Causes & Estates
The group that made up most of the French population?
What is The Third Estate.
What famous prison was stormed in July 1789?
What is The Bastille.
Who was the king of France at the start of the Revolution?
What is Louis XVI.
What is a republic?
What is a country where political authority does not belong to a monarch.
In what year was Robespierre executed?
1794
Name one reason many people in France were unhappy before the Revolution.
What is inequality, high taxes, poverty, or high bread prices.
What promise did members make during the Tennis Court Oath?
What is they would keep meeting until France had a constitution.
Who was the queen of France?
What is Marie Antoinette.
What did the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen support?
What is Ideas such as equality before the law, individual rights and national sovereignty.
What happened after Robespierre fell from power?
Which estate including the clergy?
What is The First Estate
Why did women march to Versailles in October 1789?
What is they protested bread shortages and high food prices.
Who was the revolutionary journalist assassinated by Charlotte Corday?
Jean-Paul Marat.
What was the Reign of Terror?
What is a period when suspected enemies of the Revolution were arrested and executed in large numbers.
Name one positive idea or change connected to the Revolution.
What is individual rights, equality before the law, or national sovereignty.
The two estates that had special privileges?
What is The First Estate and Second Estate.
What was the flight to Varennes?
What is Louis XVI and his family tried to escape France but were caught.
Who was Jacques Necker?
What is Louis XVI and France's finance minister. Also, spoke for the people and deemed weak.
What happened to Louis XVI in January 1793?
What is he was tried and executed.
Name one negative consequence of the Revolution.
What is political instability, executions, fear, or violence.
Why did the tax system feel unfair to many members of the Third Estate?
What is many were heavily taxed while privileged groups had advantages or exemptions.
What happened to the monarchy after the Tuileries Palace was attacked in 1792?
What is the monarchy was overthrown; France moved toward becoming a republic.
Which revolutionary leader became closely associated with the Reign of Terror?
What is Maximilien Robespierre.
Name one way the Revolution challenged the old system in France.
What is ending the monarchy, challenging inherited privilege, or promoting equality before the law.
The Revolution promised freedom and equality but also brought violence. What does this show?
What is major change can have both positive and negative consequences; fear and power struggles can lead to violence.