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

2. Bastille

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

4. Congress of Vienna

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

6. First Estate

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

8. Louis XVI

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

10. Third Estate

11. A device used for carrying out executions by decapitation

12. Guillotine

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

14. Declaration of Pilnitz

15. Expulsion from one’s native land by authoritative decree

16. Exile

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

18. Nationalism

19. The right to vote

20. Suffrage

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

22. BOURGEOISIE

23. A widespread scarcity of food

24. Famine

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

26. Robespierre

27. To renounce one’s throne

28. Abdicate

29. Crowned himself Emperor of France in 1804

30. Napoleon

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

32. Deficit Spending

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

34. First Estate

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

36. Reign of Terror

37. A period from 1789-1799 of radical social and political upheaval in French and European history

38. French Revolution