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French American Rev
French and American Revolutions Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why were many people sentenced to death during the Reign of Terror? | They were suspected of disagreeing with the Committee of Public Safety's changes |
| What event marks the end of the French Revolution? | Napoleon's coup d'etat |
| What was Maximilien Robespierre's role in the French Revolution? | the leader of the Committee of Public Safety |
| abdicate | to give up power |
| What economic changes occurred during the French Revolution? | everyone paid taxes |
| exile | to be sent away from your home permanently |
| coup d'etat | a quick takeover of the government |
| What was Napoleon Bonaparte's job before he became the emperor of France? | military general |
| What political changes occurred during the French Revolution? | a new constitution was written |
| guillotine | a device used to execute people |
| What did the "Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen" do for France? | It ended the estate system and unfair taxes |
| What happened at the Bastille on July 14 | 1789? |
| What social changes occurred during the French Revolution? | the estate system ended |
| What two groups made up the third estate? | bourgeoisie and peasants |
| Why was France bankrupt? | King Louis XVI had spent lots of money building Versailles and France had spent a lot of money fighting in wars |
| How did the Enlightenment and American Revolution influence the French Revolution? | It made the French want limited government instead of unlimited |
| Before the French Revolution | there was a bad harvest for many years. How was this a cause of the revolution? |
| a social class in France | estate |
| a person who is neither rich nor poor; middle class | bourgeoisie |
| a person from an important family who is usually wealthy from land ownership | aristocracy |
| a church official | clergy |
| a poor farmer | peasant |
| to run out of money completely | bankrupt |
| the king of France before the French Revolution | King Louis XVI |
| the name of the huge palace built by King Louis XVI | Versailles |
| Before the French Revolution | the population was divided in three estates. How was this a cause of the revolution? |
| Why did other countries become involved in the French Revolution? | The leaders were worried that their citizens would be influenced by what was going on in France |
| a period during the French Revolution when many people were sent to the guillotine because they were suspected of being against the revolution | The Reign of Terror |
| ways that King Louis XVI and Napoleon were similar | limited freedom of speech and the press |
| legal system based on Enlightenment ideas | Napoleonic Code |
| Why was France bankrupt before the French Revolution? | excessive spending on luxuries and wars by King Louis |
| King Louis' extravagant palace | Versailles |
| the Queen of France before the French Revolution | Marie Antoinette |
| Battle of Yorktown | final battle of the American Revolution |
| Battle of Lexington and Concord | first battle of the American Revolution |
| France | country that helped Americans in the Revolutionary War |
| George Washington | leader of the colonial army during the Revolutionary War |
| emperor | Napoleon crowned himself ____ of France |
| Treaty of Paris | peace treaty that ended the American Revolutionary War |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| Constitution | document that explains how the government will work |
| Declaration of Independence | document that explained the reasons why the colonies wanted to separate from Great Britain |
| Boston Tea Party | colonists protested taxes by dumping tea into the harbor |
| Boston Massacre | 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers |
| French and Indian War | Great Britain raised taxes in the colonies to pay for this |
| Enlightenment | this event influenced the American Revolution |
| revolution | a change |
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