Napoleon Bonaparte
1799
In addition to King Louis XVI, this queen was also executed by guillotine during the Reign of Terror.
Marie Antoinette
What was the pledge made by the National Assembly to write a new constitution?
Tennis Court Oath
The queen of France, famous for her extravagant lifestyle and for supposedly saying, "Let them eat cake".
Marie Antoinette
The Ancien Regime, a system that divided French society into three social classes.
The Estate System
Where is Napoleon from?
Corsica
This group, led by Robespierre, took control of the National Convention and initiated the Reign of Terror.
The Jacobins
What was the Parisian fort stormed by a mob on July 14, 1789?
The Bastille
The king of France who was executed in 1793 after being found guilty of treason.
Louis XVI
What was an intellectual movement that promoted ideas like liberty, equality, and constitutional government.
The Enlightenment
While in military school, Napoleon's "other" native language gave him a disadvantage, which is why he was often teased. What language was it?
Italian
What was the most famous execution device during The Terror?
The Guillotine
What was the Third Estate's declaration of itself as a new governing body?
The National Assembly
Who was the king's finance minister, who was dismissed in 1789, and made a move that helped spark the storming of the Bastille.
Jacques Necker
What causes the financial crisis in France?
High food prices, bad harvests, national debt, low real wages, and high taxes
This legal code, introduced in 1804, consolidated civil law in France and remains the basis of the French legal system.
Napoleonic Code
During the Terror, Robespierre's followers closed churches and replaced Catholicism with this deistic state religion.
Cult of the Supreme Being
This Parisian palace became the new residence for the royal family after they were forcibly moved from Versailles.
The Tuileries Palace
This radical Jacobin and leader of the Committee of Public Safety was the primary architect of the Reign of Terror.
Maximilien Robespierre
What did Louis XVI want to be?
An Absolute monarch
Overthrew the government and brought Napoleon to power. Worked with Abbe Sieyes.
Coup of 18 Brumaire
This body of 12 was created to defend the nation against internal and external enemies.
Committee of Public Safety
What was the event where revolutionaries forced the royal family to move to Paris?
The Women's March on Versailles
His ideas on the separation of powers influenced the drafting of the French constitution.
Montesquieu
What was the percentage of people who were poor and made up poverty?
80%