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Enlightenment Thinkers
French Revolution: Causes
Reign of Terror
Napoleon
Wild Card
100
Developed idea of "Natural Rights" and overthrowing an unjust government.
Who is John Locke?
100
The Estate in France which had to pay all the taxes to support the country.
What is the Third Estate?
100
The beheading machine used during the Reign of Terror.
What is the Guillotine?
100
Laws that Napoleon passed when he was Emperor of France.
What are the Napoleonic Codes?
100
He said, "“I do not agree with a word you say but will defend to the death your right to say it”
Who is Voltaire?
200
These people developed ideas on how to use reason to change government to help the people.
What are philosophes?
200
The source of the new questioning attitude that occurred during the French Revolution.
What is the Enlightenment? (and the Scientific Revolution)
200
King who loses his head when France changes from an Absolute Monarchy to a Republic (Radical Change).
Who is King Louis XVI?
200
Country where Napoleon suffers a great loss due to the "Scorched Earth" policy.
What is Russia?
200
In 1800 Napoleon set this up - a vote of the people - to try to create the image of being a freely elected dictator.
What is a plebisite?
300
The three original "Natural Rights."
What is life, liberty, and property?
300
The voting policy of the Estates General.
What is each Estate got one vote - Third Estate always loses - unfair!
300
Person responsible for creating the Reign of Terror.
Who is Maximilian Robespierre?
300
Reason Napoleon was liked by the French people.
What is he brought stability to France AKA Nationalism.
300
This term means "without knee britches" and wore long pants in protest of the nobility.
What is the sans-culottes?
400
Enlightened thinkers believed the truth could be discovered through this, or logical thinking.
What is reason?
400
The social group for each of the Three Estates.
What is Clergy/First Estate, Nobles/Second Estate, Peasants & Bourgeoisie/Third Estate?
400
The group created to deal with the outside threats to France.
What is the Committee of Public Safety?
400
Name the taller person - Napoleon or Mrs. Wood - get it right!!!
Tie! We are both 5'2"!!! :)
400
A radical leader of of the Revolution, loud and popular, convinced French people to join the war - then had his head cut off!
Who is Danton?
500
The type of government favored by Enlightenment Thinkers.
What is a democratic republic?
500
The name of the Middle Class group which actually started the French Revolution.
Who are the Bourgeoisie?
500
Name of the radical group which caused the Reign of Terror.
Who are the Jacobins?
500
The island where Napoleon finally dies.
What is St. Helena?
500
Lived in the sewer and got a skin disease during Louis XVI's reign. Murdered in his bathtub.
Who is Marat?