Global 10/9/2024

Question 1

Old regime

Answer 1

the political and social system in France before the French revolution

Question 2

Estates

Answer 2

Social classes in France

Question 3

Bourgeoisie

Answer 3

Middle class in France who were part of the Third Estate. These were educated people who read about the Enlightenment ideas of liberty and equality

Question 4

Louis XVI

Answer 4

King of France at the beginning of the French Revolution

Question 5

Marie Antoinette

Answer 5

Queen of France at the beginning of the French Revolution

Question 6

Estates-General

Answer 6

Legislature of France made up of all three estates. This group meets when the King or Queen calls for meetings.

Question 7

Tennis Court Oath

Answer 7

Promise made by members of the Third Estate to write a new constitution for France.

Question 8

Bastille

Answer 8

Prison in Paris that commoners stormed for weapons on July 14, 1789. This event was a symbolic act of rebellion by the people of France.

Question 9

National Assembly

Answer 9

A new representative body created by the Third Estate delegates to the Estates-General meeting in 1789. This group will create a new government for France.

Question 10

Emigres

Answer 10

Nobles and other people of France who supported the King who fled France as the Revolution spread.

Question 11

Sans-culottes

Answer 11

People who supported the Revolution, and wore trousers instead of the knee-length pants of the upper class.

Question 12

Jacobins

Answer 12

Group of Revolutionaries who want radical political change in France – they want to completely end monarchy in France.

Question 13

Maximilien Robespierre

Answer 13

Leader of the Jacobins who gains control of France through the Committee of Public Safety. He will rule as a dictator during the Reign of Terror.

Question 14

Guillotine

Answer 14

Device used to execute people by beheading during the Reign of Terror.