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Jacques Necker
Jacques Necker was a Genevan banker who became a finance minister for Louis XVI and a French statesman. Necker played a key role in French history before and during the first period of the French Revolution. -
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
Louis XVI was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as Citizen Louis Capet during the four months just before he was executed by guillotine. In 1765, upon the death of his father, Louis, Dauphin of France, he became the new Dauphin. -
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 -
Formation of the nation
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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 -
Attack on the Bastille
The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval armory, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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