Revolutionary War
Causes of the French Revolution
Causes of French Revolution
Reign of Terror
Potpourri
100
Name one tax the American colonists disagreed with.
What is stamp act, tea act, sugar act
100
This Estate was made up of the nobility.
What is the Second Estate
100
This is the slogan of the French Revolution.
What is liberty, equality, and fraternity.
100
The National Assembly changes its names to this shortly before the Reign of Terror.
What is the National Convention
100
This is the king of France when the French Revolution breaks out.
Who is Louis XVI
200
This was the tax that was the first internal tax the colonists had to pay.
What is the stamp act
200
This Estate was upset over the fact that it paid high taxes.
What is the Third Estate
200
This Estate made up 98% of the population of France.
What is the Third Estate
200
This man is responsible for leading the Reign of Terror.
Who is Robespierre
200
Louis XVI was removed from power and executed because he did this.
What is tried to flee the country, he was viewed as a traitor to the Revolution
300
This is the reason the British attacked at Lexington and Concord.
What is to stop the colonists from gathering guns and weapons housed there
300
Louis XVI called the Estates General for this reason.
What is to help him decide how to deal with paying off war debt
300
This is what happened when the Bastille was captured.
What is Paris citizens (Third Estate) took over the prison and killed the head prison guard
300
This was the external threat that France faced after the execution of Louis XVI
What is war with neighboring countries: England, Spain, Prussia, Austria
300
This American helped write the Declaration of the Rights of Man
What is Thomas Jefferson
400
This is the name of the king of England who opposed the colonists.
Who is King George III
400
This is the name of the document the French proposed to protect their rights.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man
400
Louis XVI raised taxes in France because of this.
What is to pay off war debts that he inherited
400
France moved away from absolute monarchy and became a ______.
What is republic
400
This is why the storming of the Bastille was considered the "start" of the French Revolution.
What is marked the first instance of violence being used to change the government
500
List three things the Declaration of Independence proposed.
What is get rid of taxes, more political representation, trials by jury, no restriction of international trade...
500
This is the name of the social class system that existed in France before the Revolution.
What is the old regime
500
This is the reason the National Assembly was created.
What is to allow the Third Estate to have more of a say in government because the Estates General was unfair
500
List two things that made the Reign of Terror so terrible.
What is 30,000 dead, people told to spy on each other, rights of citizens not upheld.
500
The French Revolution took place during these years.
What is 1789-1799
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