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This King lost his crown in 1792 and his head in 1793
Who is Louis XVI?
What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen? (1789)
Louis XVI hoped this assembly would peacefully agree to let him raise more taxes.
What was the Estates-General?
Led by the Jacobins and Maximilien Robespierre, this event saw the mass execution of thousands by guillotine.
What was the Reign of Terror? (1793-1794)
This government replaced the Jacobin-led government of Robespierre.
What was the Directory?
Nicknamed "the Incorruptible," he led France during the Terror.
Who was Maximilien Robespierre?
It turned France into a constitutional monarchy -- and distinguished between "active" and "passive" citizens.
What was the Constitution of 1791?
Paris radicals demolished this notorious landmark in July 1789.
What was the Bastille? For double points: why did they demolish it?
What was the War of the First Coalition?
He was assassinated in the bathtub while editing his newspaper, L'Ami du People
Who was Jean-Paul Marat?
Also known as the "Law of the Great Terror," it created the Revolutionary Tribunals and decreed two outcomes for crimes: innocence or death.
What was the law of 22 Prairial?
In this proclamation, the Third Estate promised not to disband until it had written a new Constitution.
What was the Tennis Court Oath? (Double points: who created the famous drawing of this event?)
These two factions (one moderate and one radical) fought for control of the National Assembly in 1792-1793.
Who were the Jacobins and Girondins?
This former priest helped lead the Revolution in 1789 -- and helped Napoleon into power in 1799.
Who was Emmanuel Sieyes? (Double points: What was the title of his famous 1789 pamphlet?)
Robespierre had this famously ugly ally of his guillotined in 1794.
Who was Georges Danton?
The first mass conscription law in modern history.
What was the levee en masse?
In this event, the King, Queen, and the royal entourage tried (and failed) to flee the country.
What was the Festival of the Supreme Being?
This museum became filled with treasures from Napoleon's campaigns in Italy and Egypt in the 1790s.
What is the Louvre?
This Girondin became famous for murdering Jean-Paul Marat with a knife
Who was Charlotte Corday?
Issued by the Austrian Army, it threatened to burn Paris to the ground if harm came to the royal family
What was the Brunswick Manifesto?
This document placed the Catholic Church under the control of the National Assembly.
What was the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
In this event, thousands of Parisians stormed Paris jails and massacred political prisoners.
What were the September Massacres?
In the late 1790s, this street gang dressed like pre-1789 aristocrats and beat up republicans with their canes, nicknamed "constitutions."
Who were the Gilded Youth?