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As America ended this, France began it
What is a Revolution ?
Some members of the Assembly started this club in hopes of ridding the King of the throne completely
What is the Jacobin Club ?
This man introduced the Reign of Terror to French citizens, and his death marked the end of it
Who is Maximilien de Robespierre ?
Who got popped ?
Who is Marie Antionette, King Louis XVI, Maximillian Robespierre.
Over 40,000 total people were beheaded by the use of this device
What is a Guillotine ?
A general assembly representing the French estates of the realm summoned by Louis XVI to propose solutions to France's financial problems.
What is the General-Estate ?
The movement of women protesting bread cost became an important step toward democracy
What is the March of Versailles ?
A series of killings of prisoners in Paris that occurred from 2–6 September 1792
What are the September Massacres ?
This more moderate political group took control of the convention to restore stability to the government
Who are the Thermidorians ?
Napoleon was this old when he signed a peace treaty with Austrian troops
What is 28 years old ?
These two Estates were exempt from paying taxes
What are the First and Second Estates ?
The storming of prison had become a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed
What is the Storming of Bastille ?
This group was created to replace the catholic church and convert the buildings to Temples of Reason
Who is the Cult of Reason ?
This former military leader became emperor after the fall of the French Monarchy
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte ?
This man's head was put on a pike after the Battle of Bastille
Who is Governor de Launey ?
This made the citizens of France upset, and fueled the start of the revolution
What is Economic Debt, Environmental Disasters, and political ideas from the Enlightenment ?
These members of the National Assembly are actually from the first two Estates
Who are Comte de Mirabeau and Marquis de Lafayette ?
This committee took control of the government between 1793 and 1794 to protect France from domestic threats and accepted policies known as Reign of Terror.
Who was the Committee of Public Safety ?
Napoleon restored these lifestyles that were destroyed during the Reign of Terror
What is the Catholic Church and Gregorian Calendar ?
The starving French people disliked Marie Antoinette's extravagant lifestyle and nicknamed her this
What is "Madame Deficit" ?
This leading financer to Louis XVI recommended he implemented a rigorous economic policy, reducing the crown's expenditure and imposing structural reforms on the way the royal finances were administered
Who is Jacques Necker ?
This agreement made citizens vow "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary, until the Constitution of the kingdom is established"
What is the Tennis Court Oath ?
This politician and journalist contributed to the fear and anger of The Terror through his articles
Who is Jean-Paul Marat ?
The period when a wave of violent attacks swept across much of France targeting people identified as being associated with the Reign of Terror
What is the White Terror ?
Jean-Paul Marat was murdered here
What is a bathtub ?