The Directory
The number of men who comprised the Directory
Five
The tricolors of the French Revolution
White, Red, Blue
This group of 12 who served as a dictatorship in France between 1793 and 1794 initiated the Reign of Terror
The Committee of Public Safety
In 1791, the first French one of these documents set up a limited monarchy allowing Louis XVI to remain king
Constitution
This document was drawn up in 1791 to support Louis XVI's restoration and was supported by the Emperor of Austria and king of Prussia
Declaration of Pillnitz
Roads with no side streets that the mobs were following to Paris to overthrow the Directory
The boulevards
The most radical French Revolutionaries developed a religion worshiping the goddess of this who was called Sophie
reason
During the Reign of Terror, this right hand man of Robespierre was eventually executed as well
Georges Danton
From 1792 to 1795, the National Convention was the first of this type of government in France
a republic
Ironically, Edmund Burke, of this country, supported the American Revolution but condemned the French Revolution in his "reflections"
Great Britain
The Directory replaced this government of France which had ruled from 1792 to 1795
National Convention
Nickname of Robespierre due to his unquestioned support of the Revolution and the Republic
The Incorruptible
In the National Convention, the most radical revolutionaries sat on this side of the room
Left side of the room
The king of France at the start of the French Revolution
Louis XVI
In Russia, this enlightened despot burned Voltaire's letters and imprisoned all her critics
Catherine the Great
The Directory came to power after this counter revolution which started in the summer of 1794
The Thermidorian Reaction
The city, just a few miles from the Austrian border, where the royal couple was caught while trying to escape France
Varennes
Revolutionary newspaper published by Marat during the Reign of Terror
L'Ami du Peuple (aka Friend of the People)
Term for the French Revolutionary courts which were truly a mockery of justice
Tribunals
During the French Revolution, this future American President, who was serving as a French ambassador, was sickened by the gore
Thomas Jefferson
He saved the Directory with what he called, "A whiff of grapeshot"
Napoleon Bonaparte
The secret identity of Sir Percy Blakeney in the Baronness Orczy novel about the French Revolution.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
She stabbed Marat to death while he was taking a medicinal bath
Charlotte Corday
The number of estates in the Estates-General
3
Under the Civil Constitution of Clergy, issued in 1790, officials in this church were elected and paid salaries by the state
Catholic Church in France