Background Essay Question Answers Reign of Terror Mini-Q Background Essay Question Answers

1. Who was the absolute monarch of France in 1789? Louis XVI

Serious debt Hunger/price of bread Unfair taxes What were 3 serious problems that faced Louis XVI in the 1780s?

3. What year did the French Revolution start 3. What year did the French Revolution start? Was this before or after the American revolution? 1789 After

Liberty Equality Fraternity 4. In August 1789 what three words became the rallying cry of the French Revolution?

5. Why were the members of the French nobility and the French Catholic Church upset about the revolution? Lost property and power Feared spread of revolution

Maximilien Robespierre 6. Who became leader of the radical wing of the revolutionary government? Maximilien Robespierre

Define these terms

Absolute monarch Absolute monarchy is a form of monarchy in which one ruler has supreme authority and where that authority is not restricted by any written laws, legislature, or customs. These are often, but not always, hereditary monarchies.

Estates General In France under the Old Regime, the Estates General or States- General was a legislative and consultative assembly of the different classes of French subjects. It had a separate assembly for each of the three estates, which were called and dismissed by the king

The state or feeling of friendship and mutual support within a group fraternity The state or feeling of friendship and mutual support within a group

radical advocating or based on thorough or complete political or social change; representing or supporting an extreme or progressive section of a political party

guillotine a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.

Reign of Terror a period of remorseless repression or bloodshed, in particular Reign of Terror, the period of the Terror during the French Revolution

conservative a person who is averse to change and holds to traditional values and attitudes, typically in relation to politics