Key Events
A cause of the French Revolution that was shared with the American Revolution
What is High unfair taxes
Successful leader for the French Army
Who is Napoleon
Marked the final defeat place of Napoleon Bonaparte
What is the Battle of Waterloo
What was the largest estate in France
What is the Third estate
The leader of the Reign of Terror
Who is Robespierre
Marked the beginning of the French Revolution
What is Storming of the Bastille
The last king of France before the fall of the monarchy
Who is King Louis XVI
The place of Napoleons exile and eventual death.
What is St. Helena
What is the estate that charged taxes on roads and at markets
What is the Second estate
Napoleon suffered a great military defeat during this time to which nation
What is Russia
Defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo
Who is Duke of Wellington
A French political theorist, physician and politician
Who is Jean-Paul Marat
Napoleon's place of exile
What is Elba
These estates were forced to pay taxes in order to get the country out of debt, must get all right
What is the First and Second estates
Many people were executed by this machine
What is a guillotine
Demanding Louis XVI end the nationwide food shortage and that the royal family return to Paris with them
What is Women's March on Versailles
Served as a finance minister for Louis XVI, and was a reformer
Who is Jaques Necker
Estates Generals convened here during meetings in 1789
What is the Palace of Versailles
What estate numbered of 400,000 people
What is the Second Estate
This group was established to protect the revolution and was given broad powers, including the ability to arrest and execute individuals
What is the Committee of Public Safety
Formed during the French Revolution by representatives of the Third estate
What is The French National Assembly
Guided the National Assembly in it's struggle against the monarchy and nobility
Who is Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes
What city of France did the French Revolution take place in.
What is Paris
True or false, about half the members of the Second estate had to pay taxes
What is True
What was the main goal of The Reign of Terror
What is to eliminate perceived enemies of the Revolution and consolidate power in the hands of the radical Jacobins