pre-Revolutionary France
the type of power a king or queen holds
What is absolute power or divine right?
the name of Louis XVI's wife
WHo is Marie Antoinette?
One of 2 groups he lead
What are the Jacobins or Committee of Public Safety?
Where Napoleon was actually born
What is Corsica?
date of the storming of the Bastille
What is July 14th, 1798?
the fancy word for the 3rd estate
What is bourgeoisie?
Louis XVI would be at the top of which estate?
What is the 2nd estate?
Nickname for him
What is "The Incorruptible"?
The name of his lovely wife
What is Josephine?
commoners needed THIS from the Bastille
Clergy is another word for...
What is church?
The name of Louis' palace
What is Versailles?
Nickname for the time period in which Maximillian Robespierre was in charge
What is the reign of Terror?
The new laws Napoleon passed
What is the Napoleonic Code?
3 Colors of the revolution
What are red, white and blue?
Writers and philosophers who helped spark the French Revolution
WHo are Enlightenment thinkers?
the name of the coolest part of Louis' palace- it's mentioned in the Flocabulary video
What is Hall of Mirrors?
the estimated number of people beheaded during his time in charge
What is 17,000?
Naploen expanded the French Empire but failed to take over this country
What is Russia?
The guillotine was designed to be a better executor in this way....
What is , it was faster? cleaner?
the main food of French common people
what is bread?
the cause and the instrument of Louis' death
What is beheading and guillotine?
The main rulers of France before AND after Maximillian Robespierre
Who are Louis XVI and Napoleon?
The name of the land sold to the U.S. for pennies an acre
What is the Lousianna Purchase?
The estate the the king was at the top of - need the name, not the number.
What is nobility?