Euro Ch. 21-French Revolution
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| Two ideas that fueled revolution in America and Europe. It was a call for individual human rights | ||
| the power to govern | ||
| educated, middle class of France; provided force behind the Revolution | ||
| Power is held by the people and exercised through representatives elected by the people. | ||
| A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches | ||
| Emphasizes freedom, democracy, and the importance of the individual. | ||
| another term for "classes" of people | ||
| Privileges of lordship. | ||
| when Bastille was destroyed, a wave of violence that took over france | ||
| a system of governing in which the ruler's power is limited by law | ||
| Radical republicans during the French Revolution. | ||
| a phase when the fall of the French monarchy marked a rapid radicalization of the Revolution | ||
| These were the liberals of France who did not want to execute Louis XVI, but The Mountain did anyway | ||
| political party lead by Robespierre, men of action, were main leaders in revolution | ||
| urban workers "those without knee breeches" | ||
| an economic system in which the government or workers' councils manages the economy | ||
| The period 1793-1794 in revolutionary France when suspected traitors were beheaded in great numbers | ||
| love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | ||
| a reaction to the Reign of Terror where middle class professionals reasserted their authority | ||
| The idea that the father was the head of the household and ruled with absolute authority. |