Causes
In prerevolutionary France, this group had the least amount of political power.
Peasants
This queen of France was famous for allegedly saying "Then let them eat cake."
Marie Antoinette
These Enlightenment thinkers who believed in justice and freedom were called
Philosophes
Many people were executed during this time of the French Revolution.
What is the Reign of Terror?
Napoleon suffered his final military defeat at this battle
What is Waterloo?
In prerevolutionary France, this group of people made up the FIRST Estate.
Clergy
Marie Antoinette was disliked for many reasons, including being accused of interfering with political decisions that her husband was expected to make, building a make-believe peasant village at Le Petit Trianon, and being from THIS European country.
AUSTRIA
Which of the following would have been OPPOSED by the philosophes?
a) freedom of the press
b) recent revolutionary changes in the English government
c) religious tolerance
d) abolition of government
d) abolition of government
This political club was a radical revolutionary group most known for its extreme egalitarianism and eventual turn to violence.
Who were the Jacobins?
The cold winter led to the defeat of Napoleon at the hands of this army.
Russia
On July 14, 1789, the sans culottes stormed this building and killed the leader of its defenders.
The Bastille
What were the Parisian women demanding when they marched to Versailles in October 1789?
Bread
This philosophe said that “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains”
Rousseau
This controversial figure was a member of the Committee of Public Safety, who eventually met his demise under the guillotine
Who is Robespierre?
Was Napoleon ever the king of France?
No, he had various titles, including emperor of the French, first consul, and general.
This law is also known as the French Bill of Rights
What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
This king was also known as the Sun King
Louis XIV
This civilization inspired the neoclassical art movement during the French Revolution.
Classical (or Greek and Roman)
Established a new calendar, replaced statues of saints in Notre Dame with statues of enlightenment thinkers.
What is unique about Napoleon's coronation as emperor?
Rather than the pope crowning him, he crowned himself.
Which of the following did the Declaration of the Rights of Man NOT establish?
a) the end of the monarchy
b) the legal equality of all men
c) freedom of speech
d) freedom of religion
A - the end of the monarchy
The royal family returned to THIS Parisian palace after the women marched to Versailles
What is the Tuileries?
These artists valued spontaneity, originality, and feeling, and more often focused on everyday subjects.
Who were the Romantic artists?
This man was a radical journalist, whose assassination in a bathtub was famously portrayed by Jacques-Louis David.
Who is Jean-Paul Marat?
Napoleon was exiled to two different places. Name them, in the correct order
First, Elba. Second, St. Helena