The+French+Revolution

=**__Terms to Know!__**=
 * **Divine Right**
 * The right that is supposedly given to a king or queen by God to rule a country
 * **Limited monarch**
 * A monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution
 * **Decrees of August 4**
 * Abolished the medieval concepts of nobility, privilege and feudal rights, creating a society based upon equality and equal opportunity
 * **National Assembly**
 * Lasted from June 13, 1789 to July 9, 1789
 * A revolutionary assembly formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates-General
 * **Liberty, Equality, Fraternity**
 * The national motto of France and the Republic
 * **Bastille**
 * A fortress in Paris
 * Bastille Saint-Antoine
 * Meant to protect the King
 * **July 14, 1789**
 * The storming of the Bastille
 * The day that France got it's independence from England
 * **Legislative Assembly**
 * The legislature of France from 1 October 1791 to September 1792 during the years of the French Revolution
 * **April 1792**
 * France declares war upon Austria and Prussia
 * **August 1792**
 * The month when the French Monarchy was overthrown and destroyed
 * **Estates-General**
 * The legislative government of France
 * Advisers to Louis XVI
 * Split into 3 estates or classes
 * Imbalance between the estates
 * **Girondists**
 * Basically the liberals of France
 * Wanted to end the monarchy but did not support the downward spiral France went through during the revolution
 * **September Massacres**
 * A mass killing of prisoners in France
 * Started on September 2 and ended on September 6
 * **Versailles**
 * The residence of the royal family in France
 * **Marie Antoinette**
 * Austrian
 * Married Louis XVI
 * Beheaded
 * **Louis XVI**
 * The leader of France during the French Revolution
 * Either really rude or really ignorant
 * **Guillotine**
 * Created during the French Revolution
 * Was created as a more"humane" way to kill people
 * **January 21, 1793**
 * The day that Louis XVI was beheaded in Paris
 * **Jacobins**
 * The radicals of the National Assembly in France
 * **Reign of Terror**
 * Period during the French Revolution when the Jacobins were killing anyone who was against the Republic
 * **Absolute monarchy**
 * When a monarch is in control of everything
 * **Napoleon Bonaparte**
 * French dictator that restored order in France after the French Revolution
 * **‘Parlements’**
 * Created the laws in France
 * Were separate from the King
 * **‘Emigres’**
 * The group of people that fled from France during the French Revolution
 * **Rousseau**
 * 1712-1778
 * against the idea of organized government
 * **Seven Years’ War**
 * 1754-1763
 * War mainly between Britain and France with a few others in between...
 * **The Directory**
 * The French Revolutionary government
 * Lasted for 4 years
 * **Robespierre**
 * One of the three leaders of the liberal group of people in France during the French Revolution