Kings and Things
What is "The Sun King"?
This event gave the French the idea that a republic was possible.
What is the American Revolution?
These Estates payed few, if any, taxes.
What are the First and Second Estate?
Louis XVI was executed using this device, which became a symbol of the Reign of Terror.
What is a guillotine?
Every Frenchman was given this title after the Revolution.
What is "Citizen"?
This former hunting lodge became the King's official residence.
What is Versailles?
Many French people blamed the nation's bankruptcy on this this foreign-born woman.
Who was Marie Antoinette?
This Estate contained both peasants and well-educated professionals.
What is the Third Estate?
In response to foreign threats and internal revolts, the National assembly created this body, headed by Robespierre.
What is the Committee of Public Safety?
These people hoped the King would return.
Who are Royalists?
The most famous room at Versailles had 17 of these.
What are mirrors?
In which the Third Estate promised to be "good sports" and create a Republic.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
If you were especially pious, you might find yourself in this Estate.
What is the First Estate?
Robespierre had anyone who seemed unsupportive of this put to death.
What is the Revolution?
As he was lead to his death, Louis XVI urged his son not to seek this.
What is revenge?
Louis XIV was, and Louis XVI tried to be, this sort of King.
What is an Absolute Monarch?
The storming of this imposing, but lightly-guarded fortress, signaled the monarchy's loss of control in Paris.
What is the Bastille?
This Estate was forced to wear black and use the side door when they arrived at the General Assembly.
What is the Third Estate?
The National Convention feared that Robespierre was becoming this.
What is a dictator/tyrant?
This country threated to invade France if anything happed to the King.
What is Prussia?
This group was did everything Louis XIV wanted them to do, while Louis XVI couldn't do anything without them.
Who are the nobility?
Most of the people who supported the Revolution lived in this sort of environment.
What are cities?
Some members of this Estate joined the Third Estate when they formed the National Convention.
What is the First Estate?
After Robespierre's execution, the Reign of Terror was over, but France had none of these.
What are leaders?
This member of the Second Estate is known as the "hero of two Revolutions."
Who was Lafayette?