French Revolution

The Old Regime

100

France was divided up into these three large social classes.

Estates

200

The First Estate was made up of...

The Clergy

300

The Third Estate was mainly upset about having to be the only ones who...

Paid taxes

400

This is the term for the rumors spreading through the french countryside that the nobility was hoarding grain in an attempt to starve out the peasantry.

The Great Fear

500

In addition to a fancy lifestyle, French kings Louis XIV and Louis XVI spent a lot of money on these

Wars/ Military

Vocab

100

A machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution.

The Guillotine

200

This is the term for the upper middle class members of the third estate.  They push for much of the reforms in government and eventually gain some control.

the Bourgeoisie 

300

This group was lead by Robespierre and orchestrated the terror in France; they were a group of 12 men that attempted to combat all enemies of the revolution

the Committee of Public Safety

400

This is the term for the members of the second estate who fled France one the revolutionaries took over.

Emigre

500

During the French Revolution, this was a radical group made up of small, pant-wearing shopkeepers and artisans who wanted a greater voice in government, lower prices, and an end of food shortages.  

the Sans-Coullottes

Beginning

100

This is considered the starting event of the revolution, when mobs in Paris tore down a prison and took all the guns inside.

The Storming of the Bastille

200

The Third Estate broke away from the Estates-General and formed the National Assembly. They swore a promise to create a constitution. This promise was called...

The Tennis Court Oath

300

This assembly was made up of delegates from all three estates and met to approve a tax imposed by Louis XVI. Met at Versailles in 1789.

the Estates General

400

Of the four stages of a revolution, what would the events of the beginning of the French Revolution fall into?

Stage 2 - symptoms

500

One way the National Assembly attempted to pay off France's war debts was by confiscating and re-selling these lands.

Church lands belonging to the First Estate

The Reign of Terror

100

He was the leader of the Revolution who wanted to create a 'republic of virtue'

Robespierre 

200

In Robespierre's attempt to create a Republic of Virtue, he enacted many reforms. Name one.

Changed the calendar - renamed months, ten day week. Created a new clock and measurement system.  Outlawed public worship.  Turned Churches into Temples of Reason.

300

This was the name f the radical group that formed the government in charge of the Reign of Terror.  They took control from the more conservative and moderate members of the National Assembly.

Jacobins

400

The radicals of the National Convention in 1792 created this form of government

A Republic

500

Who was France at war with during this period?

Prussia and Austria

Napoleon

100

Napoleon and forces overthrew the Directory in 1799, in what is called a...

Coup d-Etat

200

Napoleon was ultimately defeated at this battle

Waterloo

300

Thi uniform set of laws were enforced wherever Napoleon's armies conquered.

the Napoleonic Code.

400

Name one reason that Napoleon's empire fell apart

The Continental System, Nationalism, or Russian winter

500

This is the term for how Russia left Napoleon's troops with nothing to eat and no shelter as they retreated back to Moscow.

Scorched-Earth Policy