Vocabulary
This execution device was considered more humane and became a symbol during the Reign of Terror.
What is the Guillotine?
This staple of the French diet became too costly for most peasants to buy because of widespread crop failures.
What is bread?
This event is typically cited as the start of the French Revolution.
What is the Storming the Bastille?
He was publicly executed on January 21st, 1793, ending the long line of French kings divine right to rule over the people.
Who is King Louis XVI?
This motto of the French Revolution continues to be a significant symbol of France today.
What is "Liberte', Egalite', Fraternite'"?
This political party at the National Convention was in the majority and composed mostly of citizens from Paris.
What is the Jacobins?
Known for her lavish spending, this Queen would later be attributed to saying "Let them eat cake!", reflecting her lack of compassion of the peasantry starving.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
This document, based on America's Declaration of Independence, establishing rights for all MEN in France.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
He orchestrated a coup d'état over the Directory, installed himself as the 1st Counsel, and later, declared himself the Emperor of France.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
These set of civil laws ended the feudal system in France and allowed male peasants and the middle class to own land for the first time.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
This was the economic and tax system of France before the French Revolution.
What is Feudalism?
These two Enlightenment philosophers influenced political thought of the French Revolution.
Who is John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
This "agreement" declared that the National Assembly would continue to meet until its members drafted a new constitution.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
He was the leader of the Jacobins and head of the infamous Committee of Public Safety during the Reign of Terror.
Who is Maximilian de Robespierre?
Napoleon Bonaparte's rule led to a rise of this in France and neighboring countries.
What is Nationalism?
Radicals at the National Assembly, who wanted to provide more power to the people, made up a large segment of the mobs in Paris.
Who are Sans-culottes?
These two wars led to increased national debt for France, which was passed down as more taxes to the 3rd Estate.
What is the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War?
This Paris governing body attacked the royal family in the Tuileries and imprisoned the King and Queen of France on August 10th, 1792.
What was the Paris Commune?
He was France's Finance Minister, who urged King Louis XVI to call together the Estates General in order to get the property tax implemented.
Who is Jacques Necker?
The Napoleonic Code curtailed many rights for this group of people.
What are women?
The Estates General was comprised of these three social classes of France
What is the Clergy(1st Estate), Nobility(2nd Estate), and Middle Class and Peasantry(3rd Estate)?
King Louis XVI was left with substantial debt from previous kings due to the extravagant cost of this building.
What is the Palace of Versailles?
The overthrow of Robespierre's Committee of Public Safety that ended the Reign of Terror on July 27th, 1794, is know as this event.
What is the Thermidorean Reaction?
He published a pamphlet declaring that the Third Estate was "Everything".
Who is Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes?
Napoleon Bonaparte created these for people to get an education.
What are lycées?