The French Revolution Video Notes Name_______________________________

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1. The future Louis XVI was arranged to marry _________________________ from ______________________.

2. Seven years earlier, the previous king Louis XV, had lost the “Seven Years War” (called the French and Indian

War in North America). France had lost nearly all of its North American ______________________________.

3. The war had nearly ________________________ the country.

4. The main problem that France’s people were having was _________________________.

5. Louis XVI is woefully ______________________________ to be king.

6. Since the middle ages French society had been divided into three “________________________,”

determined by _______________________.

7. At around this time new ideas about government and human rights begin to take hold in France, the rest of

Europe and the British colonies. This is the Age of ______________________________.

8. The French king decides to help the American colonists in their struggle for independence from Great

Britain. To pay for it they ___________________ and ________________ already poverty stricken peasants.

9. Louis XVI’s wife Marie Antoinette is obsessed with __________________________. She has her hair done

up in __________________________ hairdos.

10. Why is Marie Antoinette given the nickname “Madam Deficit?” ___________________________________

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11. Maximilian Robespierre writes “Your luxurious existence devours in one day the sustenance of

___________________________ men.

12. By ancient privilege, the nobility and clergy are exempt from ____________________________.

13. The cost of a loaf of bread soon equals a ____________________ wages.

14. In France the Estates General was a representative law making body, such as Parliament or Congress, but it

was made up of the three classes of people in France. The 1st Estate was the __________________________.

The 2nd Estate was the _________________________ and the 3rd Estate was ___________________________.

15. The 3rd Estate represented ___________% of the French population. The first two estates usually voted

together thereby outvoting the ______________________________. This created ______________________

among people of the 3rd Estate.

16. Louis XVI fearing the growing discontent among the people locks the doors to the Estates General meeting.

The representatives/deputies meet anyway on a ______________________________ next door. They form

the _____________________________ ___________________________.

Marie Antionette Austria

colonies

bankrupted

hunger

unprepared

Estatesclass

Reason/Enlightenment

tax bankrupt

fashionextravagant

Because of her extravagant lifestyle.

It costs the French government a lot of money for the royals to live their lavish lifestyle.

taxes

month's

1000

nobility

clergy

everyone else.

973rd Estate resentment

tennis courtNational Assembly

17. Their aim is to not stop until France has a new ____________________________.

18. Louis XVI attempts to break up this rebellion. The people of Paris gather muskets, but need ____________

______________________. They storm the ___________________________ to get it.

19. What did the Bastille symbolize for the people of France? ________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

20. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen stated that the sovereignty of France belongs to

the _______________________ of France.

21. A bread shortage and rumor of royal troops heading toward Paris inspires a group of __________________

to take their grievances directly to the king in ______________________________.

22. When the queen, Marie Antoinette, is told of the group of angry, hungry women massing outside the

palace she is rumored to have said “_______________ ______________ _______________ ______________.”

At the time “cake” referred to the crumbs that stick to the bread pan after the loaf is removed after baking.

Most historians agree that she never said that, but the crowd believed she did.

23. The mob of angry women break into the palace and begin looking for the ______________________.

They shout things like “__________________________________________________!”

24. The women want the king and queen to move back to _______________________. Why was this was one

of their demands? __________________________________________________________________________

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25. France is now a _____________________________ monarchy. The King is forced to share

_____________________ with the ______________________________________________.

26. Louis XVI and Marie try to ___________________________ to Austria. They are ____________________

near the border and returned back to __________________.

27. Although Robespierre initially wants to abolish the death penalty, a new method for a quick and painless

execution is developed by the French doctor Joseph __________________________. This was to make all

people equal in _____________________.

28. This is where the Enlightenment ideals, which inspired both the American and French Revolutions go

terribly wrong. Anyone thought to be undermining the Revolution would be arrested and sent to the

_________________________.

29. The National Assembly changes its name to the National _________________________________.

30. The National Convention fears its neighbors Austria and Prussia will try to intervene in its revolution.

Austria’s ruling royal family is also the family of ______________________________________. Other

monarchies of Europe also fear that the French Revolution could spread to __________________ country.

constitution

ammunitionBastille

tryanny

people

womenVersailles

Let them eat cake.

queenI want an arm! I want a leg!

Paris

To keep the government closer to the people.

constitutional

power National Assembly

escape captured

Paris

Guillotinedeath

Guillotine

Convention

Maria Antionetteneighboring

31. Austrian and Prussian troops invade France. Many French blame traitors among them for the invasion.

They go into the prisons where Royalist supporters and anyone else seen as part of the old regime are being

held. This includes aristocrats, priests and nobles. They hold short impromptu trials, which usually end in

_____________________________________.

32. Jean Paul Marat incites violence by calling for more ____________________ in his newspaper.

33. Charlotte Corday is an ordinary French woman who is appalled by all of the violence in the name of the

revolution. How does she decide to stop the violence? _____________________________________________

34. The murder of Marat makes him a ________________________ among the most radical and extreme of

the revolution.

35. Although Marie Antoinette makes an impassioned plea at her trial, she is still the most hated queen France

had ever had. Why was that (one reason) _______________________________________________________

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36. The Reign of Terror began in France to root out anyone thought to be against the ____________________.

It would either scare them _______________________ or make ____________________________ them.

37. At this point all French people are to address one another as ___________________________. This is to

help eliminate class ________________________________.

38. The scale of executions and the reporting of neighbors creates an atmosphere of suspicion and

_________________________ among the French people.

39. The Committee of _________________ __________________ is organized to streamline trials and

____________________________ of anyone found guilty of not supporting the revolution.

40. The National Convention begins to try to “de-Christianize” France. ___________________’s birth is no

longer used as the first year in the calendar.

41. When _______________________ suggests that the terror tactic used by the Revolution needs to be

curbed, Robespierre has him branded a traitor. He and his supporters are then tried and sent to the

_________________________________.

42. Robespierre himself is eventually arrested and sent to the ____________________________.

slaughter

executions

By killing Marat.

martyr

Because she seemed so out of touch with the sufferings of the French people.

revolutionstraight dispose of

citizendistinctions

fear

Public Safetydispose

Christ

Danton

guillotine

guillotine

Questions for after the video

1. At first Robespierre is against the death penalty. How does he justify it later?

2. Although not mentioned in the movie, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen is inspired and

modeled after the American Declaration of _______________________________ and Bill ________________

of __________________________.

3. Why did the words “Let them eat cake” outrage the people of France?

4. Jean Paul Merat was a radical journalist whose writings incited violence and encouraged more “cleansing”

of the French population of people who might oppose the Revolution. This is the double-edged sword of

Freedom of the Press. What does this mean?

5. Why did Robespierre believe that the king had to die for the revolution to live?

6. Some governments still use terror today to gain the compliance of their citizens and support for their

regime. Name one;______________________________________.

7. This situation becomes similar to the witch hunts of Salem, Massachusetts. How so?

8. What lessons should we take from the French Revolution today?

He believed that "the ends justify the means."

Independance of Rights

Because it made Marie Antionette appear to be indifferent to their suffering.

On one hand, freedom of the press prevents government from controlling the information that citizenshear. One the other hand, journalists are free to print whatever they want, including lies or politicallyvolatile subjects.

Because he didn't want the king to come back and reclaim power at a later time.

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It creates an atmosphere of fear, accusation and irrationality.