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The French Revolution - Basics

Can you answer these questions about the French Revolution?
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Napoleon used this same title as the "Presidents" of the Roman Republic
consul
What device was used to behead them?
Guillotine
Who comprised the "3rd estate" prior to the revolution?
Commoners
On what day of the year was that prison attacked?
July 14
What did that queen supposedly say that people should eat if they had no bread?
Cake
What groups of people comprised the "three estates" prior to the revolution?
Clergy
Marie Antoinette's home country
Austria
What does "fraternity" mean?
Brotherhood
A group of peasant ____________ marched on the Palace in Versailles looking for grain.
women
When the king refused to meet, the people met without him at the
Tennis Court
In which decade did most of the Revolution occur?
1790
What small group led France during the terror?
Committee of Public Safety
What Charles Dickens novel is set in London and Paris during the
time of the French Revolution?
Tale of Two Cities
Who became "First Consul" in 1799, then Emperor?
Napoleon Bonaparte
France was out of money after helping the __________ Revolution
American
The 3rd estate wanted less _______
tax
What king and queen were beheaded in 1793?
Marie Antoinette
the period (1793 - 94) in which thousands were executed?
The Reign of Terror
Who comprised the "2nd estate" prior to the revolution?
Nobility
A widespread food shortage
famine
Clergy = officials working for the _______
church
After the revolution, Napoleon ruled as an _________
Emperor
The city where most of it happened
Paris
What revolutionary motto from 1790, is still the national motto of France?
Liberté, egalité, fraternité
What king and queen were beheaded in 1793?
Louis XVI
A government ruled by a king or a queen
Monarchy
The three social classes were called "The Three _________"
Estates
Who led the Reign of Terror?
Robespierre
What prison was stormed in 1789?
Bastille
When the 1st and 2nd Estates needed money, they taxed the _________ estate.
3rd
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