The French Revolution (Fill-in-the-Blank Flashcards)

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

The French Revolution led to the end of __ in France.

monarchy

The idea that all individuals had rights and could claim __ became part of a new language of politics.

equality

Chapter II will read about the coming of __ in Europe.

socialism

Soviet Russia pushed ahead with __ and mechanisation of agriculture, but denied the rights of citizens essential to the working of a democratic society.

industrialisation

Chapter III will take you to Germany. It will discuss the rise of __ and the politics of Nazism.

Hitler

Nazism denied minorities a right to live, drawing on anti-Jewish feelings to persecute the __.

Jews

On 14 July 1789, the crowd stormed the fortress-prison, the __.

Bastille

The First Estate consisted of the __; the Second Estate consisted of the __.

clergy; nobility

The direct tax paid by the Third Estate was called the __.

taille

Louis XVI called together an assembly of the Estates General on __.

5 May 1789

On 20 June 1789 the Third Estate declared itself a __.

National Assembly

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen stated that sovereignty resides in the __.

nation

Olympe de Gouges wrote the Declaration of the Rights of __ and Citizen.

Woman

The period 1793–1794 is referred to as the __.

Reign of Terror

The guillotine was named after Dr. __.

Guillotin

Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France in __.

1804

In 1794 the Convention legislated to __ all slaves in the French overseas possessions.

emancipate

Slavery was finally abolished in French colonies in __.

1848

Under the 1791 Constitution, only men above 25 years of age who paid taxes equal to at least __ days of a labourer’s wage were active citizens.

3

In 1792, elections extended suffrage to all men aged __, regardless of wealth.

21

Sans-culottes wore long striped trousers; they were part of the __ movement.

Jacobins

The Reign of Terror ended with Robespierre's arrest and execution in __.

July 1794

The Marseillaise is now the national __ of France.

anthem

No one may be accused, arrested or detained, except in cases determined by the __.

law

On the night of 4 August 1789, the Assembly passed a decree abolishing the feudal system of __.

obligations and taxes

Red Phrygian cap: Cap worn by a slave upon becoming free; it symbolises __.

liberty

The figure on the left in Le Barbier's painting symbolises the __.

law

Women in France won the right to vote in __.

1946