French Revolution

2. Gathered on the King’s tennis courts, the National Assembly promised not to break apart until France had a constitution for the government.
10. Position taken by Napoleon Bonaparte after his coup d'etat.
11. Estate consisting of priests/clergy.
13. Estate consisting of nobles.
15. Government consisting of delegates from the Third Estate, symbolizing an end to absolute monarchy and the start of representative government in France.
16. Wealthy and weak French ruler who wanted to raise taxes on the Third Estate.

1. From 1795 to 1799, French government that was ruled by five moderate men
3. A system of government that is ruled by a king or queen whose power is limited by its country's constitution.
4. Largest estate who paid all the taxes and had few rights.
5. Prison and armory that was stormed by French peasants in 1789. Beginning the French Revolution.
6. A device used for execution as a way of protecting the revolution from “enemies” within France. They considered “enemies of the revolution” to be anyone who spoke out against the revolution or did not fully support the revolution.
7. Representative assembly and legislative body of the three estates.
8. The leader of the Committee of Public Safety in mid-1793 who start started the Reign of Terror and was executed for being too radical.
9. A radical revolutionary group that made up much of the National Convention.
12. During this time, violence escalated with the mass execution of 25,000-40,000 citizens. These citizens were deemed “enemies of the revolution” and executed by guillotine. Most of those executed were nobles. King Louis XVI and his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette, were also guillotined.
14. Governing body that ended the monarchy and made France a republic.