Lightbulb Era
Life, Liberty and Property
Natural Rights
This symbol of oppression was targeted by mobs at the beginning of the French Revolution
The Bastille
This contraption was built during the French Revolution as a humane and quick way of performing executions
The Guillotine
This meeting took place to plan on how to divide up Europe after Napoleon's defeat
Congress of Vienna
When confronted by a hungry mob, she did not in fact say "Let them eat cake"
Marie Antoinette
This period in history saw a rise in the application of reason and logic to politics and economics
The Enlightenment
This document was drawn up to define the rights that the people of France wanted protected
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
I led the government during the reign of terror until I, myself, faced the guillotine
Robespierre
Napoleon initially became a war hero by defeating these two hostile nations
Austria and Prussia
All government power focused into one person or group of people
Absolutism
You give up some natural freedom in exchange for protection of your Natural Rights
Social Contract
The commoners and peasants of France, who make up 97% of the country
The Third Estate
This group ran the French government during the most gruesome period of the revolution
The Committee of Public Safety
Napoleon's title prior to his ascension to Emperor
First Consul
This expensive palace cost a fortune for the French to upkeep
Versailles
I believe absolute power is inevitably corrupted, therefore governmental power should be divided
Montesquieu
This event transpired with the intention of bringing the King and Queen back to Paris
The Women's March
I was murdered because I ran a newspaper that often incited violence from the people
Marat
The birthplace of Napoleon
Corsica
The name of the governmental and social system of Prerevolutionary France
The Three Estates
This book, written by Adam Smith, laid the foundation for capitalism
The Wealth of Nations
After members of the Third Estate were locked out of the meeting room by King Louis, they met elsewhere to swear this pact, to meet in the same spot until a constitution for a French government is created
The Tennis Court Oath
The radical group that Robespierre was a part of, not a government body
Jacobins
The site of Napoleon's final defeat
Waterloo
Marie Antoinette's brother, who was the King of Austria and the Holy Roman Emperor. He declares war on France to contain the revolution and save his sister
Leopold II