Causes/Start
The name of the King in charge of France at the start of the Revolution
Who is Louis XVI?
The leader of the newly formed Republic of France
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
The name of the government that replaced Robespierre
What is the Directory?
Napoleon's last name
What is Bonaparte?
The substance poor French people would put in their bread to make it more filling
What is sawdust?
King Louis' wife, the Queen of France
Who is Marie Antoinette?
The execution machine used in the Revolution
What is the Guillotine?
How Robespierre died
What is executed by guillotine?
What is 5'7"?
The city where Napoleon is buried
What is Paris?
The Parisian prison that revolutionaries stormed and destroyed
What is the Bastille?
The brutal era under Robespierre where 40k people were executed for treason
What is the Reign of Terror?
The number of people in the Directory
What is 5?
The person who crowned Napoleon as Emperor of France
Who was Napoleon?
The famous quote by Marie Antoinette about the French people running out of bread
What is "Have they no brioche?"
The groups of people represented by the First, Second, and Third estates (YOU MUST GET ALL RIGHT!)
What are the Clergy (First), the Aristocracy (Second), and the Commoners/Everybody else (Third Estate)?
The location of the "oath" taken by radical members of the Estates General
What is a tennis court?
Name three countries that went to war with France after the Revolution over fears that the Revolution would spread to their nations
What are Britain, Spain, Russia, and Prussia?
The country that repelled Napoleons army, largely due to the harsh weather and crazy military strategies of burning their own resources when they abandoned towns or cities
What is Russia?
What are Blue, White, Red?
The day and year the Revolutionaries stormed the Bastille -- it's still celebrated today!
What is July 14, 1789?
The name for the most radical group of Revolutionaries
What are the Jacobins?
The term for a country run by a small group of leaders
What is an Oligarchy?
What are Elba and St. Helena?
The year the last person was executed by guillotine in France
What is 1977?