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| First Estate | This estate was made up of the clergy and consisted of 1% of the population. They did not have to pay taxes or answer to the same laws as everyone else. |
| Second Estate | This estate was made up of the nobility and consisted of around 2% of the population. They had to pay few taxes. |
| Third Estate | This group made up 97% of French society. This group was broken into subgroups and all members had to pay taxes. |
| The King's lifetsyle, Funding of Wars, & Poor Weather | The 3 Main Financial Causes of the Revolution were... |
| Britain | This country limited the King's power and inspired the French people. |
| American Revolution | This revolution showed the French people a King could be overthrown. |
| People should be free to elect leaders | This Enlightenment idea was one of the key inspirations for the French Revolution. |
| Cahiers | A notebook of grievances brought to the Meeting of the Estate General. |
| Meeting of the Estates General | At this event the Third Estate named themsleves the national legislature with the right to make laws for France. |
| Tennis Court Oath | Members of the Third Estate swore not to leave until France had a written constitution. |
| Storming of the Bastille | This event became a powerful symbol of the French Revolution |
| Liberty, Equality, Fraternity | The 3 basic principles of the French Revolution as listed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man. |
| Maximilien Robespierre | Leader of the National Convention during the Reign of Terror. |
| Metric System | This system of measurement was introduced during the French Revolution |
| Reign of Terror | Led by Robespierre, approximately 17,000 were executed by the guillotine during this event. |
| 17,000 | The approximate number of people killed during the Reign of Terror. |
| Women | The Napoleonic Code did not apply to this group of people. |
| The Napoleonic Wars | Napoleon used the money from the Louisiana Purchase to fund these. |
| Sugar | Once Napolean lost access to this resource, he decided to shift his attention from the Americas to Europe. |
| Relatives | Napoleon put these people in power in every territory he conquered. |
| Russia | Napoleon's decision to invade this country led to his downfall. |
| Island of Elba | After his failed Russian invasion, Napoleon was defeated and exiled here. |
| The Hundred Days | After escaping exile, Napoleon returned to briefly rule France again. This period of time is known as... |
| Battle of Waterloo | The final military defeat for Napoleon |
| Saint Helena | After his final defeat, Naploeon was exiled to this remote island where he died at the age of 51. |
| Congress of Vienna | This body restored the European monarchies, took back France's conquered lands, and redrew the European boundaries. |
| Britain | France's greatest enemy throughout the Napoleonic Wars |
