Revolutionaries
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Counterrevolution
The Lull of the Revolution
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100
This famous Revolutionary famously gave a Latin speech to the king in his youth, and the cool reception it received left a permanent bad taste for Louis in his mouth

Who is Robespierre

100

When radical Parisian crowds gathered and called for a republic in 1791, Lafayette's actions effectively ruined his revolutionary reputation. Those actions were resulted in the  

Champ de Mars massacre

100

When a national draft was enacted in 1793, this entire region of western France rose in revolt against the government in Paris

what is the Vendee

100
The moderate "Constitution of 1791" divided citizens into THESE two groups based upon their property

What is Active and Passive

100

French society - from the Middle Ages onward - was defined in a three part system that divided people into...

Those who pray, those who fight, those work

200

This famously gregarious revolutionary was a powerful orator, lawyer and known for his love of women, wine and food

Who was Danton
200

This ominous natural event coincided with the opening of the Terror on September 5, 1793

What is a solar eclipse

200

When counterrevolutionaries in THIS CITY surrendered it to the British, the shock in Paris was so great that it led directly to the call for Terror on September 5, 1793

What is Toulon

200

This joyous first anniversary of the Bastille (July 14, 1790) - held on the Champ de Mars - represented a high point of sorts for unity and good feelings throughout the Revolution as a whole

What is the Feast of the Federation

200

This early revolutionary document served as the French counterpart of sorts to the American Declaration of Independance

What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
300

This long-haired young revolutionary firebrand earned early fame for riling up crowds at an outdoor Paris cafe to Storm the Bastille  

Who was Camille Demoulin

300

In stark contrast to the papacy's power during the Revolutionary period, this medieval pope arguably enjoyed the greatest authority - both spiritual and secular - of any Catholic pope in history

Who was Innocent III
300

When news concerning the Fall of Verdun reached Paris in the fall of 1792, a series of paranoia-driven atrocities occurred throughout the city - particularly against prisoners - for several days which were collectively called

The September Massacres

300
In order to pay down France's huge national debt, church lands were nationalized and provided the backing for THIS new currency note

The Assignat

300

When the Women's March (Oct 5-6, 1789) reached Versailles, a delegation of women were allowed to meet with Louis XVI. When the spokeswoman Pierrette Chabry approached the king, THIS happened

She fainted at his feet.

400

The greatest painter of the period, this artist was both a fervent revolutionary and a pragmatic survivor (given his later willingness to work for Napoleon!)

Who was David

400

This is the collective title given to the series of acts - early in the Revolution - in which nobles competed with another in giving up their rights and privledges

What were the "August Decrees"

400

This was the name of the famous court in Paris which tried counterrevolutionaries for treason; it would become more and more of a "kangaroo court" as the year of the Terror evolved

What is the Revolutionary Tribunal

400

During this period, these two religious minorities in France were finally given full social, religious and political rights by the National Assembly

Who are Jews and Protestants

400

Slavery in THIS French colonial possession in particular proved a conspicuously hypocritical point of contention for the early Revolutionaries and it remained legal there until finally abolished during the radical phase of the Terror

What is Haiti

500

This unofficial leader of the Girondin was one of the loudest voices for preemptive war against Austria in 1792; he was later guillotined along with them when the war he had pushed so hard for started to go bad

Who was Brissot

500

This 23 year old woman from Caen snuck into Paris in 1793 and killed the "People's Friend" Marat in his bathtub

Who was Charlotte Corday

500

The 1793 purging of the Girondin deputies from the National Convention sparked THIS SERIES of revolts throughout French cities by citizens who disliked the inordinate gathering or power by Parisian mobs over the national government. Ironically enough, this term in France had the OPPOSITE meaning of its use in American politics...

What were the Federalist Revolts

500

The Civil Constitution of the Clergy - the first major misstep of the Revolution - planted seeds of discord due to its new requirements for all Catholic priests. These 2 requirements for all new priests enraged many traditional-minded French Catholics

Priests had to be democratically elected and swear an oath to the constitution
500

Robespierre's credibility during the Reign of Terror in regard to THESE TWO MATTERS was very high because - ironically - he fervently opposed both earlier in the Revolution

 What is Preemptive War and the Death Penalty