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This lady was an archduchess of Austria, and would be the last Queen to reign France after her demise in 1793
Marie Antoinette
After not convening for 175 years, this government body would be called into action to attempt to raise taxes. Consisting of the Nobility, Clergy, and Commoners, it would be quite the influential meeting.
The Estates General
Also known as the "National Razor", this device, invented by a doctor, led to hundreds of thousands of deaths throughout France, bringing a blade down by force within a gallows.
Guillotine
This man was King of France... until he wasn't. He would be beheaded in 1792 at the hand of his own people.
Louis XVI
Copied throughout Europe, this set of legal codes established in 1804 established a bureaucratic state in France, guided by enlightenment rights as well as a system of Merit for government positions.
Napoleonic Code
Women led the revolutionary charge in October of 1789 when nearly 7,000 participated in this infamous event to protest high grain prices.
Women's March to Versailles
The most famous line never said, Marie Antoinette was accused of uttering this 4 word phrase while an impending mob surrounded her apartment.
"Let them eat cake"
Formerly from the Dutch Republic, this man would rise from the Glorious Revolution and lead Britain into the 18th century, being it's first constitutional monarch, not a fruit.
William of Orange
To pre-emptively attempt to prevent an invasion, the new National Convention would vote to go to war against this neighboring country
Austria
Often, the young Josephine would write to her husband, this man, while he was out on the battlefield commanding revolutionary forces to defend the National Convention.
Napoleon Bonaparte
This class of people, meaning the urban middle class, were the heart of revolutionary reform in France. Often skilled lawyers, merchants, and educators, they enacted much of the early enlightened reform.
Bourgeoisie
Nicknamed the "Incorruptible" due to his enlightenment upbringing and moral compass, this man would later lead the National Convention and assign the sentence of treason to the King, ending the monarchy within France.
Maximilien Robespierre
Okay, he wasn't actually THAT short. It was solid propaganda. Nevertheless, he was a hero to the French populace, garnering military victories during the revolution and across the continent. Nevertheless, he would face his final defeat at Waterloo, and be exiled to St Helena
Napoleon Bonaparte
This system was intended as a Naval Blockade, meant to separate Britain from European trading markets and weaken their economy. It would later be unsuccessful, after Russia dropped out in 1810
Continental System
Tell Jefferson Women should be included in the sequel, at least, that's what this individual did in France in 1791 when she authored the "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen"
Olympe de Gouges
In the 1812 Invasion by France, the Russian army refused to engage, instead retreating and practicing this tactic, Destroying towns, animals, and supplies as they went to starve out the invading forces.
Scorched Earth Tactics
Kinda Ironic, the CPS, also known by this 3 word name, was established in 1793 with the goal to silence revolutionary opposition. It did... a bit more than just that.
Committee of Public Safety
Born a slave during in the Caribbean, Toussaint L'Overture would play a critical role in this global event. The largest and most successful of its kind in all human history.
Toussaint L'Overture
Across the pond, the French helped subsidize this enlightened war to gain revenge on the British. It was the debt from this war that would set in motion their own radical upheaval.
American Revolution
In 1793, Charlotte Corday defended her assassination of this man stating she wanted "Peace. Now that he is dead my country can find peace". She would not get it however, as just 8 months later the Reign of Terror would commence.
Jean-Paul Marat
The National Assembly, in an attempt to establish new order based on the enlightenment, enacted this policy. Renaming the Notre Dame to the "Temple of Reason", and changing the calendar to be 12 months of three - 10 day weeks.
De-Christianization
Right hand man to Robespierre, this man helped him establish various programs within the new National Convention. He also inspired people to sign up for the draft and pulled many supporters into the Jacobin Party with his oration skills.
Georges Danton
Despite his prominence as a military leader, Napoleon failed to occupy this country during the Peninsular War, due to the people rising up against French occupying troops.
Spain