Stage 1
This was built by King Louis XIV and was used to throw parties in order to please the nobility.
Palace of Versailles
At this meeting, the 3rd Estate requested to vote individually.
The National Assembly would be replaced by
The National Convention
Napoleon's sudden takeover of power was called
coup d'etat
This Estate worked the hardest and paid the most taxes.
3rd Estate
This war weakened the French economy.
The French Indian War (7 years war)
Rumors that circulated around France stating nobles were hiring men to attack peasants.
The Great Fear
The execution weapon of choice for the Committee of Public Safety
The Guillotine
New set of laws created by Napoleon which took away individual rights won during the revolution.
Napoleonic Code
Made up of Clergy and paid no taxes.
1st Estate
Collected taxes for the King.
Controller General
The 3rd Estate broke away from the Estates General and call themselves the
National Assembly
The Committee of Public Safety was led by
Maximilien Robespierre
Napoleon created these as first consul.
lycees
This Estate used peasants to farm their land provided by the King
2nd Estate
He was the most powerful ruler in French history.
Louis XIV
The document that focused on liberty, property, and resistance to oppression.
Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
The first act of the National Convention was
execution of King Louis XVI
An agreement signed with the Pope to restore power to the church.
Concordat
This Estate would first break away from the Estates General.
3rd Estate
War between these two groups of people weakened French society.
Protestants and Catholics
The violent symbolic start of the French Revolution
The Storming of Bastille
This campaign was against anyone deemed an enemy of the republic.
The Reign of Terror
Napoleon's defeat and last attempt of power was called
the Hundred Days
The King belonged to which Estate?