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Three Estates
Reign of Terror
People
Causes of Revolution
Vocabulary
100

The palace near Paris that was built by Louis XIV

What is the Versailles

100
The leader of the Reign of Terror
What is Robespierre
100

Used his military success to rise to power after the French Revolution.

What is Napoleon

100

This Cause of the French Revolution was shared with the American Revolution

What is high/unfair taxes on the Third Estate only

100

Military tactic in which soldiers destroy everything in their path to hurt the enemy

What is Scorched-Earth Policy

200
Made up the second Estate with a population of 350,000 and 25% of land ownership
What are Nobles
200
Most common way of execution
What is guillotine
200
Given the nickname "Madame Deficit"
What is Marie Antionette
200
This cause of the Revolution was thanks to irresponsible spending by King Louis XVI on things such as wars and his Royal Court
What is Debt
200

Body of French civil laws that reflected Enlightenment ideas and principles and reformed the legal code

What is Napoleonic Code

300

Commoners were part of this estate

What is the Third Estate

300

A highlight of the Reign of Terror was the execution of this hated royal woman

What is Marie Antoinette

300

Working-class man or woman who made the French Revolution more radical

Who were the sans-culotte

300
Limited government, natural rights and freedom of speech were ideas from the _____________ that surely contributed to the revolution

What is  the Enlightenment 

300

Many people saw the _________ as a symbol of tyranny.

What is bastille

400

This group made up the First Estate

What is Clergy

400

A radical political club during the revolution

What is Jacobins

400

Executed for demanding equal rights for French women


What is Olympe de Gouges


400

Harsh winters and rise in population led to

What is lack of food and starvation

400

To add territory to an existing state or country

What is annex

500

This group of merchants, lawyers and bankers made up the higher end of the Third Estate. Made up the French middle class.

What is Bourgeosie

500

Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution

What is Declaration of the Rights of Men
500

Served as voice for the moderates and head of the French National Guard who fought alongside George Washington

What is Marquis de Layette

500
What other revolution sparked ideas to the French Revolution?
What is the American Revolution?
500

Written when the Third Estate vowed to continue to meet and write a new French Constitution

What is the Tennis Court Oath