A | B |
Marie Antoinette | head chopped off, married Louis XVI |
Declaration of Independence | American document influenced by John Locke and other Enlightenment thinkers that inspired future revolutions in French |
Estates General | representative body made up of the three Estates in France |
National Assembly | 3rd estate, only elected group in the Estates General, vowed to write a new constituion for France |
Declaration of the rights of man | National Assembly abolished the privileges of the 1st and 2nd Estates and adopted the Declaration of the Rights of man and of the Citizen, contained many enlightenment ideas |
Maximlien Robespierre | Reign of Terror, 10 of thousands of people were executed. Eventually he was executed. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | Ambitious military leader, Leader of French, created his own Code, and tried to take over all of Europe |
Coup d'etat | revolt by military leaders, such as Napoleon |
Napoleonic Code | legal code that included many enlightenment ideas, such as the legal equality of citizens and religious toleration |
Congress of Vienna | Created a balance of power and restored power to the monarchs. Conservative |
Clemens Von Metternich | Austria, who wanted to restore Europe to the way it was before the French Revolution at the Congress of Vienna |
Balance of Power | distribtion of power to prevent any one nation from becoming too strong at the Congress of Vienna |
Indifferent | Not caring, neutral |
Succumb | to give in |
Promoted | to support/publicize |