French Revolution Matching exercise

Match the items on the left to the items on the right.

 

A. Committee of Public Safety            B. Jacobins            C. Great Fear

D.  Taille                E. Corvées            F. Régicide  G. Cahier de doleances

H. Bastille    I. Tennis Court Oaths      J. Robespierre       K. Danton   

L. Declaration of the Rights of Man              M. Banalities         

N. Marie Antoinette                                      P. Estates General 

Q. American Revolution                               R. Coup d'etat

S. Bourgeoisie                 T. Ancient Regime U. Wollstonecraft           

V. Louis XVI                  W. Versailles         X.. Parliament       

Y. Sans-culottes              Z. Directory

 

1. _______  Storming this medieval fortress changed the revolution               

2. _______  Comfortable members of the 3rd Estate (middle class)    

3. _______  Established by Robespierre and instigated the Reign of terror    

4. _______ Led the Terror and Committee of 12 with Robespierre                

5. _______ Written by the National Convention               

6. _______ Site of palace outside Paris                  

7. _______  Executed wife of the king                    

8. _______  man who controlled the Reign of Terror                 

9. _______ Executed king of France            

10. _______ Petty laborers in Paris; became the major political group            

11. _______  With this, the National Assembly swore they would not disband until wrote a constitution 

12. _______ The way of life before the revolution            

13. _______ This means killing of the king             

14. _______ Wrote Vindication of the Rights Man           

15. _______  Fees that peasants had to pay to use the mill etc.            

16. _______ List of grievances that each Estate drew up            

17. _______ Roadwork; an obligation of the peasants                

18. _______  To overthrow those in power            

19. _______ Dominant group in the National Convention           

20. _______ Five man committee that ruled France                    

21. _______ The panic that spread through the French countryside               

22. _______ The national assembly summoned in 1789 to correct the abuses         

23. _______ Direct tax from which the nobles were exempt                 

24. _______ Law courts staffed by nobles             

25. _______ Previous event that influenced and partially caused the revolution