Vocabulary
This system of government is ruled by a king or queen.
👉 What is monarchy?
This king of France was executed during the revolution.
👉 Who is Louis XVI?
This 1789 event marked the start of the revolution when a prison was attacked.
👉 What is the Storming of the Bastille?
This estate included clergy members.
👉 What is the First Estate?
This movement emphasized reason and influenced revolutionary thinking.
👉 What is the Enlightenment?
This social class included the middle class, such as merchants and professionals.
👉 What is bourgeoisie?
This queen, often blamed for France’s problems, was married to Louis XVI.
👉 Who is Marie Antoinette?
This period of mass executions targeted enemies of the revolution.
👉 What is the Reign of Terror?
This estate consisted of nobles.
👉 What is the Second Estate?
This financial crisis was partly caused by helping this country in its revolution.
👉 What is American Revolution?
This 1789 document outlined natural rights like liberty and equality.
👉 What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
This radical leader became associated with the Reign of Terror.
👉 Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
This meeting of representatives from all three estates was called in 1789.
👉 What is the Estates-General?
This estate included common people like peasants and the bourgeoisie.
👉 What is the Third Estate?
This document declared independence from Britain and inspired French reformers.
👉 What is the Declaration of Independence?
This is a sudden overthrow of government, often by force.
👉 What is a coup d’état?
This general rose to power after the revolution and became emperor.
👉 Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This oath was taken by the Third Estate, promising a new constitution.
👉 What is the Tennis Court Oath?
This estate paid the most taxes despite having the least power.
👉 What is the Third Estate?
This severe food shortage in the late 1780s increased unrest among peasants.
👉 What is famine?
This idea promotes pride and loyalty to one’s nation.
👉 What is nationalism?
This Enlightenment thinker influenced revolutionary ideas with “The Social Contract.”Hint (He is French)
👉 Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
This lawmaking body replaced the Estates-General and created reforms in 1789.
👉 What is the National Assembly?
These two estates held most of the privileges before the revolution.
👉 What are the First and Second Estates?
This economic system favored free trade and less government interference.
👉 What is laissez-faire?