Causes
King Louis XVI angered the 3rd estate by doing what to them financially?
Unfair Taxation
The Bastille Prison
This event sent 40,000 people to the guillotine in Paris.
Who was the leader of France at the beginning of the Revolution?
King Louis XVI
Robespierre, Marie, Antoinette, Danton, King Louis all had this happen to them
There was a severe lack of ____________ in France that causes famine.
Food
Woman marched with chopped heads on pitchforks angry over the lack of food. What event was this?
Women's March on Versailles
What group did Georges Danton and Maxilimien Robespierre lead?
Jacobins
What document was created in France that was influenced by America's Declaration of Independence?
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
The French Flag is made up of what 3 colors?
Red, Blue, White
What war right before the French Revolution heavily influenced it?
American Revolution
What meeting that was called by King Louis XVI called all 3 estates together to fix the taxation and money problems in France?
The Estates General
What group was created by Robespierre to falsely accuse people of being traitors and send them to the guillotine?
Committee of Public Safety
Who was the woman that told the peasants "Let them eat cake"
Marie Antoinette
What happened to Napoleon after he became unpopular in France?
He was banished to the island of St. Helena
What movement in Europe was thinkers and philosophers influenced the French and American Revolution?
Enlightenment
What did the 3rd estate call themselves after the broke away from the government?
National Assembly
The French Revolution started and ended with a _____________?
Monarchy
What man led the Reign of Terror, C.O.P.S., and Jacobins?
Maximilien Robespierre
Jean Paul Marat was killed where while writing a newspaper article?
bathtub
King Louis XVI gave special privileges to what two Estates?
1st and 2nd Estates
Tennis Court
This event was characterized by a French citizen picking up a coin with the King's face on it.
King Louis's failed escape.
What man won many wars outside of France and eventually came back to become emperor?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Mr. Childers is from what city?
Toledo, Ohio