French Revolution - Video Notes (Fill in the Blank)

A set of fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering key events, people, and concepts from the lecture notes on the French Revolution.

Louis XVI became the ruler of France in __.

1774

On 5 May 1789, Louis XVI called together the Estates General to discuss new __.

taxes

On June 17, 1789, the Third Estate declared themselves the __ Assembly.

National Assembly

On June 20th, the members of the Third Estate gathered in an indoor tennis court in the place called __.

Versailles

On 14th July 1789, Parisian crowds stormed the __.

Bastille

In August 1789, the National Assembly decided that everyone should be equal and fair and abolished feudal __.

privileges

In October 1789, a group of women walked to __ demanding bread.

Versailles

In June 1791, the National Assembly completed the __.

constitution

In April 1792, the National Assembly declared war on __ and Prussia.

Austria

In September 1792, France became a __.

Republic

In January 1793, Louis XVI was executed, which means he was sentenced to __.

death

From 1793 to 1794, Maximilien Robespierre had a lot of power; this period is called the __.

Reign of Terror

Robespierre was arrested in July 1794, marking the end of the __.

Reign of Terror

In 1794, France formed the new constitution called the __.

Directory

In 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte declared himself the __ of France.

emperor

Napoleon was defeated at __ in 1815.

Waterloo

The 1st Estate was the __.

clergy

The 2nd Estate consisted of the __.

nobility

The 3rd Estate bore the burden of financing the state through __.

taxes

Peasants made up about 90 percent of the population and belonged to the __ Estate.

Third

About 60 percent of the land was owned by nobles, the Church and other richer members of the __ Estate.

Third

The middle class believed that no group in society should be __ by birth.

privileged

The Jacobin Club was led by Maximilien __.

Robespierre

Sans-culottes wore red caps to symbolize __.

Liberty

The Marseillaise later became the national __ of France.

anthem

The 1791 Constitution created a __ monarchy.

constitutional

The abolition of censorship meant freedom of __.

speech

In 1794, the government legislated to free all slaves in French colonies, but it was later __ by Napoleon.

reintroduced

Slavery in French colonies was finally abolished in __.

1848

Napoleon introduced a uniform system of __.

weights