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22 Cards in this Set
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What two countries and families were united through the marriage of Louis XVI and Marie Antoimette |
France and Austria |
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Describe Louis 16 as king |
Overweight, week, he is unprepared for kingship |
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Describe Marie Antoimette as queen ? what's her nickname |
Self-indulgent, gambled, nickname Madame deficit |
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What was life like for the young monarchs at verailles |
They had lavish party, lots of food but little regard for the people of France |
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Who was Maximilien Robespierre and how did he fuel the revolution |
lawyer, torrent, very good public speaker |
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Maximilian Robespierre nickname |
the incruptable |
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How did the American Revolution affect France |
La France bankrupt and struggling and in financial crisis |
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Describe life for ordinary citizens in France |
Deprived and hungry struggling to survive each person ate 2 pounds of bread |
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What was done to the Bastille |
People dismantle it Brick by Brick the people of France |
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What is the Declaration of Rights of Man |
French Constitution |
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What happens when the mob stormed verailles |
Take King and Queen by forcing and making them move to Paris |
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sans-coulottes |
those without pants |
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what is the gullotine |
nickname:national razor , beheading device |
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Who was Jean Paul marat |
He was a former Dr Who turned paranoid journalist he hated the monarchy uses his newspaper as an outlet for his anger |
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What happens to Louis in Marie as they flee |
They are addressed and brought back to Paris considered traders |
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What happens on August 10th 1792 |
The affected end of the Monarchy loius is stripped of power. France became a Republic |
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What crime is Luis 16th from guilty of? what happens to him |
treason , beheaded |
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Who is Charlottesville corday and what does she do |
Daughter of poor aristocrat, who saw monarchy as a threat of France , plots his death by stabbing |
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What crime is Marie found guilty of? What happens to her |
Incest with her son and treason, beheading |
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What happens to Robespierre |
He was arrested in attempt suicide by shooting himself in the face, he will be the headed |
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Juan Carlos |
part of modern say dynasty |
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Louis 14 nickname |
sun king |
