Causes for The French Revolution
Enlightenment philosopher who believed humans are naturally greedy.
Thomas Hobbes
King of France during the French Revolution
King Louis XVI
The earliest event that could be argued to have begun the French Revolution
The Tennis Court Oath or formation of the National Assembly
The name of the event when Napoleon overthrew the French government and named himself leader?
Coup D'Etat
The symbol of the Reign of Terror. Used to kill over 17,000 people during the Reign of Terror
The guillotine
Another name for the Enlightenment
The "Age of Reason"
Where the King and Queen of France lived before the Revolution.
Versailles?
The symbolic start to the French Revolution
The storming of The Bastille
Birthplace of Napoleon
Island of Corsica
What document set forth the principles underlying the French Revolution? Adopted by the National Assembly in August, 1789.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man?
The idea that people give consent to be governed. Also the name of a book by Rousseau.
The Social Contract?
Social hierarchy in place in France prior to the French Revolution.
The Estate system
Peasant revolt caused by conspiracy theory that the nobility was hoarding grain.
The Great Fear
What event caused Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to move from Versailles to Paris in 1789?
The Women's March on Versailles?
This revolution led to the Enlightenment
The Scientific Revolution?
Where the National Assembly met to proclaim that they would continue to meet until a constitution had been drawn up for France.
Where is a tennis court?
Set of laws set forth by Napoleon based on Enlightenment principles intended to bring order to the French legal system.
The Napoleonic Code
Who was the leader of the Committee for Public Safety and led France during the Reign of Terror?
Maximilien Robespierre?
Form of government with a king or queen, but also a set of written laws that constrain the king or queen's authority.
Constitutional Monarchy?
The ruling political faction during the Reign of Terror
The Jacobins
Napoleon was exiled here after his defeat at Waterloo
St. Helena