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bourgeoisie
Bourgeoisie are the terms that describe a historical range of socio-economic classes. -
Louis XVI
Louis XVI was a Bourbon monarch was King of France and Navarre until 1791. From 1791-1792 he was the King of the French, and was executed in 1793 -
Marie Antoinette
In April 1770, on the day of her marriage to Louis-Auguste, she became Dauphine of France. Antoinette assumed the title of Queen of France and of Navarre when her husband, Louis XVI of France, ascended the throne upon the death of Louis XV in May 1774. -
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien Robespierre was a French lawyer, politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution. He opposed war with Austria and the possibility of a coup by La Fayette. -
George Jacques Danton
George Jacques Danton was a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution and the first President of the Committee of Public Safety. A moderating influence on the Jacobins, he was guillotined by the advocates of revolutionary terror. -
Estates- General of 1789
Estates- General of 11789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General. The meeting was called by King Louis XVI to try and find solutions of his government's financial problems -
National Assembly
The National Assembly was a transitional body between the Estates-General and the National Constituent Assembly. -
Fall of the Bastille
The Bastille was a prison in Paris. It was regarded by the common people as a symbol of the tyranny of the aristocracy, and so when the revolution started a mob stormed the Bastille expecting to find it full of political prisoners. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen is a important document of the French Revolution, defining the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal. -
Guillotine
Guillotine is a device designed for carrying out executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame in which a weighted and angled blade is raised to the top and suspended. -
National Convention
National Convention, also known as the Convention, was the constitutional and legislative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795. It held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic. -
The Terror
The Terror was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between the Girondins and the Jacobins. 16,594 executed by guillotine, and another 25,000 in summary executions across France. -
Directory
The directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France. The Directory era itself is further split into two eras, the First Directory and the Second Directory, -
Old Regime
It's one of the only major early historical wirtten documents on the French Revolution. De Tocqueville tells about his main theory about the French revolution, which is the theory of continuity, -
Paris Commune
The Paris Commune, also known as the Fourth French Revolution, was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871. Debates over the policies and outcome of the Commune contributed to the break between those two political groups. -
The Jacobin Club
The Jacobin Club was the most famous and influential political club in the development of the French Revolution. After the fall of Robespierre the club was closed.
