Otherwise known as Madame Deficit, this woman ruled with her husband and spent exorbinant tax dollars on their own luxury
Who is Marie Antoinette?
100
When locked out of the Estates-General meeting, the Third Estate met in another room and pledged this, a promise to create a Constitution and form a new government accountable to the people
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
100
This man lived in opulence at Versailles as an absolute and out-of-touch king
Who is King Louis XVI?
100
During this scary event, peasants sacked and burned the estates of nobles and even forced the Royal family to move to Paris as common prisoners.
What is The Great Fear?
100
Series of meeting tasked with creating ways in which to keep Europe stable and secure.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
200
Members of the second estate
What is nobles?
200
The medium of execution during the French Revolution that provided for a quick, clean, seemingly painless death
What is the Guillotine?
200
This man came to power in a coup d'etat at the request of the French people, but soon declared himself Emperor of the French
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
200
The time period in which scare tactics such as execution were used to keep citizens in order with the new republic.
What is the Reign of Terror?
200
One resolution devised in the Congress of Vienna was to leave France with much of its power, coming to be known as this.
What is the Balance of Power?
300
Tax levied by the Church
What is a tithe?
300
This faction of the Legislative Assembly advocated for a total end to the monarchy and sweeping changes in France
What is the liberal faction or leftist, left-wing, etc.?
300
Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes was the man that suggested the Third Estate become this body
What is the National Assembly?
300
The Russians used this tactic of burning any usable materials as they lured the French to the harsh interior of the large state
What is scorched-earth policy?
300
This resolution involved re-establishing pre-French Revolution monarchy lines all over Europe
What is Legitimacy?
400
An army that fights for money, not ethics or principles
What is a mercenary army?
400
This is a vote by the people
What is a Plebiscite?
400
This man used fear and terror tactics to keep French citizens "Enlightened" and conformed with the ideals of the new republic.
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
400
The plan originally designed to cut off Britain from trade with the rest of Europe and kill the British economy, but had 4 major flaws.
What is the Continental System?
400
Some European states around France were given more lands, and other states were united to do this.
What is contain France (Containment)?
500
These were afraid that the the French Revolution would spread
What is other European countries?
500
These were French workers that wore full-length trousers. They were some of the poorer of the middle class and wanted some changes to benefit them, solve the food crisis, and reduce the national debt.
What are sans-coulettes?
500
This man conceived the three main points put forward by the Congress of Vienna to prevent another French Revolution-type incident.
Who is Prince Klemens von Metternich?
500
The war that broke out between Napoleonic forces and Spain as the French marched through the state to reach Portugal, guilty of disobeying the blockade on Britain.
What is the Peninsular War?
500
This was the new ideas and revolutions that broke from absolute monarchies to give some say or rule to the people