Major Events
A large group of women forced the king back to Paris.
The womens march of Versailles
The government that the French Revolution sought to end.
Monarchy
Skin disease. confined to a bathtub. Wanted lots of people killed. Wrote a newspaper.
Jean-Paul Marat
"The true people of France". Did not wear Nee britches.
Sans-culottes
Multiple deaths. Anyone accussed of being against the new government killed.
The Reign of Terror.
The new name for the Legislative Assembly
National Convention.
The incorruptable.
Maximilen Rosepierre
Went crazy. Thought himself a god.
Maximilen Robespierre
A large group of the 3rd estate marches on a giant prison and seizes it to get gunpowder.
The Storming of the Bastille.
The type of government France had in 1791.
Constituional Monarchy
What caused the September Massacres?
Paranoia and Marats newspaper.
The king of France. Fat, illbred, boy.
King Louis XVI
Very popular among the people. Was in charge of the country's money.
Jacques Necker.
France declared war on a country because they believed they were plotting against them.
War with Austria
Made up of 5 people. Weak, corrupt, unpopular.
Directory.
Replaced the monarchy as the new form of justice.
Guilotine
Wife of King Louis. Madame Deficent.
Queen Marie Antoinette
Famed general. Took over the government.
Napoleon
A new age of ideas. challenged traditions.
The age of Enlightenment.
Made up of 12 people. Acted as a dictatorship.
Committee of Public Safety.
What did King Louis XVI and his family do on June 21, 1791.
Tried to escape France.
Charlotte Corday.
Friend of Robespierre. Gets his head chopped off for disagreeing with Robespierre. Sentenced to the Guillotine.
Danton