The French Revolution RANDOMIZED

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

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