People and Events
King of France during the French Revolution.
Who was King Louis XVI
France's social system prior to the French Revolution.
What are The Three Estates?
More than 40,000 French people were killed during this period of the Revolution.
What is the Reign of Terror?
This is the number of Constitutions France had during the French Revolution
What is 2?
This was Napoleon's role prior to controlling France.
What is a General in the French Army?
This man was a radical revolutionary and caused the Reign of Terror.
Who is Robespierre?
This group was the largest percentage of France's population and unfairly taxed.
What was the Third Estate?
This is the official name of France's government under Robespierre.
What is the Committee of Public Safety?
The type of government established by Napoleon.
What is a dictatorship?
This is the title Napoleon borrowed from the Romans and used before he made himself emperor.
What is First Consul?
A Prison in Paris that was stormed and destroyed, starting the French Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
This meeting was unfair towards the Third Estate, and allowed the First and Second Estates to outvote them on issues.
What was the Estates General?
This document is based on the Declaration of Independence and Constitution and supports equality for all French people.
These two terms describe opposite political ideologies, they sat on the left and right sides of the French National Convention.
What are liberal and conservative?
This event was a major loss for the French, and resulted in Napoleon's first exile.
What is the Great Retreat (or invasion of Russia)?
This event saw King Louis XVI arrested and returned to Paris from Versailles.
What is the Women's March?
This group was made up of members of the Third Estate who wanted to write a French Constitution.
What was the National Assembly?
A war with this country caused increased turmoil in France during the Revolution.
What is Austria?
This government was established by the French Constitution but was corrupt and eventually overthrown by Napoleon.
What is the Directory?
This word describes how Napoleon came to power in France.
What is a Coup D'état?
This defeat resulted in Napoleon's exile to St. Helena and the establishment of a new republic in France.
What is Waterloo?
This was an agreement created by the National Assembly after being locked out of the Estates General.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
This group demanded a National Convention to create a new French Constitution, and used their power to enact radical change and execute King Louis XVI.
Who was the Paris Commune (or Sans-Culottes)?
This is why the committee of Public Safety was estbalished?
What is to create peace and cooperation in France during the War with Austria?
This meeting was intended to restore balance to Europe after the exile of Napoleon.
What is the Congress of Vienna?