Causes French Revolution
98% of the population of France and they had to pay all the taxes for the country even though they barely had any money.
3rd Estate (Peasants)
The third estate went to an indoor tennis court and formed this political group which they said to be the true government of France.
The National Assembly
The King of France at the time of the French Revolution.
Louis XVI
A method of executing those during the French Revolution
The Guillotine
Bad weather and a crop shortage led to this food staple being scarce and priced very high.
Bread
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette knew their lives were in danger, so what did they end up doing?
They tried to escape to Austria and gather up an army.
The queen of France at the time of the French Revolution who spent money ridiculously.
Marie Antoinette
A period during the French Revolution where anyone suspected of being against the Revolution was sent to the Guillotine without a trial.
The Reign of Terror
In the estates system, this group of people belonged to the 2nd estate and could ask people for money for the church.
Nobles
The political prison where people of the 3rd Estate stormed for guns and gunpowder (where the revolution started to get violent).
The Bastille
Maximillien Robespierre
This group of 12 members believed they had the power to eliminate those who might oppose or even criticize the government.
Committee of Public Safety
This group of people in the French estates System controlled all the land and held government positions (payed little to no taxes).
The Nobles
Where did King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette try to flee when things were going bad in France?
Austria
The general who was in charge of the Bastille and killed when the 3rd Estate stormed it
General DeLauncy
True or False
You could be considered guilty for anything (not using correct terms, praising the old ways, inspiring the church) and be sentenced to the guillotine
True
Englightenment philosophers and thinkers questioned whether the power in a government should belong to what
Monarchy
The oath that the 3rd estate took in order to make a new and fair constitution
Tennis Court Oath
Why was Maximilien Robespierre put to death by the guillotine?
Was a "egomaniac" and ruled by violence
The Jacobins and Robespierre declared this form of government the new form of government and the Lesgislative Assembly to be over
National Convention