World History - Reign of Terror

Name for the working class, lower class people.

Name for Religious Leaders.

French Government body made up of representatives from the Three Estates.

French prison stormed by people wanting gunpowder and weaponry.

The Committee of Public Safety ushered a time of peace and calm.

Razor-like device that beheaded people. A symbol of the Reign of Terror.

Poor, very weak leader who ran up a lot of debt.

A gifted military leader who crowned himself Emperor.

An oath made by the Third Estate after they were locked out, made up of the Third Estate.

Anyone who opposed Robespierre was considered a traitor.

Napoleon was an effective military leader and instituted education and financial reforms.

The Third Estate consisted of Clergy.

Upper class, nobles.

Lasted from 1793-1794. Thousands were executed. Anyone opposing the revolution was a traitor.

A government overthrow.

The wife of King Louis XVI who lived extravagantly, while people starved. She was beheaded.

The Estates General was largely fair in their taxation practices.

The Third Estate broke with the other Estates, and renamed themselves

The Jacobins dominated the Committee of Public Safety; formed to protect France from enemies.

Led the Committee of Public Safety.