French Revolution Events
This meeting of France’s three social classes had the authority to reform the tax system.
B:The five-man committee that ruled France before Napoleon took power.
Estates-General? (p. 226)
B:Directory? (p. 229)
The majority of French people belonged to this social class.
Third Estate? (p. 225)
This French military leader eventually became dictator of France.
The king who ruled the new unified Italy.
Napoleon Bonaparte? (p. 229)
Victor Emmanuel II? (p. 243)
This term means strong devotion and loyalty to one’s nation.
nationalism? (p. 240)
This intellectual movement promoted reason, liberty, and equality.
Enlightenment ideas promoted freedom but not always this moral balance.
Enlightenment? (p. 224)
responsibility and accountability? (p. 224)
Members of the Third Estate formed this new governing body in France.
National Assembly? (p. 227)
French nobles and aristocrats were members of this estate.
Enlightenment thinkers believed rights should be balanced with this moral quality.
Second Estate? (p. 225)
responsibility? (p. 224)
This king of France was forced to sign the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
Louis XVI? (p. 228)
This nation gained independence from the Ottoman Empire with European help.
Nationalism helped unify this southern European country as well.
Greece? (p. 241)
Italy? (pp. 242–243)
One cause of the French Revolution was discrimination against this social group.
Third Estate? (pp. 224–226)
Members of the National Assembly promised not to disband until France had a constitution in this famous oath.
B,This declaration listed rights such as liberty and equality.
Tennis Court Oath? (p. 227)
Declaration of the Rights of Man? (p. 227)
This estate consisted mainly of clergy and church leaders.
First Estate? (p. 225)
The queen of France who tried to escape with the king.
This revolutionary leader believed in Italian nationalism and unity.
Marie Antoinette? (p. 228)
Giuseppe Mazzini? (p. 242)
This economic union helped bring about German unification.
Zollverein? (p. 242)
The revolution was partly caused by this financial crisis in France.
Enlightenment philosophy influenced this major historical event.
economic collapse? (pp. 224–226)
French Revolution? (p. 224)
This period of mass executions occurred during the French Revolution.
Reign of Terror? (p. 229)
Members of the Third Estate protested social discrimination and this major economic problem.
One Enlightenment thinker who helped inspire revolution.
economic collapse? (pp. 224–226)
Voltaire? (p. 224)
This Italian leader helped unify northern Italy as prime minister of Sardinia
Camillo di Cavour? (p. 242)
This country defeated France in the Franco-Prussian War.
The leader who helped unite Italy through diplomacy.
Prussia? (p. 243)
Camillo di Cavour? (p. 242)
Another cause of the revolution was poor leadership from this group.
political incompetence of the monarchy? (pp. 224–226)
Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule ended after his defeat at this battle.
B:The king and queen tried to escape France and flee to this country.
Battle of Waterloo? (p. 235)
B: Austria? (p. 228)
This Enlightenment idea helped inspire people to challenge unfair social systems.
Another Enlightenment thinker who influenced revolutionary ideas.
freedom and equality? (p. 224)
Rousseau? (p. 224)
This Italian revolutionary fought to unite Italy through military campaigns.
This military machine was used to execute people during the revolution.
Giuseppe Garibaldi? (p. 243)
guillotine? (p. 223)
Nationalism helped unite many small states into this modern European country.
Nationalism encouraged people to support this idea.
Germany? (p. 242)
self-government? (p. 240)
Revolutionary leaders tried to build society on Enlightenment ideas but ignored this biblical truth.
Revolutionary thinkers believed government power should come from this source.
sin nature of mankind? (p. 231)
the people? (p. 224)