People Who Were Beheaded
Cities and Towns
Kings and Queens
The Enlightenment
Speaking French?
Art & Literature
100
This French King was known as Citizen Capet after the monarchy was abolished; He was executed a few months later.
Who is Louis XVI?
100
After the Napoleonic Wars, a Congress in this Austrian city decided how Europe should be reorganized.
What is Vienna?
100
This Russian monarch gained power by overthrowing her husband.
Who is Catherine the Great?
100
John Locke formulated this theory which the Declaration of Independence states includes 'Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.'
What are Natural Rights?
100
This word was used for the group of public intellectuals in 18th-century France.
What are philosophes?
100
This author was known for criticizing government corruption and intolerance, as seen in Candide.
Who is Voltaire?
200
She was the daughter of Austrian Empress Maria Theresa and lost her head during the French Revolution.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
200
This town -- famous for the palace with the same name -- is located about 9 miles from Paris. During the French Revolution, a Women's March here demanded to see the king.
What is Versailles?
200
This king lost 13 colonies in North America as a result of the American Revolution.
Who is King George III?
200
This writer argued that women could be empowered through equal education opportunities in her Vindication on the Rights of Women?
Who is Mary Wollstonecroft?
200
This style of art, shown below, focused on drama with light and shadow.
What is Baroque?
300
This French Revolutionary led the Commission of Public safety during the Reign of Terror -- until the Convention betrayed him to the guillotine.
Who is Maximilian Robespierre?
300
This city was built as part of Peter the Great's plan of 'Westernizing' Russia, giving the country its first warm-water port.
What is St. Petersburg?
300
This Prussian monarch challenged the legitimacy of Maria Theresa's claim to the Austrian throne in the War of the Austrian Succession.
Who is Frederick the Great?
(Frederick II)
300
This type of fictional book was popularized in the 18th century, in part due to the rise of the middle class.
What is the novel?
400
This British parlimentarian ruled after the English Civil War as 'Lord Protector.' He was beheaded after dying of natural causes.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
400
The French royal family was arrested in this French town as they attempted to escape to Austria during the Revolution.
What is Varennes?
400
The art style shown below was popularized in the 18th century.
What is Rococo?
500
This English King lost the English Civil War to the 'Roundheads' which supported Parliament -- and beheading him.
Who is Charles I?
500
A defenestration in this city led to the Thirty Years' War.
What is Prague?
500
This monarch ruled both the Holy Roman Empire and Spain before retiring, allowing his son, Philip II to rule Spain.
Who is Charles V?
500
This French writer was known for his idea of the General Will.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
500
Though Greek, this artist was highly popular in Spain during the late 1500s.
Who is El Greco?