World History French Revolution

Monarch who ruled with absolute, unlimited power that became a model for the rest of Europe. 2) France experienced declining wealth during his reign.

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Jean-Paul Marat

• King Louis XIV of France

• George Danton

Queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793)

• King Louis XIV of France

• Marie Antoinette

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Maximillien de Robespierre

Overthrew the French revolutionary government (The Directory) in 1799 and became emperor of France in 1804. Failed to defeat Great Britain and abdicated in 1814. Returned to power briefly in 1815 but was defeated and died in exile.

• Jean-Paul Marat

• Marie Antoinette

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Maximillien de Robespierre

published a radical journal called Friend of the People

• Maximillien de Robespierre

• Jean-Paul Marat

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• King Louis XIV of France

Caried out the regin of terror using the guillotine

• Jean-Paul Marat

• Maximillien de Robespierre

• George Danton

• Napoleon Bonaparte

Radical Jacobin who made a speech to the National Assembly urging France to crush all domestic and foreign enemies
Later executed by Robespierre, a former close friend, because of his view that the Terror had gone far enough

• George Danton

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Maximillien de Robespierre

• Jean-Paul Marat

(1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed for "disloyalty"

• Tennis Court Oath (1789)

• Directory (French Revolution)

• Reign of Terror

• National Assembly

French Revolution document that outlined what the National Assembly considered to be the natural rights of all people and the rights that they possessed as citizens

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

• Causes of the French Revolution

• Reign of Terror

• Directory (French Revolution)

Oath taken by representatives of the Third Estate in June 1789, in which they pledged to form a National Assembly and write a constitution limiting the powers of the king.

• Tennis Court Oath (1789)

• National Assembly

• Causes of the French Revolution

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen