The King & Queen
He was the leader of France in 1789.
Who is Louis XVI?
The way that a large crowd of people protested the actions of King Louis XVI and expressed their desire for change.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
This devise was used to execute thousands of French citizens during the Reign of Terror.
What was the guillotine?
This person was born in Sicily and was a lieutenant in the military.
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
The reason that revolutionaries wanted to abolish the monarchy.
What is wanting to establish a French republic?
The name of the legislative body whose job was to limit the power of the king.
What is the Estates-General.
Many people saw the Bastille as a symbol of this.
What is tyranny?
This entity was responsible for deciding the guilt or innocence of those accused of being disloyal to the French revolution.
What is the Committee of Public Safety?
This is how Napoleon came to power in France.
The French Republic was set up as a result of this document.
What is the Constitution of 1791?
Marie Antoinette, the king's wife, was blamed by many citizens for this cause of the French Revolution.
What is government overspending?
When an angry mob attacked a French prison in Paris.
What is the storming of the Bastille?
This event caused "cries of joy," a sense of celebration, and a festive atmosphere in the streets of Paris.
What was the execution of King Louis XVI?
This document was the longest lasting reform that Napoleon created during his reign.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
This was the purpose of the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
What was to provide equality to all male French citizens?
Many farmers were angry about these two problems that were causes of the French Revolution.
Poor harvests and low prices for crops.
The name for the middle class in France.
Who are the bourgeoisie?
This person was in charge of the Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror.
Who was Maximilian Robespierre.
Napoleon expanded his influence in Europe using this method.
What is military control or annexation?
This group of people opposed the French Revolution because they feared that revolution would spread to other parts of Europe.
Who are European monarchs and nobles?
This would have been the simplest solution to many economic problems in France.
What is taxing the 1st & 2nd Estates?
Rural peasants took this action to protest the lack of support by the nobility to fix the economic problems in France.
What is the burning of feudal documents showing proof of their debts?
These are two rights given to French citizens as a result of the French Revolution.
What were freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
What type of feelings did Napoleon generate among his troops?
What is loyalty or respect?
These were the three goals of the French Revolution.
What were liberty, equality, and fraternity.