Estates
It was the meeting of all three estates. The last one had been held 175 years earlier
What is the Estates-General
It is a machine designed to behead people
What is the guillotine
The fact that she was from Austria and the stories of her extravagant lifestyle angered many Frenchmen. She was queen of France
Who is Marie Antoinette
After Napoleon, European leaders meet to restore order here.
What is the Congress of Vienna
A sudden social or political change(sometimes violent) in a country.
A revolution
The estate that had military leaders, government leaders and made up 2% of the population
What is the Second Estate (Nobles)
It is the name given to small amount of soldiers who attack and quickly leave(means "little war")
Guerrillas
The poor leadership of this king, his extravagant lifestyle was one of the causes of the French Revolution.
Who is Louis XVI
The name of the promise that the Third Estate made to always stay together and to meet as often as they could until a fair constitution was made.
What is the Tennis Court Oath
The Fear that troops were going to destroy crops and arrest people at the beginning of the Revolution
The Great Fear
The members of this estate had the religious leaders. Did not pay taxes. 1% of the population
What is the First Estate (Clergy)
Napoleon blocks ports that carry English goods which he does to try and cut off the supplies to England. This is called a....
What is a blockade
He was the leader of France during the Reign of Terror. Like so many of his victims he too lost his head.
Who is Maximillien Robespierre
This document was made by the National Assembly describing the rights of men in France.
(but left out women)
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man
One of the Causes of the French Revolution-King Louis XVI spent too much of this causing France to go into debt.
money
This non-privileged class was made up of peasants, bank owners, merchants, factory workers, etc.
What is the Third Estate
It was Napoleon's final battle where he takes on the English and the Prussians
What is Waterloo
What were kings in other countries around France afraid of during the French Revolution?
They were scared the ideas of the Revolution would spread to their countries
The extra fee that people had to pay for goods that they bought, sometimes they were very high.
What is taxes
The French word meaning, "middle class", included bankers, merchants, manufacturers
The Bourgeoisie
It was the Paris prison that was attacked by mobs searching for arms to fight the King
What is the Bastille
This man was made U.S. President at the beginning of the French Revolution.
George Washington
Napoleon was considered by many to be a military genius. However, this was one of his greatest military blunders(failures)
What is the invasion of Russia
Napoleon was defeated by these two Generals in Russia.
Who are General Famine and General Winter