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Napoleon
100
French society before the Revolution was set up in this system.
What is the Estate System?
100
This group made up the 1st Estate. They held most of the land and paid very little in taxes.
What is the CLERGY (Church)?
100
The storming of this prison sparked the Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
100
What profession did Robespierre belong to before he became a revolutionary.
What is a lawyer.
100
The death of this person started the Reign of Terror.
What is Marie Antoinette.
200
Economic problems grew due to spending in wars with this country.
What is Britain?
200
This group made up the 2nd Estate. They made up a very small portion of the population and paid virtually no taxes.
Who are the NOBLES?
200
When women rioted because of bread cost, they found the king in this city.
What is Versailles?
200
This guy wrote a paper called Friend of the People... he wanted a lot of people to die
What is Marat.
200
This man would take over five years after the death of Robespierre.
What is Napoleon.
300
These new set of ideas further encouraged the french to seek freedom.
What is the Enlightenment?
300
The Third Estate paid this much of their income in taxes as well as payments to the church and the nobles.
What is half of their income?
300
The king and queen were taken prisoner and kept in this city.
What is Paris?
300
The creation of the guillotine was meant to make these two improvements on execution?
Death would be humane and equal.
300
Robespierre asked that the killing be intensified. What was this period known as?
What is the Great or Grand Terror.
400
Because of their spending, the King and Queen pushed France further into debt. What was Marie Antoinette's nickname?
What is Madame Deficit?
400
The third Estate broke up and formed this new government body. The Estates General was no more. This was formed.
What is the National Assembly
400
The king and queen tried to escape. They were caught after someone recognized the king from this item.
What is a French bank note (currency)?
400
What was the nickname of the guillotine?
What is the National Razor.
400
How many days were in a week in the Jacobin calendar?
What is ten.
500
This was the staple of the French diet. Bad harvests gave way to its cost skyrocketing.
What is bread?
500
What were the small businessmen of the 3rd Estate known as?
What is the Bourgoisie.
500
Violent demonstrations perpetrated by the Sans Coulottes during the 9th month.
What are the September Massacres?
500
What three words were the moto of the Revolutionaries, in order.
What is Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.
500
Robespierre sentenced this man, a former friend and co-revolutionary, to death.
What is Danton.