Which king ruled France at the start of the French Revolution?
Who is Louis XVI?
What three words became the motto of the French Revolution?
What are Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity?
On what date did the storming of the Bastille occur?
What is July 14, 1789?
Which queen was executed in 1793 and blamed for extravagance?
Who is Marie Antoinette?
What was the name of the radical phase of the Revolution from 1792–1794?
What is the Reign of Terror?
What was the name of the social system in France before the Revolution?
What is the ancien regime?
What document proclaimed the rights of man and citizen in 1789?
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
What was the immediate goal of the crowd that stormed the Bastille?
What is to obtain gunpowder and weapons?
Who led the Reign of Terror?
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
What group was responsible for many executions during the Terror?
What is the Committee of Public Safety?
What event in the United States inspired many French revolutionaries?
What is the American Revolution?
What Enlightenment idea argued that rights like liberty and property could not be taken away?
What are inalienable rights?
What did the Bastille symbolize to the people of France?
What is royal tyranny and oppression?
Which noble helped write the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
What form of government replaced the monarchy after the Revolution?
What is a republic?
The representative assembly of the three estates
What was the Estates-General?
What Enlightenment thinker argued for separation of powers in government?
Who is Montesquieu?
What citizen militia was formed after the Bastille was stormed?
Who is the National Guard?
Who was the radical journalist assassinated in his bath?
Who is Jean-Paul Marat?
What event marked the beginning of the Reign of Terror?
What is the execution of Louis XVI?
Which Enlightenment thinker wrote The Social Contract?
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Which political club was known for promoting liberty and radical reform?
What is the Jacobin Club?
Who was the commander of the Bastille during the storming?
Who is Marquis de Launay?
Who wrote “What is the Third Estate?” and helped bring Napoleon to power?
Who is Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès?
What was the name of the coup that brought Napoleon to power in 1799?
What is the Coup of 18 Brumaire?