I am the main leader of the Jacobin party. I usher in the Reign of Terror. I was executed by guillotine on July 28 1794.
Who is Robespierre?
100
Delegates of the third estate were locked out of the Estates General, so they met at an alternative location where they vow to stay until a new constitution is written.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
100
The term used to describe French social classes before the revolution.
What is an estate?
100
An 18th century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society.
What is the Enlightenment?
100
This was the number of Directors in the Directory
What is 5
200
I am an Austrian archduchess. I love gambling and overspending on fashion. My nickname becomes "Madame Defecit." I was tried and executed for treason on October 16 1793.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
200
1793-1794; Robespierre virtually rules France as a dictator. The Declaration of the Rights of Man is suspended, and thousands are executed.
What is the Reign of Terror?
200
A sudden seizure of political power in a nation (in France, led by Napoleon).
What is a coup d'etat?
200
This estate was made up of church people, known as this
What are the clergy
200
The French government that is overthrown by Napoleon.
What is the French Directory?
300
When Louis called up mercenary troops it caused a a rebellion that fueled a widespread emotional reaction called this
What is the Great Fear
300
July 14 1789; the first violent act of the revolution.
What is the storming of the Bastille?
300
Radical group during Revolution, named for the fact that they did not wear short pants
What are the sans culottes
300
This event across the ocean impacts the French in two ways. Louis XVI bankrupts France to support it, and it inspires the people of France to revolt.
What is the American Revolution?
300
Nobles, generally large land owners, make up this estate
What is the second estate
400
At the end of the Revolution, I am chosen to lead a coup d'etat in France (ooh ooh ooh la la, coup, coup coup d'etat _________________ 's here)
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte
400
In January 1793, I am executed for treason against France (maybe because I was caught trying to escape). Later this yer, the revolutionaries will also execute my wife.
Who is King Louis XVI
400
This revolutionary was fatally stabbed by another while taking a bath. The image is famousy painted
Who is Jean-Paul Marat
400
Caused by poor harvests, the people don't have enough to eat. This is called a
What is a famine?
400
Similar to the Bill of Rights, this document spells out for the French many basic rights
What is the Declaration of Rights and Man
500
This person wrote a strong response to the Declaration of the Rights of Man because it did not include women as well as men.
Who is Olympe de Gouges
500
New government established after the Reign of Terror ends in 1794
What is the Directory
500
Out of fear for their own safety, and because they were sick of all the killing, members of the political entity finally put an end to the Reign of Terror
What is the National Convention
500
The term for the most conservative members of the Legislative Assembly or the most conservative members of American society
What is right wing
500
Just before being beheaded this person suggested that his severed head would be "well worth seeing"