| A | B |
|---|
| Henry IV | Henry of Navarre; issued the edict of Nantes |
| Louis XIV | "Le Roi Soleil"; built Versailles; reigned 72 years |
| Louis XIII | "Day of Dupes" (he picked Cardinal Richelieu over his mother, Marie de Medici) |
| Louis XVI | Married to Marie-Antoinette; was beheaded at the guillotine |
| Louis XV | "Après moi, le déluge" a very lazy king who had a "hands off" system of governing |
| Louis XVII? | Not officially king; believed to have died in prison at age 10 (although rumors say he was smuggled out) |
| Napoléon I | Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire |
| XVIII | Brother of Louis XVI; was actually king twice (opposite Napoleon) |
| Edict of Nantes | Document that gave Protestants limited freedom to worship without persecution |
| Marie-Antoinette | Austrian princess who married Louis XVI; rumored to have said "Let them eat cake!" |
| Richelieu | One of the most ruthless men in French history; Cardinal for Louis XIII |
| Great Grandson | Relationship of Louis XV to Louis XVI |
| Versailles | Palace built by Louis X!V outside Paris that became the center of government and culture |
| Mazarin | Cardinal for Louis XIV (Richelieu's sucessor); used trickery to control people |
| "Day of Dupes" | Power play between Louis XIII's mother (Marie de Médicis) and Richelieul; young Louis picked Richelieu |
| Rousseau | French writer who promoted individual rights for French citizens |
| Les états Généraux | Legislative body convened by Louis XVI (first time in 175 years) |
| Robespierre | Man in charge of the group sending people to the guillotine (anyone who opposed the revolution) |
| Bastille | A prison stormed that symbolically began the French Revolution (although it only had a few prisoners) |
| "Reign of Terror" | Nickname given to this era of the French Revolution; especially because of the guillotine |
| Guillotine | France's "national razor" |
| Commission of Public Safety | Group in charge of sending people to the guillotine (anyone who opposed the revolution) |
| The Third Estate | Group of commoners and businessmen that composed one group of the States General |
| July 14, 1789 | The recognized beginning of the French Revolution (the storming of the Bastille) |
| 1st Consul | First official title given to Napoleon |
| St. Helena | The second island to to which Napoleon is exiled (where he died) |
| Elba | The first island to which Napoleon is exiled |
| 1st Empire | The name of Napoleon's government |
| Czar Alexander | Leader of Russia who refused Napoleon's influence |
| Louis XVIII | The king with whom Napoleon alternates as leader of France |
| Talleyrand | Napoleon's foreign minister who did great public relations for France after the Revolution |
| Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire | Official title that Napoleon gives to himself |
