People
This man was the king of France as the Revolution took place.
This was the term for the government of France and the way things were done prior to the Revolution.
What is the Ancien Regime?
What is the War of Independence/Revolutionary War?
This instrument killed people by beheading them.
The palace where the king and queen of France lived.
What is Versailles?
This lady was the queen of France prior to the Revolution.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
When the king has all the power and can decide what to do based on his desires and whims.
What is absolutism/absolute monarchy?
This group was called for the first time in 1789, after having last met 175 years before that.
What is the Estate General?
This is the idea that people are entitled to rights and freedoms.
What is liberalism?
The capital city of France.
What is Paris?
This group of people incldued men like Voltaire, Rosseau and Diderot.
Who where the philosophers/philosophes?
A sealed letter signed by the king that allowed anybody to be arrested and imprisoned.
The storming of this prison led to the French national day.
What is the Bastille?
The idea that the people who live in a country have a shared heritage and should be proud of the accomplishments of their country.
What is nationalism?
The royal family was caught here after trying to flee France.
What is Varennes?
This man led the Committee of Public Safety.
Who is Maximilian Robespierre?
This group was made up of peasants, the bourgeoisie and urban workers.
What is the Third Estate?
This document recognized the natural rights of all men, including the rights to liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
This march by a particular group of people forced the royal family to go live in Paris as prisoners.
What was the Women's March?
This was the country that the royal family tried to flee to.
What is Austria?
This Revolutionary leader and writer was murdered in his bath by Charlotte Corday.
Who is Marat?
These people are named after the fact/term that they did not wear pants.
Who were the sans-culottes?
This period of the Revolution started after the execution of the king and queen.
What is the Reign of Terror?
The Estates General transformed themselves into this organisation.
What is the National Assembly?
This was a major battle between Austrian, Prussian and French forces in 1792.
What is the Battle of Valmy?