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Jacques Necker
- He was a Genevan banker -He became finance minister of Louis XVI and a French statesman -Played a big role during the first period of the French Revolution
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Emmanuel Josephy Sieyes
-A french roman catholic abbe', clergyman and a political writer
-Was a chief political theorist of the french revolution
-He held offices in the governments of the french consulate and the first french empire -
Olympe De Gouges
-A French playwright and political activist
-Wrote about Womens Rights and aboltionism
-She created an audience in various countries -
Louis XVI
- King of france -He was executed by Guillotine -He was bad at making decisions causing chaos
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Marie Antionett
-Queen of france
-They blame her for financial problems
-She gambled and liked expensive things -
Marquis De Lafayette
-A french aristocrat
-Military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War
Commanded troops in several battles, including the siege of yorktown -
Maximilien Robespierre
-A french lawyer and statesman
-One of the best known and influential figures of the french revolution
-He campaigned for universal manhood suffrage, celibacy, clergy and slavery -
Calling of the estates
-Composed of 3 estates: clergy, nobility and commoners
-Had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes to undertake reforms
-The opening of this, also marked the start of the french revolution -
Tennis court oath
-Valued "Not to separate and to resemble where ever necessary, until the constitution of the kingdom is established"
-It was a pivital event in the french revolution -
Formation of the nation
- It was a revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the third estate of the estates general
- Its called the National assembly -They represented at least 96% of the nation
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Attack on the Bastille
- A state prison on the east side of Paris known as the Bastille -The prison had become a symbol of the Monarchy's Dictatorial Rule -The events became one of the defining moments in the revolution that followed
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Execution of Louis XVI
-A major event of the french revolution
-The national convention had convicted the king of high treason
-no one voted "not guilty" -
Reign of terror
-Was a period of the french revolution
-Rival with Girondins and the Jacobins
-The death toll ranged in the tens of thousands, 16594 were executed -
National Convention is formed
-Followed the year national constituent assembly and the one year legislative assembly
-It was the first government in France
-The convention was to abolish the absolute monarchy and to transform France into republic -
The directory is formed
-The French revolutionary government set up by the constitution of the year 3
-It lasted 4 years
-It included a bicameral legislature known as the corps legislative
