The French Revolution

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  1. 3. Many wanting France to be a republic admired this Ancient culture but did not care for the Empire Napoleon was following after
  2. 4. When an even more radical group seized power that purged the country of anyone judged an enemy to the revolution resulting in over 40,000 deaths.
  3. 9. The flood that Louis XV predicted happened during his reign
  4. 10. Made king during the Bourban Restoration trying to bring stability after decades of war and disorder. (Louis XVI's brother)
  5. 13. Louis XIV's palace decorated with dazzling mirrors, elaborate chandeliers, and works of art
  6. 14. a more radical government that replaced the National Assembly that punished those they considered traitors to their cause
  7. 16. Napoleon invaded this place but they made a strategic retreat burning down resources as they went leaving nothing behind for invaders and forcing him to retreat.
  8. 18. The National Assembly issued this document to abolish class privileges and give voice to Enlightenment ideas about politics
  9. 21. The political order that existed in France during the 1600s and 1700s prior to the French Revolution
  10. 22. Napoleon defeated at this battle after his escape from the island of Elba
  11. 24. The tiny island in the South Atlantic where Napoleon was guarded day and night following the Battle of Waterloo until his death in 1821.
  12. 25. The Sun King who said everything in France revolved around him
  13. 26. Estate made up of the nobility
  14. 30. the child of King Louis XVI who was named king while in prison after his father was beheaded. Named king at 7 and died at the age of 10.
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  1. 1. the new assembly that replaced the old Estates General after they were treated badly at the meeting called by King Louis XVI
  2. 2. the French doctor that invented a machine for chopping off heads
  3. 5. Napoleon was sent to exile on this island but escaped later.
  4. 6. The most extreme political society during the Reign of Terror.
  5. 7. Several thousand women marched out to Versailles to demand bread. The king became little more than a puppet after this.
  6. 8. Estate made up of the clergy or church
  7. 11. When a mob stormed the old fortress in Paris that served as a jail demanding the commander give them weapons. When he refused fighting broke out and the people stuck his head on a pole and carried it around the city.
  8. 12. The National Assembly created this to protect the new government.
  9. 15. Seized control of the government and became first Consul, Consul for Life, and Later crowned himself Emperor.
  10. 17. Queen who made the kings situation worse by purchasing expensive jewels and building a special palace in Versailles.
  11. 19. The leader of the Jacobins that turned against his former colleague Danton.
  12. 20. The French restored this monarchy after Napoleon was removed from power.
  13. 23. King who fought a number of expensive wars which left the nation in debt and predicted that these problems would have consequences following his reign
  14. 27. What religion did the revolutionaries tried to prohibit to keep the priests from resisting changes.
  15. 28. Estate made up of everyone else including wealthy without titles
  16. 29. Became the symbol of the excesses of the French Revolution