France was divided up into these three large social classes.
What are estates?
100
This assembly was made up of delegates from all three estates and met to approve a tax imposed by Louis XVI.
What is the estates-general?
100
This was a period of violence that occurred during the French Revolution that marked by mass executions using the guillotine of "enemies of the revolution."
What is the Reign of Terror?
100
Napoleon was born on this island off the coast of Italy and France.
What is Corsica?
200
This Estate made up 97% of the total population of France prior to the Revolution.
What is the Third Estate?
200
This is a formal agreement between the pope and a government, dealing with the control of church affairs.
What is a concordat?
200
The National Convention found this former king of France guilty of treason and sentenced him to be executed by the guillotine.
Who is King Louis XVI?
200
Napoleon invaded Russia and destroyed this city.
What is Moscow?
300
This person oversaw the three estates, and had control over them.
What is the king?
300
This was a comprehensive and uniform set of laws established for France by Napoleon.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
300
This group was formed by the thrid estate to pass laws and reforms in the name of the French people, also to gain more power for the third estate.
What is the National Assembly?
300
This new legislative body created after the French Revolution had the power to create laws and to approve or reject declarations of war.
What is the legislative assembly?
300
Napoleon was deemed the "Hero of the Hour" for successfully fighting during this revolution.
What is the French Revolution?
400
The bourgeosie, merchants/workers, and peasants made up this Estate.
What is the Third Estate?
400
A machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.
What is the guillotine?
400
This event occurred when the rest of the Estates-General locked out the third estate delegates from a meeting room forcing them to break down the door that led to a tennis court and pledged to stay there until a constitution was written.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
400
He was the leader of the Revolution who wanted to create a 'republic of virtue' and was head of the Committee for Public Safety.
Who was Maximillian Robespierre?
400
The significance of Napoleon's crowning ceremony was that he took this object away from the Pope and crowned himself emperor.
What is his crown?
500
These people made up 80% of the Third Estate.
What are peasants?
500
During the French Revolution, this was a radical group made up of small shopkeepers and artisans who wanted a greater voice in government, lower prices, and an end of food shortages.
What are the sans-cullote?
500
This act marks the official start of the French Revolution and is now celebrated as a national holiday in France.
What is the storming of the Bastille?
500
The Reign of Terror ended when this man, its leader, was arrested executed by the National Convention members.
Who is Maximillian Robespierre?
500
This battle marked the official end of Napoleon's role as leader of France and sent him into exile until he died of a stomach ailment.