History of Europe Questions

T/F peasants were the largest group in the first estate

Became leader of the committee of public safety and ruled France virtually as a dictator

Members of this law making body who opposed the idea of monarchy and wanted sweeping governmental change

Term used to describe nobles who had fled France and who hoped to restore the old regime

New law Making c body created by the constitution adopted in 1791 by the National Assembly

Executive body created in 1795 as part of a new plan of government

Period of time during which maximilien Robespierre governed France

T/F most people fell into the second estate during the old regime

T/F The tennis court oath was an agreement of third estate delegates to the National Assembly to meet until they had drawn up a new constitution

T/F the estates general was an assembly of representatives from all 3 classes

Radical political organization that in September 1792 abolished the monarchy and declared France a republic

Well known jacobin and lawyer eventually executed for being less radical than Robespierre

T/F under the old regime in france the people of france were divided into 3 social classes called estates

Parisian workers who wanted extremely radical change in government

Device used as means of execution during the French Revolution.

First estate attitude toward enlightenment ideas

What influence did Montesquieu have on the US government?

Whose arguments were used in the eighteenth century to support demands for constitutional government?

Who believed that humans were guided by basic survival instincts?

Which founding document reflects the American colonists' fear of a strong central government?