferage.
- They inited armies torotect the rev. From other European armies.
- They also evoked the guillotine to get rid of enemies from within France.
RADICALS WERE...
- PEOPLE WHO FAVORED QUICK AND FAR-REACHING CHANGES TO SET UP A
- New government.
JACOBINS WERE...
- A radical revolutionary group.
ROBESPIERRE WAS...
- A lawyer who became the leader of the Committee of Public Safety
- Who brought about the Reign of Terror
- He was executed by guillotine.
REGIN OF TERROR WAS...
- The mass execution of 25,000-40,000 people bu the guillotine
THE DIRECTORY WAS...
- A council that consisted of five men that ruled France.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE WAS...
- A renowned French general who Became The Dictator Of France
- And latter the emperor of France.
DICTATORSHIP IS...
- THE RULE BY SOMEONE, BONAPARTE WHO HAD ABSOLUTE POWER
- Over a country, France.
NAPOLEONIC CODE WAS...
- A UNIFORM SET OF LAWS THAT RESTORED POWER TO CATHOIC CHURCH
- Set up banking systems and ended gov. Corruption.
COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY WAS...