Causes
A series of bad weather and poor harvests led to
Food Shortages
Weak, inefficient ruler. Highly influenced. "Fat, ill bred boy"
King Louis XVI
Stormed this prison for gunpowder. Killed the commander and paraded his head around on a pike
Storming of the Bastille
September Massacres
Slogan of the revolution
Liberte, Egalite, Fraternity
The _____ _____ consisted of 3 social groups. It was unfair and discriminated against 98% of the population
The Estate System
Nicknamed Madame Deficit. Lavish hair doo's.
Marie Antoinette
King Louis XVI called a meeting of the _______ _______ to try and figure out what to do with the national debt
Estates General
Centrist who wanted change but were not willing to kill for it
Girondins
Nickname for the Guillotine
The National Razor
France's lose in the Seven Years War made them bitter and caused them to fund the ________ _______. Increasing France's national debt to a level that was unmanageable
The American Revolution
Leader of the Jacobins. Radical republican responsible for the Reign of Terror
Maximillian Robespierre
A period of intense political repression and violence during the French Revolution, lasting from September 1793 to July 1794
Reign of Terror
Radical leftists who were known for the style of pants they wore.
Sans-Culottes
She assassinated Jean-Paul Marat
Charlotte Corday
New ideas on how society and government should work
Enlightenment Ideas
Another leader of the Revolution. Wanted to bring the Reign of Terror to an end, only to be executed
Georges Danton
The king and queen tried to flee France but were stopped and captured
Flight to Varennes
The 3rd government of the Revolution - the most radical phase
National Convention
Radical republicans who were led by Maximillian Robespierre
Jacobins
A political system where a single ruler, typically a monarch, holds total and unrestricted power over the state and its people, often justified by the divine right of kings
Absolutism
Journalist, wrote "The Friend of the People" that often listed people suspected of being against the revolution.
Jean-Paul Marat
In a protest of high bread prices, this event took place, gathering thousands on the way
Women's March to Versailles
This ended in 1799 when Napoleon staged a coup d'état
The French Revolution
Rich nobles who fled the country
Emigres