Estates
The Estate that included more than 95% of the French people
The Third Estate
The King of France in the 1770s and the 1780s, known for his extravagant spending
Louis XVI
During the Reign of Terror, more than ___________ people were killed.
30,000 people
In the years preceding the French Revolution, who paid all of the taxes?
The Third estate
The largest army in European history was belonged to ___________.
France
This group was made up of representatives from each Estate
The Estates-General
The Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, spent so much money she was called ________________.
Madame Deficit
The leader of the Committee of Public Safety
Maximilien Robespierre
The National Convention decided that France would no longer be ruled by a ________.
King
How many people were in the Committee of Public Safety?
12
What did the Third Estate vote to rename itself?
The National Assembly
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were found guilty of ___________.
Treason
It was the job of this group to defend France from foreign threats and from threats at home
The Committee of Public Safety
France was having money trouble because the government had large _________ to pay, prices of goods were rising, and people were out of work.
Debts
What happened on July 14, 1789?
The storming of the Bastille
In the Estates General, each estate got how many votes?
One vote
The machine that was used to kill the King and Queen of France
Guillotine
During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the guillotine?
No one
The first deliberate act of revolution by France's Third Estate was to vote and establish a law-making body called the ____________.
National Assembly
Which document stated that "men are born and remain free and equal rights"?
Declaration of the Rights of Man
The pledge of the Third Estate to meet until they created a new constitution became known as the _______________.
Tennis Court Oath
King Louis XVI had _____________ power.
Absolute
This group finally forced Robespierre from power
His fellow revolutionaries
The issue that arose after the king called for the Estates-General to meet was how many ________ each estate would get.
votes
These ideas inspired the Revolution, helping the French people gain independence and democracy
Enlightenment Ideas