People
King during the time of the French Revolution
Louis XVI
Financially supported by France as an attempt to get revenge on Britain (alliance with colonies signed in 1778)
American Revolution
Term for the 3 social classes (clergy, nobility, and commoners) in France
Estates
Pre-revolution France was ruled by a _______
king
What has 4 legs but cannot move or walk?
Table/chair
Marie Antoinette
The turning point when the reform movement officially became a revolution; this symbol of tyranny was attacked and its governor beheaded
Storming of the Bastille
Term that means "old rule"; describes the pre-1789 political and social system in France
Ancien Regime
At the Estates General, the Third Estate was frustrated because they were always outvoted _ to _
2 to 1
In a previous class, we did a find the 5 differences between 2 pictures. These pictures featured which landmark in Paris?
Eiffel Tower
Current singer/pop star whose distant ancestor is the "Sun King" Louis XIV
Taylor Swift
The Third Estate broke away from the other two, said the people have the power, and named themselves the ______
Term for the "Age of Reason"; intellectual and philosophical movement of 1700s
Enlightenment
What type of sports arena did the National Assembly meet in and pledge to work until a new constitution was made?
Tennis court
Name of the moral/ethical dilemma where you either run over 5 people or switch the tracks to run over 1 person
Trolley problem
Enlightenment thinker who believed in freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state
Voltaire
When a crowd of ladies went from Paris to the palace of Versailles
Women's march
Term for the high judicial courts in France (could delay laws from going into effect)
parlements
year of the revolution
1789
How many students are on this class roster?
36
Jacques Necker
The National Assembly passed the Declaration of ___________, which established the principles on which to base the new system of government (influenced by Enlightenment ideas)
Rights of Man (and of Citizen)
French term meaning list of grievances (submitted by social classes and districts before the meeting of the Estates General)
cahiers de doleance
What kind of weather in 1788-89 made the hunger crisis worse?
Hailstorm/cold winter
A cowboy rode in to town on Friday, stayed for 2 days, and left on Friday. How is this possible?
Horse's name is Friday