French Revolution

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Who was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution?

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Louis XVI

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A Paris prison that housed weapons used in the revolution

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Bastille

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A French congress established by representatives of the Third Estate

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National Assembly

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The Jacobin leader who set out to build a “republic of virtue”, and was later beheaded. Lead the Reign of Terror

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Maximilien Robespierre

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The period when Robespierre ruled France as a dictator and thousands of political figures and citizens were executed

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Reign of Terror

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A pledge made by the members of France’s National Assembly in 1789 in which they vow to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution

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Tennis Court Oath

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What was the final outcome of the French Revolution?

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Napoleon naming himself Emperor of France

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Legislative group in France prior to the French Revolution that Louis had to meet with to raise taxes on the 3rd Estate:

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Estates General

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financial expert who was an advisor to King Louis XVI

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Jacques Necker