Revolutionary Dudes
This not-actually-French icon took absolute power over France once the people learned that beheading the king wasn't the answer to all of their problems
Napoleon Bonaparte
This royal fashionista loved to pioneer wildly impractical hairstyles in between gambling sessions, making her a very unpopular queen
Marie Antoinette
The Haitian Revolution ignited two weeks after Dutty Boukman hosted this kind of event in August 1791
Vodou ritual/ceremony
The Third Estate made this agreement in 1789 to create a constitution for France
Tennis Court Oath
Louis XVI was not allowed to make a final speech before he was executed via this device
Guillotine
This French lawyer was against the death penalty when he was a student. By the time his Committee of Public Safety took over, he clearly changed his mind when he started terrorizing the people of France
Maximilian Robespierre
This practice of treating people like property was banned by post-revolution Haiti and reinstated in post-revolution France
Slavery
The French Revolution officially started on July 14, 1789 when the new National Guard raided this prison fortress in Paris
Bastille
(Storming of the Bastille)
The free people of color in Haiti petitioned the new French government for this specific legal right
Racial equality / equal rights
During the religious ritual where revolutionary plans were made, this man rallied the people by stating that their god demanded revenge against their oppressors
Dutty Boukman
This Senegalese man used his status as a vodou priest to launch the initial slave revolts that ignited the Haitian Revolution
Dutty Boukman
Plantation system
Charles Leclare failed to retake Haiti for his brother-in-law for a variety of reasons: the military leadership of Louverture, not bringing enough troops, and this disease killing the men he did bring
The National Assembly changed its name to this similar one in 1792 after Louis was officially overthrown
National Convention
Marie Antoinettes' most famous quote, "Let them eat cake," was something she likely never said, but it references the shortage of this food that was a staple of the French diet
Bread
Toussaint Louverture belonged to this social class, which allowed him to lead negotiations between the former enslaved and their former owners. Mostly, he managed to annoy most groups except his own.
Gens de Couleur Libres
This French constitution was suspended by Robespierre during his Reign of Terror and remained out of fashion until Napoleon's exile to Elba
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Napoleon was forced into exile a second time after being defeated by the united forces of Europe during this battle which shares a name with ABBA's Eurovision debut hit
Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon established this institution to centralize tax collecting and revive the French economy
Bank of France
Napoleon invited this man to his coronation, who was expected to place the golden wreath on the future emperor's head but instead watched Napoleon do it himself
The Pope (Pope Pius VII)
This man learned a lot of lessons from his brother's untimely death, but wasn't scared enough to resist taking the French throne in 1814
Louis XVIII (18th)
The French revolutionaries overthrew the old system of government known by this nickname referring to just how old the system was
Ancien Regime
This dramatic naval battle in 1805 prevented Napoleon from capturing Great Britain and ensured the British claim to having the strongest navy on the continent, and perhaps the world
Battle of Trafalgar
The grand blancs were willing to change sides in a desperate attempt to keep their land, leading them to petition this nation for help suppressing the Haitian Revolution
Great Britain
To prevent future insurrections, nations rallied around France who demanded this from Haiti in order to be allowed to participate in international trade
Debt / reparations / independence debt / ~22.8 billion dollars