Build Up to the Revolution
Build up the the Revolution
The Revolution
Napoleon
RANDOM
100
Name the three estates
1 - Clergy
2- Nobility
3- Commoners / Peasants
100
What year (within 5) did the French Revolution start?
1789
100
What were some rights French Citizens had under the Declaration of Rights of Man? (name two)
Freedom to...
vote (if you owned land)
religion
property
freedom of speech
100
What does the word 'coronation' mean?
To officially make someone a King / Queen (to officially crown them)
100
The date that the Storming of the Bastille took place is regarded as a _____________ in France today.
National holiday
200
What major war put France into debt.
French and Indian War
200
France did not fight but helped fund ($) what war against the British?
The American Revolution
200
King Louis XVI was charged with __________ which led to his execution.
Treason - doing something against the interests of your own country
200
Napoleon became the __________ of France at the end of the Revolution.
Emperor
200
How long does a person remain conscious when they are guillotined? (there head is decapitated)
8-10 seconds
300
The king at the time was 'King Louis XVI'. What number do the Roman Numerals 'XVI' represent?
16 - 'Louis the 16th'
300
How did Marie Antionette get her nickname 'Madame Deficit' ?
She spent government money even thought there was basically no money to spend
300
Lexington and Concord is to the American Revolution what the _______________________ is to the French Revolution.
Storming of the Bastille (the spark that triggered the full blown revolution)
300
Napoleon comissioned a lot of paintings, what does the word 'commission' mean?
To pay the painter to work / paint for you (to fund a painting)
300
How many people were executed by guillotine in the revolution?
between 15,000 and 17,000 people
400
What percentage of income was spent on taxes for the average French citizen?
50%
400
What % of the population did each of the three estates make up?
1 - .5%
2- 1.5%
3- 98%
400
Robespierre became the leader of the (ironically named) Committee on ________ ________
Public Safety
400
Napoleon came to power through a __________.
coup d’eta
400
Estimate how many people died in the Napoleonic Wars...
Including military and civilian deaths... the total death count is between 3,250,000 to 6,500,000.
500
Explain what the Enlightenment was...
A time period where reason and logic dominated discussion, ideas like 'natural rights' (liberty, equality, and property) were highly valued
500
Explain what the Tennis Court Oath was...
When members of the third estate formed their own government called the National Assembly and pledged not to leave the 'tennis court' until they had drafted a constitution
500
How did the Reign of Terror led by Robespierre end?
Robespierre was executed
500
Napoleon was finally defeated at the battle of __________
Waterloo
500
When Louis XVI called for the meeting of the Estates General to discuss the French economic and social crisis, it had been _________ years since they had met.
175