The Enlightenment
French Society
Who Dat?
Politics
Key Events
100
It was largely this event, which prompted a lot of questioning of things long believed to be true, that led to the enlightenment
What is the scientific revolution?
100
This estate was comprised of Clergy
What is the 1st Estate?
100
"l'etat c'est moi" He built the Palace of Versailles
Louis XIV?
100
This way of describing the political beliefs of groups or individuals was a result of the seating arrangement of parties at the legislative assembly
What is the political spectrum?
100
This occurred when the Third Estate was locked out of their regular meeting spot
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
200
Enlightenment ideas spread quickly because of this Gutenberg invention
what is the Printing Press?
200
This estate was comprised of the nobility
What is the second estate?
200
He was a young General who led a coup and overthrew the French government after the revolution
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
200
They were the most radical party
Who were the Jacobins?
200
The storming of this Paris prison is said to have marked the true start of the revolution
What is the Bastille?


300
Thomas Hobbes advocated for this strong type of government to keep people in line
What is absolute monarchy?
300
This was the largest of the three estates, accounting for about 98% of the population
what is the third estate?
300
He led the Reign of Terror
Who is Maxmillien Robespierre?
300
This term refers to a king or queen who's power is bound by law
what is a constitutional monarch?
300
This was a period of great fear and tens of thousands of political executions
What is the Reign of Terror?
400
He thought that to prevent corruption in government that power had to be divided among separate branches
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
400
These were documents compiled by each of the estates to put forth their concerns and grievances 
What are the cahiers?
400
"Let them eat cake" She was the wife of King Louis XVI
Who is Marie Antoinette? 
400
This was a 5 man panel developed at the end of the revolution to restore stability
What is the Directory?
400
This was a battle between the French and English/Prussian forces where Napoleon was decisively defeated
What is Waterloo?
500
He was a social critic who favoured the idea of "enlightened despotism"
Who is Voltaire?
500
This group comprised the more affluent upper class of the third estate
what is the bourgeoisie?
500
He was a Jacobin supporter of the revolution and political agitator. Murdered in his bathtub
Who is Jean Paul Marat?
500
This was the French parliament that had to be called to meeting for the first time in 175 years by Louis XVI
What is the Estates-General?
500
This event forced Louis XVI out of Versailles and into Paris
What was the Women's March?
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