French Revolution

1. made up of the nobility 1.5% of population;didn't have to pay taxes
7. sought for equal rights in females; wanted co-educated system; thought education would teach girls to become better wives/mothers; wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Man" (and woman)
8. system aimed to blockade all trading with British; failed at the end
9. was corrupt and ineffective; supported French military expansion abroad
10. its central ideas were liberty and equality
14. wave of peasant riots and violence that swept through France in July and August 1789; fear of noble counterattacks by the peasants
15. served the interests of state and financial oligarchy; established by Napoleon and leading bankers; private business
17. established the Law of Maximum and Levee en Masse; Reign of Terror started, led by Robespierre
18. gave rights for French Catholics to practice freely; Napoleon gained political power and church influence
19. formed by the Third Estates; though that they should have the right to rule; start of the
20. from the Committee of Public Safety; called all Frenchmen/women/ children/old people into service in the name of the Revolution
22. restored to throne after Napoleon was expelled

2. National Assembly pledged to not disband until they are recognized and have formed a new constitution
3. made up of peasants, artisans, merchants, and the rest;98% of population;paid taxes
4. when the sovereignty relies on written/unwritten constitution
5. leader of The Mountain; started the Reign of Terror and chopped people's heads off; got his head chopped off
6. where Napoleon's forces were destroyed for the final time
11. Island where Napoleon was expelled to the first time
12. declared that Prussia and Austria would help the French monarchs if needed an assistance; angered the people in the revolution
13. made up of clergies .5% of population;didn't have to pay taxes
16. replaced the Legislative Assembly; established a republic; powers to the people instead of the monarchs
21. Where Napoleon was expelled to for the last time; located between Africa and South America