Causes
Due to this causes, people were starving and unable to feed themselves and their families.
What is food shortage?
Largest Estate in France?
What is the 3rd Estate?
A tax paid by the 3rd Estate to the church.
What is a tithe?
This man was the leader of the Reign of Terror.
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
Napoleon used this tactic when he took power after the Revolutionary leaders went too far.
What is a coup d'état?
This cause of the Revolution was thanks to irresponsible spending by King Louis XVI on things such as wars and his Royal Court.
What is Debt/bankruptcy/ Economic weakness?
The two Estates that held all of the power in France before the Revolution.
What is the 1st and 2nd Estates?
The main instrument of execution used during the Reign of Terror.
What is the guillotine?
In 1804, this military ruler seized power in France and declared himself emperor.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
On July 14, 1789 this event was the starting point of the whole revolution.
What is storming of the Bastille?
This new era and way of thinking encouraged liberty, individual rights, and influenced the thoughts behind the French Revolution.
What is the Enlightenment?
A political group in France where representatives of each estate meet to make decisions.
What is the Estate General?
This act of defiance was organized by representatives of the 3rd Estate who were angry at the Estate-General for lack of representation. They met and refused to leave until they wrote a constitution.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
A highlight of the Reign of Terror was the execution of this hated royal woman.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
During this event, over 40,000 were beheaded by the guillotine for being considered "enemies of the revolution".
What is the Reign of Terror?
This revolution is an example of freedom and democracy to the people and inspired them to revolt against their monarchy.
What is the American Revolution?
French middle class.
What is the bourgeoise?
The name of the new government that was established after the Tennis Court Oath was signed.
What is the National Assembly?
This French monarch built the Palace of Versailles.
Who is Louis XIV?
After Napoleon's exile, this group came together in September 1814 and their goal was to return peach and stability to Europe.
What is the Congress of Vienna?
This unfair system determines a person's legal rights, social standing, and how much they are to pay on taxes.
What is the Estate System?
The country was swimming in piles of debt and rather than change his own spending habits, King Louis XVI decided to _______________.
What is tax the nobles/2nd estate?
The French civil code that eliminated the Estate System in France.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
At the Battle of Waterloo, this former British Prime Minister defeated Napoleon once and for all.
Who is the Duke of Wellington/Arthur Wellesley?
In 1805, France received a major defeat when the British admiral Lord Horatio Nelson defeated the French Navy in this battle.
What is the Battle of Trafalgar?