People
King of France during the French Revolution
King Louis XVI
Machine designed during the Revolution to behead people
Guillotine
Group responsible for the “Reign of Terror”: The Committee of __________________
Public Safety
Napoleon carried out a coup d'état to get power? What does that mean?
Seizure of Power/Military take over
The feudal system in use in France in the 1770’s, called the ______________________, had been in use since the Middle Ages.
Estates System
Led the Reign of Terror in France
Maximilien Robespierre
French word for middle class
Bourgeoisie
The name of the prison that revolutionaries stormed
The Bastille
Napoleon shocked the audience at his coronation with this act.
Crowned himself Emporer
The third estate renamed themselves this after the Estates General wanted to tax them again
National Assembly
French military general who became dictator
Napoleon Bonaparte
This referred to the peasants overthrowing and attacking landlords.
The Great Fear
Year the Revolution Began
1789
A forced closing of ports is known as a
Blockade
Main goal of the Congress of Vienna
Create a Balance of Power in Europe and restore the monarchs to their throwns
Wife of Louis XIV
Marie Antoinette
Promise of the third estate to create a new constitution
Tennis Court Oath
A meeting of the three estates to solve the economic issues of France
Estates General
What was Napoleon’s biggest mistake that led to his downfall?
Invasion of Russia
Before the French Revolution, the people of France were divided into three estates based mainly on their what?
Social Class
The Jacobin
Government-run public schools to train officials
Lycees
Slogan of the Revolution
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Island Napoleon was exiled to where he eventually died
St. Helena
Document that proclaimed that the government rested on the consent of the people, not on the divine right of the king.
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen