A medieval fortress used as a prison stormed on July 14, 1789

Bastille

An international conference that was called in order to remake Europe after the downfall of Napoleon

Congress of Vienna

The section of the OLD ORDER in France which was made up of the CLERGY

First Estate

Monarch in France during the Revolution who was eventually executed along with Marie Antoinette

Louis XVI

The section of the OLD ORDER in France which was made up of the BOURGEOISIE and the PEASANTS

Third Estate

A device used for carrying out executions by decapitation

Guillotine

In 1791, the monarchs of Austria and Prussia issued this, in which they threatened to intervene to protect the French monarchy

Declaration of Pilnitz

Expulsion from one’s native land by authoritative decree

Exile

A strong feeling of pride and devotion to one’s country

Nationalism

The right to vote

Suffrage

The MIDDLE CLASS of the 3 rd Estate in France’s old regime

BOURGEOISIE

A widespread scarcity of food

Famine

Under the guidance of this man, some 40,000 people were executed at the guillotine during the Reign of Terror

Robespierre

To renounce one’s throne

Abdicate

Crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804

Napoleon

When France’s government was spending and borrowing more than it was making, it was engaged in this.

Deficit Spending

The section of the OLD ORDER in France which was made up of the CLERGY

First Estate

A period of violence led by Robespierre, incited by conflict between rival political factions, and marked by mass executions by means of the guillotine

Reign of Terror

A period from of radical social and political upheaval in French and European history

French Revolution