People
King Louis XVI
The main instrument of execution used during the Reign of Terror
Guillotine
How many estates were there?
3
The storming of this fortress on July 14, 1789, is considered to be the start of the Revolution
The Bastille
Military General who seized power and declared himself Emperor, ending the revolution
Napoleon
Queen of France during the Revolution
Marie Antoinette
What does "Aristocrats" mean?
Nobles/wealthy/upper-class
The nobles were this estate
2nd
The name of the government formed by the 3rd Estate
National Assembly
A shortage and price increase in this item caused riots, contributing to the start of the revolution
Bread
Leader of the Committee of Public Safety and Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre
Type of government where there's a king/queen, but it's mostly symbolic and they don't have much actual power
Constitutional Monarchy
Which estate was the largest
3rd
The document written by the National Assembly that was inspired by the U.S. Declaration of Independence
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Motto/ideals of the French Revolution (all 3)
Liberté (liberty), Egalité (equality), Fraternité (brotherhood)
French Enlightenment thinker who's idea of Freedom of Expression helped inspire the revolution
Voltaire
The upper class of the third estate
The Bourgeoisie
Who was the 1st estate?
Clergy
The pledge by the National Assembly to continue meeting until they wrote a new constitution
Tennis Court Oath
This protest (led by fisherman's wives) forced the king to move to Paris to live among the people
Women's March on Versailles
Radical newspaper writer who was stabbed and killed in his bathtub
Jean-Paul Marat
Radical political party that sat on the left side of the National Assembly
Jacobins
The meeting of representatives from each estate - the closest thing France had to a government
Estates General
When half of the prisoners in Paris jails were killed out of fear that they would escape and join invading armies
September Massacres
The group led by Robespierre and responsible for the Reign of Terror
Committee for Public Safety