Louis XVI and Versailles
The storming of this prison sparked the French Revolution.
What is the Bastille.
The death of this person started the Reign of Terror.
What is Marie Antoinette.
Due to a failing economy and rising bread prices, over 6,000 angry women participated in this in order to reach King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette...
What is the March to Versailles
Robespierre was elected to represent what estate in the National Assembly?
The Third Estate
This man would take over five years after the death of Robespierre.
What is Napoleon.
The third Estate broke up and formed this new government body. The Estates General was no more. This was formed.
What is the National Assembly.
The king and queen were taken prisoner and kept in this city.
What is Paris.
Robespierre was the leader of this revolutionary group.
The Jacobins
Robespierre asked that the killing be intensified. What was this period known as?
What is the Reign of Terror.
What oath did the 3rd Estate take in forming the new National Assembly?
What is the Tennis Court Oath.
Marie Antoinette's famous quote she never said in reference to her people's lack of bread...
What is "Let them eat cake!"
What was the nickname of the guillotine?
What is the National Razor.
What was ironic about Robespierre's death?
What is He was killed the same way he killed others.
What were the small businessmen of the 3rd Estate known as?
What is the Bourgoisie.
The name of the government with three estates that used to rule France.
The Old Regime
What three words were the moto of the Revolutionaries, in order.
What is Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.
Robespierre sentenced this man, a former friend and co-revolutionary, to death.
What is Danton.