People
Who was the king of France? He was indecisive and not a very good ruler
King Louis XVI
What was the time of the massive killing of anyone who was even remotely in favor of the monarchy
The great terror
The Storming of the Bastille sparked what event to occur
French Revolution
What happened to the King and Queen of France
they were beheaded
It was a promise by the third estate to make a constitution. The had had to relocate because they were locked out of their normal meeting place
The Tennis Court Oath
Who was the Queen of France during the revolution? She spent a large amount of money on clothes and crazy hairdos and was from Austria
Marie Antoinette
These two groups paid no taxes
Clergy and Nobels (1st & 2nd Estates)
When the women stormed the palace, what general saved the day by kissing the Queen's hand
Marquis de Lafayette
During the height of The Reign of Terror, what two radical measures did the National Convention try to eliminate
the old calendar and Chrisitanity
This document is similar to the US Declaration of Independence and the English Bill of Rights
Declaration of the Rights of Man
This general eventually became the emperor of France about 5 years after the revolution ended
Napoleon Bonaparte
Who was NOT mentioned in the Declaration of the Rights of Man
the King
How did most people in France feel about the Queen
they hated her
These three countries went to war with France during their revolution
Austria, Prussia, and Italy
How did the death of Robespierre affect the revolution and the great terror
It marked an end to the great terror
Leader of the Committee of Public Safety, at one time was against the death penalty, a lawyer, for equal rights
Maximilien Robespierre
How did France helping out America during our revolution impact the economy of France
they went into dept
A doctor wanted a way to kill people more humanely, so he created a beheading machine called the
guillotine
Which individual said "Let them eat cake?"
Marie Antoinette
This group, led by Robespierre, had 12 members and was created to allow the revolution to survive during a crisis. It also created revolutionary tribunals to try people quickly
Committee of Public Safety
Had to pay 100% of the taxes
3rd estate or average citizens
This individual was placed into the position of King of Spain
Joseph, Napoleon's brother
After storming the Bastille and killing the guards, why did the people tear it down with their bare hands
they were destroying a symbol of the king
This HUGE palace is where the King and Queen lived until they had to move to Paris
Versailles
This individual wrote the Social Contract
Jean Jacques Rousseau
This type of literature would be seen or read and it would incite more beheadings
A newspaper
The flag the revolutionaries flew contained what colors
red, white, and blue
During the Great terror, about how many people were beheaded altogether (total)
Between 16,000 and 40,000
Two of the reasons that the revolution began
the people wanted equal taxes and voting
The French Revolution ended all of these but one. Which one?
Feudalism
Monarchy
death penalty
Church power
death penalty
In order for people to vote after the war, what had to happen
they had to pay taxes