This woman was notorious for her lavish parties and over the top lifestyle. But lets not forget she was a mother and a wife too!
Who is Marie Antoinette
100
When a leader has total control, or complete power
What is absolutism
100
When the royals continued to spend, despite their lack of funds
What is deficit spending
100
The king, for generations, had total control of the people
What is absolutism
100
"Europe catches a cold"
What is "When Paris Sneezes"
200
This Enlightenment thinkers thought "less was more" when it came to government
Who is Thomas Hobbes
200
A class of people during the Old Regime in France
What is an Estate
200
The result of a series of bad harvests
What is the great fear/worst famine
200
The system of three rigid and separate classes, each with different roles. Two estates kept the third (lower class) burdened with taxes to keep them poor.
What is unjust socio-political system
200
The third estate declared itself this title when it took the tennis court oath, and swore to write a constitution for the people of France
What is The National Assembly
300
This group of people were the largest in number, yet the least in power. They had the most burdens, and the least privileges.
What is The Third Estate
300
The "National Razor of France", this machine is responsible for taking 15,000 lives during the Reign of Terror
What is the guillotine
300
A meeting of all 3 estates
What is the Estates General
300
Inspired the French people to revolt
"if those colonies can do it...we can too"
What is the American Revolution
300
Those accused of treason would tried by this group of people
What is the Committee of Public Safety
400
This man is credited with heading the Reign of Terror, although eventually he would loose his head the same way. But don't forget, he was just trying to protect France
Who is Maximilian Robespierre
400
One of the main political parties in the First French Republic. This party was known for representing the workers.
What is Jacobins
400
1 vote per estate, despite population differences
What is the voting system in the Old Regime
400
Results that you do not see coming, something that is not foreseen
What is a long term cause
400
The political party that represented the middle class
What is Girondist
500
This painter is famous for both Tennis Court Oath and The Death of Marat
Who is Jacques-Louis David
500
Symbol of the monarch that was stormed by the people of Paris and torn to the ground.
What is the Bastille
500
A result that is a reaction, or an immediate response
What is a short term cause
500
Ideas that were of more secular and natural thought. These thinkers used reason and logic, not spiritual beliefs
What is Enlightenment thinkers
500
This individual was beaten and died in prison, he died at the mere age of ten