Random French Revolution
The "Sun King"
What is Louis XIV
The famous prison that was stormed on July 14, 1789.
What is the Bastille?
He was the King of France when the Revolution began.
Who was Louis XVI?
What is a Absolute Monarchy
Napoleon storms in and takes over the legislature. A sudden, illegal, and often violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group within the state apparatus, such as military or political elites.
What is the Coup D'etat.
The 3 Estates were known as the ______
What is the "Old Regime"
All three estates agreed to meet until a new constitution was drafted.
What is the Tennis Court Oath.
She was the Queen of France and the wife of Louis XVI.
Who was Marie Antoinette?
This Estate was taxed the most and made up 98% of the population.
What is the Third Estate.
One economic change that Napoleon used to improve life for the French Citizens.
What is national banks, equal taxes, and loans to banks.
The 3rd Estate of the "Old Regime". They were 98% of the population and taxed the most.
What is the "Commoners"
Women and others marched to Versailles demanding bread.
What is the Women's March on Versailles?
He was a found trying to flee his country during the War. He was found in Varennes.
What is Louis XVI
These ideas from thinkers such as Locke, Smith, and Wollstonecraft. They are called the " " thinkers.
What is the Enlightment Thinkers.
Napoleon allowed the return to this on Sunday.
What is the Catholic Church.
The Slogan of the French Revolution "Liberty, _____, _________"
What is "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
"All men were born free and equal"
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
He was a radical revolutionary leader associated with the Reign of Terror.
Who was Maximilien Robespierre?
The colors of the French Flag
What is Red, White, and Blue.
The amount he sold the Louisana Purchase for to the US.
What is 15 million.
Originally built as a small hunting lodge for King Louis XIII in 1623, it was dramatically expanded starting in 1661 by his son, King Louis XIV (the "Sun King"). Louis XIV transformed the site into an extravagant symbol of absolute royal power and moved the epicenter of the French court and government there in 1682.
What is the Palace of Versailles.
The last victim of the "Reign of Terror"
Who is Robespierre
This military leader seized power in 1799 and later became emperor.
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
France declares WAR on __________ to solve the issues of food and money.
What is Austria.
Napoleon's final exile.
What is Saint Helena.