French Revolution

Who was Louis XVI?

• Leader of Reign of Terror. 
• King of France when the French Revolution begins. 
• Became Emperor of France. 
• The Sun King. 

Who was Maximillian Robespierre? 

• The King of France when the French Revolution begins. 
• Leader of the Girondins. 
• Leader of the Reign of Terror. 
• A peasant. 

What happened at the Storming of the Bastille? 

• When French women stormed the palace. 
• A period of mass executions. 
• Storming of the French prison.End of the French Revolution. 
• Peasants storm a French prison. Beginning of French Rev. 

What was the Reign of Terror? 

• Peasants storm a prison. Beginning of the French Revolution.
• A group that ruled France. 
• Time during French Rev. of mass executions of enemies of Rev
• A period of happiness and security. 

What was the Tennis Court Oath? 

• Written as the new constitution for France. 
• Establishes the Committee of Public Safety. 
• A tennis match. 
• A promise to execute Robespierre. 

What was the Directory? 

• Aristocrats. 
• The King's advisors. 
• Napoleon's advisors. 
• A group that ruled France after the Reign of Terror. 

Who was Napoleon Bonaparte? 

• Member of the Directory. 
• Head of the Committee of Public Safety. 
• Leader of France & declared himself emperor in 1804.
• Inventor of the guillotine. 

What is a guillotine? 

• The document used to write the French constitution. 
• Execution machine used during the French Revolution. 
• A type of french bread. 
• A French peasant. 

What was the Estates-General? 

• A group that was made up of reps from all 3 estates.
• Group that ruled France after the Reign of Terror. 
• Name of the 3rd estate after they broke away. 
• A radical group. 

What was the National Assembly? 

• Group of 5 men who ran France after the Reign of Terror
• Led the Reign of Terror. 
• Representatives from all 3 estates. 
• 3rd estate after they broke away from Estates-General