Various Vocab
The freeing of someone from the control of another
What is Emancipation?
He was the last King of France and was executed during the French Revolution.
Who was Louis XVI?
This Estate covered the French noblemen.
What was the 2nd Estate?
This is where he was born.
Where is Corsica?
This building was stormed, which was the start of the French Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
The amount by which spending exceeds revenue over a particular period of time.
What is deficit spending?
She was the last Queen of France and is quoted as saying, "Let them eat cake!"
Who was Marie Antionette?
This estate covered the Bourgeoise
What was the 3rd Estate?
He was born this year.
When was 1769?
This is the right to vote in political elections.
What is suffrage?
Individual freedoms to include freedom of speech, assembly and religion.
What are Democratic Ideals?
He was a French General know for his brilliant battle strategy.
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
This estate covered the high ranking clergy
What was the 1st Estate?
He became emperor this year.
When is 1804?
This was a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
What is a guillotine?
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country.
What is Nationalism?
He is know as the architect of the "Reign of Terror"
They stated that members of the 3rd Estate would continue meeting until a constitution was established.
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
This is where he lost his final battle.
What is Waterloo Belgium
This means to give up one's throne.
What is to abdicate?
The authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
What is Sovereignty?
She wrote the "Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen.
Who was Olympe de Gouges?
These notebooks listed grievances from each Estate.
What were Cahiers?
This gave France a uniform set of laws and eliminated many injustices.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
This was a period of the French Revolution when a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place
What was the Reign of Terror?