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What year was the French Revolution
1989
who was the Monarch in France and his Wife?
King Louis 16th and Marie Antoinette
Name the four causes of the French Revolution
1. King Louis being an absolute Monarch, 2. Age of Enlightenment, 3. Social Divisions in France. 4. The Influence of the American Rev
What was the estates general?
Meeting in Versailles, about how they would vote, all three estate present, resulted in the formation of the national assessbly and signing the tennis court oat
What quote did Marie Antoinette say ?
Let them eat cake
what group of people did not pay taxes in France?
1st and 2nd estate
What is the storming of Bastille?
sans culottes stormed bastille prison for guns, ammunition and to make a politicals stance
What was the symbol of the French Rev?
Liberty, equality, fraternity
What was the flight to Varennes?
A planned escape where Louis 16th and Marie Antonette tried to flee france but got caught in the town of Varennes
When was King Louis executed?
January 1793
Who set up the commitee of Public Safety?
Maximillian Robspierre
What problems did the Public Saftey Committee have to deal with?
1. The upper class who opposed the rev, 2. Food prices rising.
what two laws came under the public safety committee? Explain
Law of suspect, Law of Maxium
What was quote people chanted to get rid of Robespierre?
Down with the Tyrant
Name three results of the French Rev?
1. Spread of revolutionary ideas, 2. The Metric System, 3. Rise of Napoleon
