FRENCH REVOLUTION JEOPARDY
Outbreak of Revolution Constitutions of the Revolution Enlightenment Marie and Louis The 3 Estates Financial Problems Outbreak of Revolution Constitutions of the Revolution 100 200 300 400 500
Small published works that spread the ideas of the Enlightenment Answer: What are pamphlets?
A place where intellectuals met to discuss their views Answer: What is the Salon?
Answer: Who are the Philosophes? A term given to anyone who approached their studies with the underlying notion of reason Answer: Who are the Philosophes?
“Man is born free but is everywhere in chains”- famous words by: Answer: Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
An Enlightenment philosopher who criticized the Catholic Church Answer: Who is Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire?
Answer: What is “Madame Deficit”? Marie Antoinette gained this title from driving France deeper into debt Answer: What is “Madame Deficit”?
Answer: What is consummate their marriage? Louis and Marie did not do this fast enough according to the rest of the Court Answer: What is consummate their marriage?
She devised a plan to purchase a diamond necklace Answer: Who is Countess de LaMotte?
Marie Antoinette did not want to acknowledge this women Answer: Who is Madame Du Barry?
Answer: Who is Count Axel von Freson? This handsome Swede is suspected to have had an affair with Marie Antoinette Answer: Who is Count Axel von Freson?
Louis XVI unwillingly called the meeting of this group Answer: What is the Estates General?
The Bourgeoisie and the poor made up this group Answer: What is the Third Estate?
What is the Third Estate? was his famous question Answer: Who is Abbé Sieyes?
Answer: What is the First Estate? They were given the option of paying an optional tax or gift to the King Answer: What is the First Estate?
This voting method would ensure that the King would have his way Answer: What is “vote by order”?
An extravagant farm where Marie Antoinette spent her time Answer: What is the Petit Trianon?
This group owned 10% of the land in France prior to the Revolution Answer: Who is the clergy?
The paper money that circulated during the Revolution Answer: What are assignats?
By 1789, nearly half of France’s yearly income is spent on this Answer: What is paying off the interest on France’s debt?
Answer: What is patriotic tax? An optional tax put out by the National Assembly where one would give 25% of their income over 3 years Answer: What is patriotic tax?
This storming event is often regard as the beginning of the Revolution Answer: What is the Storming of the Bastille
Women take action in October of 1789 Answer: What is the March on Versailles?
The Monarchy is forced from Versailles and are taken to this palace Answer: What is the Tuileries Palace?
Answer: What is the Great Fear? This is a time where peasants react in fear of their land being taken away Answer: What is the Great Fear?
The royal family is captured here when they try to flee the country Answer: What is Varennes?
Answer: Who is Marquis de Lafayette? He drafts a large portion of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen Answer: Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
It is here that the National Assembly agrees to draft a constitution Answer: Where is a Tennis Court?
Answer: Who are Refractionary Priests? Shorty after the Civil Constitution of the Clergy is created, priests who do not swear oath to the state are labelled this Answer: Who are Refractionary Priests?
Answer: What are “active” and “passive” citizens? DAILY DOUBLE!! The first two Constitutions divided the population into these two categories Answer: What are “active” and “passive” citizens?
This Constitution was a “still born” constitution Answer: What is the Constitution of 1793.
Answer: Who are Louis Capet and Widow Capet? Final Jeopardy- These were the new names given to Louis and Marie after they were stripped of their royal status Answer: Who are Louis Capet and Widow Capet?