The French Revolution

WHII.6e

French Society French Revolution Begins

The Reign of Terror Napoleon Takes Charge

French Revolution Vocabulary

French Word or Phrase

English Translation

Definition Significance to the French Revolution

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“L’etat c’est moi”

“I am the state.” Louis XIV was called the Sun King because he was an absolute monarch. Whatever he declared became law.

Louis XIV’s grandson Louis XVI was a weaker monarch who was deposed and executed by French revolutionaries.

L’Ancien Régime

états généraux

Bourgeoisie

Bastille

“Liberté, égalité, fraternité”émigrés

Sans-culottes

Jacobins

“Qu'ils mangent de la brioche”Guillotine

coup d'état

Game Set-Up Deal 12 “noble” cards (the heads) in a line leading up to the guillotine. Deal 5 action cards to each player.

Game Rules The game is played for three rounds or “days.” Each player represents an executioner who is trying to collect the most valuable heads based on

the numerical value on the noble cards. At the end of the third day, players total the value of all nobles in their score pile. The player

with the highest score wins.

Player Turn1) Play an action card (optional).

Action cards allow you to move nobles forward and backward in line, draw extra cards, add or remove nobles from line, get extra points, and so on.

2) Collect the first noble in line.Nobles are worth varying points depending on their notoriety. When you collect a noble card place it faceup in front of you to make a score pile. All collected noble cards are left faceup on the table at all times.

3) Draw an action card (whether you played one or not).4) Play proceeds to the player on your left.

Questions

1) Which aspects of French society do the following noble cards represent? Which estate do they correspond to in the French estate system?

a. Blue card group: Estate:b. Purple card group: Estate:c. Green card group: Estate:d. Red card group: Estate:e. Black card group: Estate:

2) Who were the king and queen of France at the beginning of the French Revolution?3) Why are the black cards usually scored as a negative?4) Why does the “day” end when you collect (kill) the Robespierre noble card?

Noble CardsThe back side of these cards is a tan/parchment color.

The front side has the name and face of a person.You collect these cards by beheading them when they are the next in line for the guillotine.

When you collect noble cards, they go faceup into your score pile.

Examples:

Action CardsThe back side of these cards is white.

The front side has text that lets you alter the line and the normal rules of the game.Keep these cards in your hand.

When you use them, place them into a discard pile.

Examples:

Comparing Enlightened Revolutions

Glorious Revolution American Revolution French RevolutionYear(s)

Country

Causes

Key People

Competing forces

vs. vs. vs.

Amount of bloodshed

Important documents

& ideas

Government that

emerged after the

revolution

French Revolution Pictures

Explain in your own words the significance of the pictures below.Cartoon 1 Cartoon 2

Cartoon 3 Cartoon 4