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She was the queen of France at the start of the reevolution; she was from Austria and spent too much money on herself
  • Robespierre
  • National Assembly
  • Louis Xvi
  • Marie Antoinette
When each estate received one vote; this was favored by the First and Second Estates
  • Vote by Order
  • Conservatives
  • Reign of Terror
  • Vote by Head
A group of 5 men who were given control of France following the Reign of Terror; Napoleon was one of the 5 men
  • Legislative Assembly
  • Reign Of Terror
  • Directory
  • National Assembly
A group of 12 men who decided who was an enemy of the state; those who were, were executed
  • Moderates
  • Directory
  • Legislative Assembly
  • Committe of Public Safety
A palace built by Louis XIV outside of Paris; it was home to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
  • Versailles
  • Bastille
  • First Estate
  • Legislative Assembly
The social classes in France
  • Estates-general
  • Bastille
  • Bourgeoisie
  • Estates
This group liked the king, wanted no more changes and was opposed to violence
  • Conservatives
  • Moderates
  • Radicals
  • Peasants
Hoping to spread their revolutionary ideas, France voted to declare war on this country
  • Versailles
  • Austria
  • Louis Xvi
  • Old Regime
This is the date that represents the symbolic start of the French Revolution; Parisians stormed the Bastille
  • July 16th, 1789
  • July 14th, 1789
  • July 12th, 1789
  • July 14th, 1794
He was the king of France at the start of the revolution; he was weak and indecisive
  • First Estate
  • Marie Antoinette
  • Louis XVI
  • Robespierre
Robespierre's attempt to erase all traces of the monarchy, nobility and the Catholic Church
  • Reign of Terror
  • Tennis Court Oath
  • Republic of Virtue
  • National Convention
A promise made by the members of the National Assembly to stay together until they had written a constitution for France; this was the first deliberate act of the revolution (treason)
  • Reign Of Terror
  • Tennis Court Oath
  • Fall Of The Bastille
  • Estates-general
They consisted of the bourgeoisie, the san-culottes and the peasants; they paid high taxes and had no special privileges
  • Third Estate
  • Second Estate
  • First Estate
  • Estates-general
This was the slogan (battlecry) of the French Revolution
  • San-culottes
  • Vote By Head
  • National Convention
  • Liberty, Fraternity, Equality
When each representative received one vote; this was favored by the Third Estate
  • Vote by Head
  • San-culottes
  • Vote by Order
  • Bourgeoisie
The radical leader during the French Revolution responsible for the Reign of Terror; he wanted to create a Republic of Virtue
  • Robespierre
  • Marie Antoinette
  • Moderates
  • Louis Xvi
The legislative branch of the French government prior to the French Revolution; it could meet only with permission from the king (May 5th, 1789)
  • Third Estate
  • Estates-General
  • First Estate
  • National Assembly
A medieval fort and prison in Paris used to store gun powder
  • Guillotine
  • Bourgeoisie
  • Versailles
  • Bastille
This was the legislative branch of government that deposed the king of his title, declared France a republic and publically executed the king and queen
  • Directory
  • Legislative Assembly
  • National Convention
  • National Assembly
A combination of the absolute monarchy and feudalism in France; it included the three estates
  • Old Regime
  • Estates-general
  • National Assembly
  • Reign Of Terror
A machine used to behead people; it was suppose to make death quick and painless
  • Bastille
  • Directory
  • Bourgeoisie
  • Guillotine
A major change in government that began in 1789; it brought an end to the absolute monarchy and a start to a representative government
  • Reign Of Terror
  • Tennis Court Oath
  • Fall Of The Bastille
  • French Revolution
A radical supporter and close ally of Robespierre who was eventually declared a traitor; he was executed the guillotine
  • San-culottes
  • Marat, Jean-paul
  • Estates-general
  • Danton, George
They consisted of the Nobles; they received special privileges and paid no direct taxes to the king
  • Second Estate
  • Estates-general
  • First Estate
  • Third Estate
This is the date the National Assembly ended the Old Regime, feudalism, church tithes and the special privileges of the First/Second Estates
  • August 4th, 1789
  • August 4th, 1794
  • August 1st, 1789
  • August 4th, 1790
This group hated the king, wanted drastic and sweeping changes and advocated the use of violence in the name of the revolution
  • Peasants
  • Conservatives
  • Moderates
  • Radicals
The excessively violent period of time during the French Revolution under the rule of Robespierre
  • Tennis Court Oath
  • Directory
  • French Revolution
  • Reign of Terror
Hundreds of hungry people stormed the prison in search of gunpowder to save Paris and the National Assembly; this was the symbolic start of the revolution
  • Tennis Court Oath
  • Fall of the Bastille
  • Reign of Terror
  • French Revolution
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