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May 3, 1469
Machiavelli
He was an Italian historian, philosopher, humanist, and writer during the Renaissance. His ideas were used t form a uniform regime. -
Nov 10, 1483
Martin Luther
His ideas proved to be a long standing grievance against the catholic church and were used in the revolution. -
Conseil D'artois
This was when the conseil was established. It was a judicial body and Robesperre worked for them.They exercised the same functions of parliament. -
Montesquieu
He was a political thinker who had a big influence on the enlightenment. His ideas carried over to the revolution.He died Feb. 150h 1755. -
Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas
He was Louis XVI's advisor and helped Louis restore parliament. He died Nov. 21st 1781 -
Adam Smith
Engalnd used his "Wealth of Nations" speech to fix economy while France tried taxation. He died on JUly 17th 1790 -
Jacques Necker
He was a swiss banker and the general of finance for Louis XVI. -
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès
He was a French Roman Catholic clergyman and one of the chief theorists of the French Revolution -
Louis XVI
Louis XVI was a bourbon monarch who ruled France until 1791. -
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was married to Louis XVI and wasn't liked by many. -
7 Years' War
France had a disadvantage of location and the 7 years war led to frances defeat which helped start the revolution. -
Lafayette
He was a frech soldier from an old noble family in Avergne. He became an orphan at 12. -
Maximilien Robespierre
He was a french lawyer, politician and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. He was a hesitant and fragile man. -
Admiral Nelson
He was a flag officer famous for his service in the Royal Navy during Napoleons reign. He led a fleet of ships to destroy british ships. -
Danton
He was born in a small market town and was the 5th child and 1st boy. -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon was a french army general who overthrew the directory. -
Louis XVII
He was Louis XVI and Marie's son. He was arrested and died of natural causes on June 8th 1795. -
3rd Estate
This was established and Sieyes said that it represented the people and the other 2 estates were meaningless. -
Tennis Court Oath
Mny powerful people including Robespierre signed this revolutionary oath. -
Cordeliers Club
Danton was the leader of this populist club during the revolution. -
Committee of Public Safety
The committee formed on this day and this was also when Robespierre said he opposed brissots war policy. -
Revolutionary Tribunal
The tribunal gets started by Danton and is used to create fear in citizens to protect them. -
Committee of Public Safety
This was when the committee was formally created and Danton was the leader. -
Robespierre's Speech
Robespierre made a speech about political mortality and was arrested the next day. -
Dantons Arrest
George Danton was arrested march 30th and executed april 5th. His last words were "Do not forget to show my head to the people, it is well worth seeing". -
Robespiere & Committee of Public Safety
Robespierre took over the committee of public safety and this led to his dowfall when he was executed on july 28th. -
Robespierres Death
Robespierre was arrested on the 27th and executed the next day. -
Directory
Napoleon and others declared a rebellion against the National Convention after they were excluded from a new government, the Directory. -
Directory
This was a body of five directors that held executive power in France. The 1st 5 were Carnot, Reubell, Leteurneur, La Revelliere-Lepareaux and Barras. This ended Nov 10th 1799. -
The Revolution
The revolution was able to reestablish a bright line between public and private interests. -
Karl Marx
Karl Marx created marxism which thought that the revolution was a class struggle for power. -
Francois Furet
He believed that the revolution was dominated by fear and he took the failure of constitutional monarchy for granted. He is a french historian.
