Estates
This estate included priests, monks, and other members of the Catholic Church.
First Estate
These thinkers promoted ideas about natural rights, popular sovereignty, and limiting the power of monarchs.
Enlightenment Thinkers
This radical French revolutionary leader became the best-known figure associated with the Reign of Terror.
Maximilien Robespierre
The name of the 5 member government after the Reign of Terror
The Directory
This estate consisted of nobles, who often held titles and enjoyed special social and legal privileges.
Second Estate
The Third Estate carried much of this financial burden, while privileged groups often paid less.
Unfair Taxation
This device was used for many executions during the French Revolution.
Guillotine
Napoleon helped overthrow the Directory and establish a new government, the Consulate.
coup d'etat
This estate included the vast majority of the population, from peasants and urban workers to the middle class.
Third Estate
Poor harvests and rising prices made this basic food unaffordable for many French families AND leads to _________.
Bread and Famine
Historians estimate that roughly this many people were executed during the Terror, though estimates vary.
Over 30,000 people upwards to 60,000
This legal code, introduced under Napoleon, affirmed equality before the law for men and protected some gains of the French Revolution
The Napoleonic Code
This estate made up 2% of the population and owned 25% of the land of France
Second Estate
His indecisive responses to France’s financial and political crisis weakened the monarchy in the years before revolution.
King Louis XVI
This powerful governing body directed France’s wartime policies and helped oversee the Terror.
Committee of Public Safety
In 1804, Napoleon took this title and crowned himself at a ceremony in Paris.
Emperor
This group of people were the well educated class that consisted of doctors, lawyers, etc
Bourgeoisie
When the National Assembly was locked out of the Estates General. Members stormed an area and made a promise to create a new constitution.
Tennis Court Oath
The Reign of Terror began and ended with these events
Execution of King Louis XVI and Execution of Robespierre
Napoleon’s final defeat occurred at this 1815 battle; afterward, he was exiled to the island of Saint Helena.
Battle of Waterloo