The Making of the West: Chapter 19
Atlantic Revolutions - ANS-Revolutions on both shores of the North Atlantic; includes
revolutions in the Dutch Republic, the Austrian Netherlands, Poland, France, and the
British colonies in America.
(pg. 620)
French Revolution - ANS-Became the model of modern revolution, republicanism,
democracy, terrorism, nationalism, and military dictatorship.
(pg. 620)
Left and right - ANS-Political views. Those who sat on the left-hand side of the
speaker's podium favored more far-reaching changes in the French Revolution and
those who sat on the right-hand side wanted to conserve elements of the old order and
slow the pace of change.
(pg. 628)
Terrorism - ANS-...
Totalitarianism - ANS-Governments that try to control every aspect of life, including daily
activities, while limiting all forms of political assent. Some historians claim the French
Revolution was the origin of this.
Feudalism - ANS-...
Dutch Patriot Revolt - ANS-The revolution in the Dutch Republic in which Dutch Patriots
organized armed citizen militias called Free Corps that forced local officials to set up
new elections to replace stadholder-supporting councils. Revolt failed when the
lower-class and upper-class rebels split.
(pg. 621-622)
Belgian Independence Movement - ANS-The revolution in the Austrian Netherlands in
which upper-class and democratic protesters prepared an uprising against Austrian
emperor Joseph II. Revolt failed when the democrats and nobles split. (pg. 622)
Polish Constitution of 1791 - ANS-The document created by the Polish parliament in
1791 that established a stronger hereditary monarchy and took away some
aristocratic
, rights and gave some civilian rights. Failed when Catherine II focused on Poland and
engineered its downfall.
(pg. 622)
Louis XVI - ANS-French king (r. 1774-1792) who was tried for treason during the French
Revolution; he was executed on January 21, 1793.
(pg. 623)
Assembly of Notables - ANS-A group of nobles, clergymen, and officials picked by Louis
XVI in 1787 who rejected Louis's package of reforms.
(pg. 623-624)
What Is the Third Estate? - ANS-A pamphlet (1789) by Abbe Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes
who claimed the French nobility contributed nothing to the nation's well-being. (pg. 624)
Abbe Sieyes - ANS-Author of What Is the Third Estate?
(pg. 624)
Tennis Court Oath - ANS-The oath sworn by deputies of the National Assembly to not
disband until they had given France a constitution.
(pg. 624)
National Assembly - ANS-The assembly formed (1789-1791) by deputies of the Third
Estate of France in order to vote by individual/head rather than by order. (pg. 624)
Bastille - ANS-A battle on July 14, 1789, in the French Revolution in which an armed
crowd of sans-culottes marched on the Bastille (a huge fortified prison symbolizing
royal authority).
(pg. 625)
"Women's March" - ANS-(1789)
Great Fear - ANS-The term used by historians to describe the French rural panic of
1789, which led to peasant attacks on aristocrats or on seigneurial records of
peasants' dues.
(pg. 626)
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen - ANS-The preamble to the French
constitution drafted in August 1789; it established the sovereignty of the nation and
equal rights for citizens. It granted freedom of religion, freedom of the press, equality of
Atlantic Revolutions - ANS-Revolutions on both shores of the North Atlantic; includes
revolutions in the Dutch Republic, the Austrian Netherlands, Poland, France, and the
British colonies in America.
(pg. 620)
French Revolution - ANS-Became the model of modern revolution, republicanism,
democracy, terrorism, nationalism, and military dictatorship.
(pg. 620)
Left and right - ANS-Political views. Those who sat on the left-hand side of the
speaker's podium favored more far-reaching changes in the French Revolution and
those who sat on the right-hand side wanted to conserve elements of the old order and
slow the pace of change.
(pg. 628)
Terrorism - ANS-...
Totalitarianism - ANS-Governments that try to control every aspect of life, including daily
activities, while limiting all forms of political assent. Some historians claim the French
Revolution was the origin of this.
Feudalism - ANS-...
Dutch Patriot Revolt - ANS-The revolution in the Dutch Republic in which Dutch Patriots
organized armed citizen militias called Free Corps that forced local officials to set up
new elections to replace stadholder-supporting councils. Revolt failed when the
lower-class and upper-class rebels split.
(pg. 621-622)
Belgian Independence Movement - ANS-The revolution in the Austrian Netherlands in
which upper-class and democratic protesters prepared an uprising against Austrian
emperor Joseph II. Revolt failed when the democrats and nobles split. (pg. 622)
Polish Constitution of 1791 - ANS-The document created by the Polish parliament in
1791 that established a stronger hereditary monarchy and took away some
aristocratic
, rights and gave some civilian rights. Failed when Catherine II focused on Poland and
engineered its downfall.
(pg. 622)
Louis XVI - ANS-French king (r. 1774-1792) who was tried for treason during the French
Revolution; he was executed on January 21, 1793.
(pg. 623)
Assembly of Notables - ANS-A group of nobles, clergymen, and officials picked by Louis
XVI in 1787 who rejected Louis's package of reforms.
(pg. 623-624)
What Is the Third Estate? - ANS-A pamphlet (1789) by Abbe Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes
who claimed the French nobility contributed nothing to the nation's well-being. (pg. 624)
Abbe Sieyes - ANS-Author of What Is the Third Estate?
(pg. 624)
Tennis Court Oath - ANS-The oath sworn by deputies of the National Assembly to not
disband until they had given France a constitution.
(pg. 624)
National Assembly - ANS-The assembly formed (1789-1791) by deputies of the Third
Estate of France in order to vote by individual/head rather than by order. (pg. 624)
Bastille - ANS-A battle on July 14, 1789, in the French Revolution in which an armed
crowd of sans-culottes marched on the Bastille (a huge fortified prison symbolizing
royal authority).
(pg. 625)
"Women's March" - ANS-(1789)
Great Fear - ANS-The term used by historians to describe the French rural panic of
1789, which led to peasant attacks on aristocrats or on seigneurial records of
peasants' dues.
(pg. 626)
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen - ANS-The preamble to the French
constitution drafted in August 1789; it established the sovereignty of the nation and
equal rights for citizens. It granted freedom of religion, freedom of the press, equality of
