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Three Estates
Reign of Terror
Events of the Revolution
Causes of Revolution
Miscellaneous
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This was the largest estate

The Third Estate

100
The leader of the Reign of Terror
What is Robespierre
100

In order to raise money during the debt crisis Louis called this body to meet

The Estates General

100

By 1789 the French people were spending up to 80% of their yearly income on this. 

What is Bread/Food

100

Approximately what % of the population is the 3rd estate?

97-98%

200
Made up the second Estate with a population of 350,000 and 25% of land ownership
What are Nobles
200
Most common way of execution
What is guillotine
200

This building was seized on July 14th 1789 through a violent street protest

Bastille

200
This cause of the Revolution was thanks to irresponsible spending by King Louis XVI on things such as wars and his Royal Court
What is Debt
200

Who is the ruler of France at this time

Louis XVI

300

The majoirty of people within the 3rd estate were this

Peasant farmers

300
A highlight of the Reign of Terror was the execution of this hated royal woman who was married to the king
What is Marie Antoinette
300
Working men who didn't wear short pants
Who were the sans-culotte
300
Limited government, natural rights and freedom of speech were ideas from the _____________ that surely contributed to the revolution

What is  the Enlightenment 

300

Radical republicans during the French Revolution. They were led by Maximilian Robespierre from 1793 to 1794

Jacobins

400
This group made up the First Estate
What is Clergy
400

When nickname did the guillotine get during the Reign of Terror

The National Razor

400

The government of the revolution that ruled 1795-1799, know to be very ineffectual and corrupt.

The Directory 

400

This earlier revolution was both a cause and an inspiration for the one in France

American Revolution

400

The writer of "The People's Friend" was murdered in his bathtub

Jean-Paul Murat

500
This group off merchants, lawyers and bankers made up the higher end of the Third Estate
What is Bourgeosie
500

Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution

What is Declaration of the Rights of Men
500

This government body was created to deal with perceived "enemies of the revolution" 

The Committee of Public Safety

500

The meeting when the Third Estate vowed to continue to meet and write a new French Constitution

Tennis Court Oath

500

The "Catch-phrase" of the Revolution

Liberty, Egality, Fraternity