This social class included the nobles, who were exempt from paying taxes in the 1780s.
The Second Estate
This machine was used to kill 40,000 during the Reign of Terror
The Guillotine
Napoleon gave himself this title in 1804
Emperor
Creoles
The primary leader of the Haitian Revolution
Toussaint Louverture
The French Revolution began with the storming of this building.
The Bastille
A radical political party which ruled during the Reign of Terror
Jacobins
The legal system established by Napoleon
The Napoleonic Code
Peninsulares
The name by which Haiti was previously called (by the French)
Saint-Domingue
When the National Assembly vowed not to disband until they had written a new constitution
The Tennis Court Oath
He was in charge of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre
An agreement which recognized religious freedoms for Catholics but kept the Church under state control
Simon Bolivar
In 1802, he sent an army to reconquer Haiti for France
Napoleon
With this document, the National Assembly announced that all men were "born and remain free and equal in rights".
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
She wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Women
Olympe de Gouges
Napoleon's Continental System was designed primarily to hurt this rival country.
Great Britain
He is known for El Grito de Dolores
Father Hidalgo
This group of ex-slaves served an important role in leading the Haitian revolution
Affranchis
On October 5 1789, thousands of women marched on this place demanding to see the king over food shortages.
Versailles
This song became popular during the French Revolution, and later became the French National Anthem
La Marseillaise
Napoleon placed this person on the throne of Spain
His brother Joseph Bonaparte
In 1822, he became emperor of Brazil
Dom Pedro
This disease, which was spread by mosquitoes, killed thousands of French troops who were trying to retake Haiti
Yellow Fever