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| Pregunta | Respuesta |
| The French Revolution | Took place after the American Revolution |
| The King & Queen of France | King Louis Queen Marie Antoinette |
| Enlightenment | New way of thinking Questioning ideas Democracy |
| French Writers of the Enlightenment | Rousseau Voltaire |
| The Estates General | The name for the French Government |
| The First Estate | The Church Rich - Tithe Pay no taxes |
| The Second Estate | The Nobility 100,000 Pay no taxes |
| The Third Estate | The rest of the French population 90% of the population Ordinary people Pay all the taxes |
| The French Government were bankrupt | Excess spending ....... War Extravagant Lifestyle |
| Who were the only group to pay taxes?? | The Third Estate |
| Who doesn't want change to take place?? | The king & Queen The First Estate - Church The Second Estate - Nobility |
| On return from America...... How do you think the 6,000 French soldiers felt about France?? | They wanted change They wanted freedom They wanted democracy |
| National Assembly | New name for the third estate that wanted change |
| The Tennis Court Oath | Promise They would not go home until the third estate had gotten change |
| Tri colour Red & Blue = Traditional Colours of Paris White = Monarchy | |
| Sans Colottes | The Poor people of Paris |
| The Bastille | French Prison in the centre of Paris |
| Storming the Bastille | |
| Old system of government was called | The Ancien Regime |
| Born to be King | Divine Right of Kings |
| Voting System was Rigged How? | Block Voting 1 group got one vote 1st & 2nd Estate would always vote with king |
| Third Estate made an Oath on the Tennis Court What was it? | Wouldn't leave until they got change New fair laws |
| Location of the Royal Palace | Versailles |
| King & Queen tried to escape France to go where? | Holland |
| Where were the King & Queen captured? | Varennes |
| How were the King & Queen killed? | By Guillotin |
| A time of fear in France | The Reign of Terror |
| Leader of the committee of public safety | Robespierre |
| How many were killed in the Reign of Terror? | 40,000 |
| What type of people were killed in the Reign of terror? | Clergy Nobility Shopkeepers who overcharged Any enemy of the revolution |
| The radicals of the revolution Wanted change to happen quickly | Jacobins |
| How was Robespierre killed? | Guillotine |
| New Emperor of France | Napoleon Bonaparte |
| France was no longer an absolute monarchy..... it was a... | A republic |
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