Pre-Revolution
This war with the British weakened France financially prior to the French Revolution.
What is the American Revolutionary War?
These actions killed many during the Reign of Terror.
What were mass executions?
This man crowned himself Emperor after the Revolution ended.
Who is Napolean Bonaparte?
This man was the King during the French Revolution.
Who is King Louis XVI?
This was what the French people were upset about that led them to revolt.
What are unfair taxes and/or inequality?
One of the positive results of the Reign of Terror that was later reversed under Napoleon.
What is the abolition of slavery?
This patriotic drive motivated France to come together and fight Britain and Austria.
What is nationalism?
This was the tool used to execute Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI.
What is the Guillotine?
Inspired by Enlightenment thinkers, the French Revolution demanded this form of government
What is a Republic?
The main leader of the executions during the Reign of Terror.
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
This religious organization returned to France once the French Revolution died down.
What is the Catholic Church?
This famous building was stormed during the revolution on July 14th, 1789.
What is the Bastille?
These were the 3 classes of French citizens.
Who were the common people, clergy, and nobility?
This action was done in order to dissolve the Catholic Church's power to unify people on Sundays.
What is the changing of the calendars?
This group of laws established civil equality and the abolishment of nobility privileges.
What was the Napoleonic Code?
This man preceded Louis XVI and was known for his lavish lifestyle at Versailles.
Who was Louis XIV/the Sun King?
The document that was modeled after the American Declaration of Independence.
What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?
This political party was responsible for overthrowing the monarchy and establishing the first republic.
Who were the Jacobins?
The way that Napoleon took over France.
What was the Coup of 18-19 Brumaire?
This man wrote the French version of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?