A hail storm and grain shortage led to this cause of the revolution
What is starvation
100
Dickens uses this symbol to foreshadow the bloodshed of the revolution to come.
What is the broken wine cask.
100
This document set the standards in France for an American style constitution.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
100
In 1789, this event marks the first majorly violent event of the revolution and is still celebrate in France today.
What is the Storming of the Bastille.
100
This leader took the throne of France before he was 20 years old.
Who is Louis XVI.
200
High taxation rates and irresponsible spending by King Louis XVI led to this cause.
What is unhappiness with the monarchy
200
This character renounces his inheritance and his Evermonde name.
Who is Charles Darnay.
200
This meeting by the three estates, led to further dissatisfaction by the third, causing them to protest their rights on a tennis court nearby until an agreement was reached.
What is the Estates General.
200
The King and Queen were executed in this year of the revolution.
What is 1793.
200
This Austrian princess is was accused of hiding bread in the palace of Versailles.
Who is Marie Antoinette.
300
In pre-revolutionary France, 90% of the population was made up of this estate.
What is the 3rd estate.
300
On the night after Lucie and Charles are married, Dr. Manette resumes this activity.
What is shoemaking.
300
This term is used to describe one leader as the ultimate authority.
What is Absolute Monarch.
300
Another parallel revolution occurred in America, causing France to spiral into debt while inspiring many of it's revolutionary ideals. It began in what year?
What is 1775.
300
This man was the leader of the "Reign of Terror" who was eventually guillotined by his own.
Who is Robespierre.
400
During the rise of the revolution, peasants were taxed by which estates?
What is the first and the second.
400
Miss Pross is thrown into a state of shock when she realizes the new identity (name) of her brother.
Who is John Barsad. Aristocratic Spy.
400
The 3rd estate was ultimately hoping France would have this style of a government.
What is a republic.
400
In 1792, rumors spread that French prisoners were plotting an attack with Prussian armies. It led to this event known as what?
What is the September Massacres.
400
This group opposed Robespierre as "moderates" but lost to him and his supporters for power.
Who are the Girondins.
500
The national assembly's first order of business after taking governmental decision making power away from the king and queen, was to establish this type of government.
What is a representative government or a republic.
500
"Tis a far, far better thing I do than I have ever done," is a quote spoken by this character before what action?
What is Sydney Carton before he dies for Charles Darnay.
500
This manifesto, issued by Prussia, stated that King Louis XVI and his family must be returned all power and remain unharmed or war was inevitable.
What is the Brunswick Manifesto.
500
After 2 years in power, the phrase "the revolution ate it's own" refers to what man and in what year?
What is Robespierre and 1794
500
This radical political group during the Reign of Terror championed Robespierre and a republic for a government.