Vocabulary
What is a Guillotine?
Machine used to execute people by cutting off their heads
Who are the conservatives?
Someone who opposes rapid change and holds to tradition
Which group had the least amount of political power?
Peasants
Which battle was known as the greatest downfall of Napoleon's army?
The cold Russian War
In the French Revolution, where did the deputies take their oath not to separate
until they had written a constitution?
a. the Hall of Mirrors
b. la Petit Trianon
c. tennis court at Versailles
d. the Bastille
What is a Salon?
Social gathering where revolutionists met to discuss
changes
Who are the Bourgeoisie?
The middle class who represented the highest level in the third estate
Who were the Jacobins?
What is the name of the French Bill of Rights?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
What was the first reform demanded by the Third Estate’s deputies?
a. abolition of the monarchy
b. loss of privileges for the Second Estate
c. tax on the income of the First Estate
d. one vote per deputy, no matter which estate
d. one vote per deputy, no matter which estate
What is an Absolute Monarch?
A monarch who has all power and is not limited by a representative assembly
Who is the Courtier?
Someone who regularly spent time with the king who followed elaborate rules of behavior
What is the name of the the estates and who belongs to which one?
Clergy-First Estate
Nobility-Second Estate
Peasants-Third Estate
What is La Petit Trianon?
a Fake peasant village where Marie Antionette pretended to be a peasant?
Who was the first frenchman to join the American fight?
a) Jean Jacques Rousseau
b) Maximilien Robespierre
c) Marquis de Lafayette
d) Jean-Paul Marat
c. Marquis de Lafayette
Who is a Radical?
Someone who favors extreme change
Who are the clergy?
Group of people who represent and work for the church
Who are the sansculottes?
The urban working class
What major event happened on July 14, 1789 that marked the beginning of the Revolution?
What gave the Reign of Terror its name?
a. Napoleon established a dictatorship that oppressed the people.
b. Many people were executed.
c. There was no government in France.
d. France was at war with Russia.
b. Many people were executed
What is a Tumbrel?
A two-wheeled wooden cart used to transport prisoners to their execution
Who is the Dauphin?
The title given to the prince who is next in line to inherit the French throne
Who said "Let terror be the order of the day."
Maximilien Robespierre
What did Romantic artists value most?
Emotion & Spontaneity & Creativity
Why was the summer of 1789 known as the “time of the Great Fear” in France?
a. Aristocrats were being murdered on the guillotine.
b. The royal family fled from Paris.
c. peasants rioted and hid because they believed the nobles were plotting to kill them
d. Everyone was afraid of the Black Death, a plague in Europe.
c. peasants rioted and hid because they believed the nobles were plotting to kill them