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Reign of Terror
Napoleon
100

This Cause of the French Revolution was shared with the American Revolution

What is high/unfair taxes?

100
What was the largest Estate in France?
What is the 3rd
100

A written set of rules for the government?

What is a constitution

100
This man was the leader of the Reign of Terror
What is Robespierre
100
Napoleon declared himself a _______________________ of the French Revolution
What is supporter
200
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
200
What is the Estate that charged tolls and taxes on roads and at markets
What is the Second
200
The main instrument of execution used during the Reign of Terror
What is guillotine
200
More people were executed in this manner than in any other
What is the guillotine
200

At first Napoleon was viewed as a ____________ but as time passed Napoleon began to be viewed as a __________.

Who is Liberator/Invading Force?

300
Ideas like these 3 from the Enlightenment surely contributed to the idea of revolution
What is: limited government; natural rights; freedom of speech
300
These Estates were asked by the King to pay taxes in order to help pull the country out of debt
What is the 1st and 2nd
300
Leader of the Committee of Public Safety who was responsible for the Reign of Terror
Who is Robespierre?
300
A highlight of the Reign of Terror was the execution of this hated royal woman
Who is Marie Antoinette?
300
Napoleon suffered the greatest military blunder in history at the hands of this nation
What is Russia
400
This Estate walked out of the Estates-General Meeting and formed the National Assembly. What document did they issue and what type of government did they declare France to be?
What is 3rd/ constitution/constiutional monarcy
400
This Estate numbered around 100,000 people
What is 1st
400

The definition of constitutional monarchy

What is a form of government in which a monarch—typically a king or queen

400

The rolling of this man's head signaled the end of the terrifying times

Who is Robespierre

400

Napoleon declared himself as __________ and later as the Emperor?

Who is the First Consul ?

500

How did the American Revolutionary serve as a cause of the French Revolution? 

France had sent some soldiers to fight in the American Revolutionary and so the soldiers returned home with revolutionary ideas. 

500

The third estate took this oath vowing "not to separate and to reassemble wherever circumstances require until the Constitution of the kingdom is established" 

 What is the Tennis Court Oath?

500

What is the definition of the bourgeoisie?

What is French middle class

500
Once the blood had stopped flowing, this 5 man group took control of France
What is The Directory