Society
In the French parliament, what estate do the peasants belong to?
What is the Third Estate
The machine used to execute people during the French Revolution?
What is the Guillotine
What was the name of the Queen of France?
Who is Marie Antoinette?
The staple food of the French diet that saw prices inflate too high
What is bread
Name of the Palace Louis lived in?
What is Versailles
The French Parliament was known as?
What is the Estates General
The building that was attacked during the revolution? It was attacked to get weapons and ammunition.
What is the Bastille
What was the name of the individual who took the lead after the death of Louis?
The crime Louis the 16th was charged with at his trial
What is treason
The place where the new government was formed?
What is a tennis court
Who belonged to the 2nd Estate?
Who is the nobility/aristocracy?
What sick tradition was started during the Revolution...it involved violence and death
What is putting the heads of the dead on pikes.
Who was the leader of the Girondists?
Who is Danton?
The name given to the merchants and business owners
What is the bourgeoisie
The colors of the new French Flag, created during the Revolution.
What is blue, white and red
The name of the tax collected by the church?
What is a tithe
What was the name of the revolutionary who ran a newspaper, and was killed in his bathtub?
Who was Marat
Who took over France and ended the revolution. He became known as the Emporer of France
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
The name given to the time when peasants stormed the aristocrat's homes and buried the buildings
Which country was Louis' wife from?
What is Austria
Louis the 16th's last name?
Who is Louis Capet?
Which of the political clubs was the most violent?
The nickname given to Louis the 14th?
What is Sun King?
This 1791 attempt by King Louis XVI and his family to flee France and escape the Revolution ended in their capture and loss of public trust.
What is the Flight to Varennes
Name of the document created which would give people new rights.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen