French Revolution Time Traveller

How to play

Pilot a time machine from 1774 to 1804 and catch the events of the French Revolution in the order they happened. At each time portal, answer three questions to earn time shields.

On a computer

Arrow keys to steer the time machine

On a phone

Drag to steer, or hold the arrow buttons

What you’ll revise

Class 9 History: The French Revolution

1. Era 1 · France before 1789

   • Society was split into three estates: the clergy, the nobility and the third estate, who paid the taxes.
   • Peasants paid the taille, a tax to the state, and tithes to the Church.
   • Louis XVI became king in 1774 and found the treasury empty. Rising bread prices led to a subsistence crisis.

2. Era 2 · 1789, the revolution begins

   • On 5 May 1789, Louis XVI called the Estates General. The third estate broke away and swore the Tennis Court Oath.
   • On 14 July 1789, crowds stormed the Bastille, a hated fortress-prison.
   • The Constitution of 1791 made France a constitutional monarchy. It began with the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.

3. Era 3 · Republic, Terror and Napoleon

   • In 1792 the monarchy was abolished and France became a republic. Louis XVI was executed in January 1793.
   • Robespierre’s Reign of Terror, from 1793 to 1794, ended with his own execution in July 1794.
   • A five-member Directory followed, and in 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France.