Opinion Anyone?
In the years after the French helped the Americans in the American Revolution, what did the French people come to think about their king?
He was wrong to claim a “Divine Right” to rule France.
How had Louis XIV and Louis XV made themselves unpopular with the poor people of France?
They made poor people pay more and more taxes.
To which estate did most people of France belong?
Third
Why was Louis XVI's wife Marie-Antoinette unpopular?
She spent a lot of money while the poor people of France suffered.
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
The members of the National Assembly met on a tennis court and swore to make a new Constitution for France.
How were the members of the Third Estate treated at the meeting of the National Assembly?
They were required to wear only black clothes.
They could only use side doors.
There were no seats reserved for them at the Special Mass.
During the meeting of the National Assembly when the noblemen told Louis XVI that the Third Estate was trying to convince the First Estate to join them, what did Louis XVI do?
He locked the Third Estate out of the meeting room so they could not vote.
What was the greatest difference between the people of the Second and Third Estates?
The Noblemen of the Second Estate were rich, while the peasants of the Third Estate were extremely poor.
Where did the people of Paris go to find gunpowder?
The Bastille
At the beginning of the French Revolution, what kind of government did the National Assembly plan to institute?
Constitutional Monarchy
Why did Louis XVI fear that his soldiers would not fire on the rebellious people of Paris?
They were part of the Third Estate.
When the Louis XVI and his family tried to escape, what happened?
Someone recognized him because his face was on French money.
Who was the leader of the Third Estate?
Maximilien de Robispierre
What was the date of the Fall of the Bastille?
July 14, 1789
What title did every Frenchman receive?
Citizen
What did Robespierre do with anyone he thought disloyal?
He arrested him and put him to death.
What did Louis XVI urge his son as he was led to the guillotine?
He urged him not to seek revenge.
What did the National Assembly decide to do with the First and Second Estates?
They outlawed them.
How did Robispierre die?
Beheaded by the guillotine.
After the French decided to dispense with a Constitutional Monarch in order to become a Republic, they renamed the National Assembly. What was the new name of the governing body in France?
National Convention
Why did the National Convention begin to worry about Robespierre?
They thought he had too much power and had put too many people to death.
Even after Louis XVI was beheaded, things did not immediately go well for the Republic. What committee did the National Convention form, and who was its leader?
Committee of Public Safety, Robespierre