The French Revolution
This term translates as "old order."
What is ancien regime
This hero participated in the American Revolution and the French Revolution.
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette
This absolute monarch witnessed the French Revolution, unfortunately.
Louis XVI
The nickname assigned to Marie Antoinette.
What is "Madame Deficit"
The symbolism of each of the three colors of the French flag.
What is blue representing the City of Paris, white representing the King, and red representing the City of Paris.
This event occurred in France, in 1775, due to the lack and expense of bread.
What is the Flour War
This is a smaller group within a larger group that does not share the same ideas and opinions.
What is a faction
This French document was modeled after the American Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
The French term meaning "middle class."
What is bourgeoisie
This United States President purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, in 1803.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
This war caused deficit spending for Britain, during the American Revolution, and deficit spending for France, during the French Revolution.
The Seven Years' War
The national symbolism of July 14th, in France.
What is the birth of modern France
The definition of the right to vote.
What is suffrage
This country was the first independent nation founded by former slaves.
What is Haiti
The actual date of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence.
What is August 2, 1776
The definition of deficit spending.
What is the practice of governments spending more money than the governments take in
The purpose for the Bastille.
What is to imprison criminals and political dissidents.
The infamous quote falsely attributed to Marie Antoinette.
What is "Let them eat cake"
This event was propelled by the use of the guillotine.
What is the Reign of Terror
The original name of the French colony that would transform into the first independent nation founded by former slaves.
What is Saint-Domingue
The three estates of France, during the French Revolution.
What are the First Estate: Clergy, the Second Estate: Nobility, and the Third Estate: Bourgoisie and Peasantry
The two achievements assigned to the storming of the Bastille,
What are the end of absolute monarchy and the beginning of the French Revolution.
The three achievements of the French Constitution of 1791.
What are the powers granted to the legislature to make laws, collect taxes, and decide on issues of war and peace.
This French military genius eventually assumed the self-imposed title of the Emperor of the French.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte
The English translation of the quote, "Liberté, égalité, fraternité."
What is "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"