The Enlightenment
What does enlightenment mean?
An era of new ideas
Who is Marie Antoinette?
The Queen when the French Revolution began
What is an Absolute Monarch?
A king or queen with total power
How many estates were there in France?
3
What happened at the Bastille?
The Revolutionaries raided it
Describe an important idea from the Enlightenment Era:
No cencorship, equality, liberty, freedom of speech, representation (and describe what these mean)
Who is Louis XVI?
The King when the French Revolution began
What is democracy?
everyone gets an equal say in the government
A ______________ is when you can not grow, or do not have, enough food for everyone.
famine
What was the Bastille?
An old castle, used as a prison and for storing ammo
What is the Age of Reason?
What is Louis XIV's nickname?
The Sun King
What is Divine Right?
Who was in each estate?
clergy, nobility, peasants
What became the official execution method in France?
The Guillotine
What is a Coffee House?
A place where Enlightenment thinkers could meet and talk about their ideas.
Who is Robespierre?
What is cencorship?
controlling what you can or can't say
France was in debt. How did they try to make more money?
taxes
What was the Reign of Terror?
Anyone who oppised the revolution was killed
What inspired the Enlightenment Era?
The Scientific Revolution, Ancient Greece
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
The Emporer of France after the revolution
What is treason?
saying or doing something against your king or queen
Who paid for the King and Queen's lifestyle?
Peasants/ taxes
Who led the Reign of Terror
Robespierre