The French Revolution

The French Revolution
Liberté, égalité, et fraternité
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Essential Questions
How were Enlightenment ideas expressed in the French Revolution?
What leads people to revolt?
Was the French Revolution a success? (How can this be measured)?
Key Concepts
1. What were the causes of the French Revolution?
2. What were the goals of the French Revolution (and were they achieved)?
3. What effect did the war have on the French Revolution?
4. Why did the Revolution turn into the Reign of Terror?
5. Were the people better off after the Revolution?
6. How did political parties evolve throughout the French Revolution?
Key Terms
Louis XIV Louis XVI Marie Antoinette Robespierre
Estates General Tennis Court Oath Jacobins Girondists
Radicals Reactionaries Liberals Conservatives
National Assembly Legislative
Assembly
National
Convention
Committee of
Public Safety
Reign of Terror Directory Republic of Virtue Heroines’ March
Declaration of the
Rights of Man
Storming the
Bastille
Constitutions Civil Constitution
of the Clergy
The Great Fear Napoleon
Thermidorian
Reaction

Louis XIV Louis XVI Marie Antoinette Robespierre
Estates General Tennis Court Oath Jacobins Girondists
Radicals Reactionaries Liberals Conservatives
National Assembly Legislative Assembly National Convention Committee of Public
Safety
Reign of Terror Directory Republic of Virtue Heroines’ March
Declaration of the Rights
of Man
Constitutions Civil Constitution of
the Clergy
Storming the Bastille The Great Fear Napoleon
Thermidorian Reaction