French Revolution

Question 1

1st Estate

Answer 1

Highest class. Didn’t pay taxes. The clergy.

Question 2

2nd Estate

Answer 2

Nobility (knights). Paid some taxes.

Question 3

3rd Estate

Answer 3

Commoners, working class. Paid most of the taxes.

Question 4

Reign of Terror

Answer 4

September 1793 to July 1794, revolutionary courts conducted trials and executions of thousands of supposed traitors

Question 5

Deficit spending

Answer 5

A government spending more than it takes in.

Question 6

Sans Culottes

Answer 6

Working class who demanded a republic.

Question 7

Tennis Court Oath

Answer 7

A vow to never separate and to meet whenever the circumstances might require until a constitution is established

Question 8

National Assembly

Answer 8

Voted to end feudalism by abolishing their own privileges including feudal dues, exclusive hunting rights, special legal status, and exemption from taxes

Question 9

Marquis de Lafayette

Answer 9

Beheaded the National guard, a mostly middle-class militia organized in response to the arrival of royal troops in Paris

Question 10

Old Regime

Answer 10

Everyone in France divided into three social classes

Question 11

Marie Antoinette

Answer 11

Queen of France, compassionate to the poor.

Question 12

Bastille

Answer 12

July 14, 1789 about 800 partisans demanded weapons and gunpowder believed to be stored in this fortress

Question 13

Constitution of 1791

Answer 13

First constitution of France, set up a limited monarchy with a new Legislative Assembly to make laws, collect taxes, and decide issues of war and peace

Question 14

Robespierre

Answer 14

Lawyer and politician who rose to leadership of the Committee of public safety and led the Terror

Question 15

Cahiers

Answer 15

Notebooks of grievences in which the three estates listed, among other things fairer taxes, freedom of press and regular meetings of the French legislative body

Question 16

Louis XVI

Answer 16

King of France, executed in the French Revolution.

Question 17

Guillotine

Answer 17

Device used as a “merciful” killing to behead people.

Question 18

Committee of Public Safety

Answer 18

12 member committee that had almost absolute power as it battled to save the Revolution.

Question 19

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Answer 19

First step to writing a constitution. This document said all French men were born free and equal, had natural rights and were equal before the law.

Question 20

Estates General

Answer 20

A legislative assembly for each of the estates. Served as an advisory body for the king.