French Revolution Vocabulary Quiz

The historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed

• Committee of Public Safety
• Reign of Terror
• Napoleon Bonaparte

Fortress in Paris used as a prison; French Revolution began when Parisians stormed it in 1789

• Robespierre
• Estates General
• The Bastille

The level of French society made up of the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church.

• Second Estate
• Louis XVI
• First Estate

The highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices.

• Clergy
• Aristocracy
• Oligarchy

Queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Marie Antoinette
• Robespierre

French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

• Robespierre
• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Louis XVI

Leader of the Reign of Terror

• Robespierre
• Marie Antoinette
• Louis XVI

Commoners

• Estates General
• Second Estate
• Third Estate

Church leaders

• Heresy
• Clergy
• Nobility

This was the march by the women of Paris to the home of Marie Antoinette in order to demand action for the ridiculous raise in the price of bread

• Tennis Court Oath
• Women's March on Versailles
• Reign of Terror