French Revolution 1
The number of estates under the Ancien Regime
What is three?
Which estate made up about 97 % of the population of France?
What is the Third Estate
What prison was stormed on July 14, 1789?
What is the Bastille?
New title to people of all classes.
What is citizen?
What form of government replaced the monarchy after Louis XVI was executed?
What is a republic
This voting system allowed the First and Second Estates to outvote the Third Estate
What is voting by estate? Or what is one vote per estate?
The leader of the Jacobin's during the Reign of Terror
Who was Maximilian Robespierre?
The 10 year period from 1789-1799 in France is called
What is the French Revolution?
The estate that made up 95% of the population
What was the third estate?
Why was the Estates-General unfair to the Third Estate?
Each estate had one vote, so the First and Second Estates could outvote the Third Estate even though it represented most of the population
Helping this country increased France's debt and spread ideas of liberty
What is the United States/ or What is America?
This event destroyed trust in the king when he tried to flee France in 1791
What is the Flight to Varennes?
The incident sparked the French Revolution
What is the storming the Bastille?
The group of people that made up the majority of the Third estate
Who were peasants or common folk?
Rising prices of this basic food caused anger and unrest among the poor
What is bread?
This long-term structural weakness forced Louis XVI to call the Estates-General
What is national debt
It was the engine of terror
What is the guillotine?
This period of mass executions showed how radical the Revolution had become
What is the Reign of Terror?
King Louis XVI (16) wife's name
Who was Marie Antoinette?
This long-term structural weakness forced Louis XVI to call the Estates-General
What is national debt?
The reason members of the 3rd Estate stormed the Bastille
What were to get ammunition/weapons?
This combination of factors best explains why the Revolution became more radical after 1792
What are economic crisis and political tensions
The date of the beginning of the French Revolution
What was July 14, 1789?
This event symbolized a direct challenge to royal authority and showed that the revolution had moved beyond protest
What is the storming of the Bastille?
This action showed that the Third Estate no longer accepted the authority of the king or the traditional social system
What is the formation of the National Assembly