Early Days
The Tennis Court Oath took place in this location, south of Paris
Versailles.
Olympe de Gorges was known for his defense of this group of people.
Women.
France is often referred to as this shape.
Hexagon.
The upper house of the legistature was called this.
Council of Elders.
The architect of the Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre
Louis XVI had this many children with Marie Antoinette
Four.
He wrote a newspaper called Friend of the People
Jean-Paul Marat.
France borders these two mountain ranges.
The Alps and the Pyrenees.
Voting was restricted under the Constitution of 1794 to this many voting men.
30,000 land owners or renters.
One of the two cities that were punished (made an example of) during the Reign of Terror.
Lyon and Nantes
He was the inspiration for both the American Declaration of independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man's affirmation of natural law.
John Locke.
They were also known as the Montagnards.
Jacobins.
This kind of aircraft was invented in France.
Hot air balloon.
This is the French term to 'overthrow the state'
Coup d'etat.
One way other than guillotine that people were killed during the reign of terror.
Grapeshot or drowned in barges.
Varennes was the location of this event, which led to the king's arrest.
The fleeing attempt by the King and his family.
He developed the Social Contract theory.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
This government body had 5 members chosen by the Council of Elders, nominated by the Council of 500
The Directory.
This famous cathedral was turned into a Temple of Reason.
This was the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Corsica.
Marie Antoinette was born in this city.
Vienna.
This is the longest river in France.
The Loire River
This is the French term for mandatory military conscription.
Levee en masse.
The Law of 22 Prairal gave Robespierre more powers for this.
Powers of arrest.