People
The name of the king of France at the start of the revolution
Who is Louis XVI?
The name of the body who advised the king prior to the revolution
This group of people were the only ones to pay taxes in France
What is the Third Estate?
The start of the Revolution was marked by the storming of this fortress
What is the Bastille?
Napoleon established a new law code that took many rights and freedoms away from these people
Who are women?
The person responsible for the Reign of Terror
Who is Robespierre?
The National Assembly morphed into this new body with the constitution of 1791
What is the Legislative Assembly?
The name for the division of French society into three different groups or estates with the king holding absolute power
What is the Old Regime?
The document that declared the peoples' independence from the monarchy was known as this
What is Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Napoleon was defeated for the final time at this Belgian city
What is Waterloo?
The man who thought similarly to Robespierre and was assassinated in his bathtub
Who is Jean-Paul Marat?
The Paris Commune was dominated by these people
Who are the Jacobins or Sans-Culottes?
This group was jealous of the nobility's privileges and influence
Who is the bourgeoisie?
The time period during which thousands of people were executed by guillotine due to supposed opposition to the revolution was known as this
What is the Reign of Terror?
Napoleon's plan to economically starve Great Britain
What is the Continental System?
The wife of the king who angered the French peasants for being out of touch with life of the common people
Who is Marie Antoinette?
The radicals forced the Legislative Assembly to create this body, who ruled France until the constitution of 1795
Who is the National Convention?
The name of the system that dominated France and its people at the time of the revolution. This was the dominant economic system of the Middle Ages.
What is feudalism?
This event marked a drastic turning point in the revolution, prompting surrounding countries to invade France
What is the execution of Louis XVI?
This act by Napoleon made peace with the Catholic Church?
What is the Concordat of 1801?
The woman who helped write the Declaration of the Rights of Women
Who is Olympe de Gouges?
The executive branch under the Constitution of 1795 was called this
What is the Directory?
The taille, the proposed tax at the meeting of the Estates General created a tax on this
What is property?
The body responsible for the Reign of Terror was known as this
What is the Committee of Public Safety?
Napoleon and his army helped encourage this idea among the conquered and French people
What is nationalism?