Names
Who crowned himself emperor of France in 1804?
Napoleon
Who wrote the Declaration of Rights of Women and Female Citizens?
Olympe de Gouges
What is the term for a government held by people on the basis of their ability?
meritocracy
What was a short-term, food-related cause of the French revolution?
bread shortage / bread prices
Where did Napoleon's final defeat take place?
Waterloo
Who was king of France at the start of the French revolution?
Louis XVI
Which French radical journalist was stabbed to death in his bath tub?
Marat
Which protestant religion was founded by John Wesley?
Methodism
What prompted the American colonies to rebel against the British?
British military presence, taxation, or British Navigation Acts.
What were the cahiers de doléances?
Notebooks full of grievances written down by the people of France at the request of king Louis XVI.
Who was the main leader of the Reign of Terror?
Robespierre
Who killed Marat?
Charlotte Corday
What was the name of the revolutionary government formed by the 3rd estate after they took the Tennis Court Oath?
National Assembly
What war caused both England and France to be nearly bankrupt by 1763?
The Seven Years War
What was Edmund Burke's take on the French Revolution?
He thought it would lead to chaos and would end badly. He therefore wanted to protect the church, monarchy, and traditions.
Who led the slave revolt in San Domingue (Haiti)?
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Which famous French painter supported the ideals of the French Revolution with his art (e.g. The Oath of the Horatii)?
David
Which document, written by the National Assembly in August of 1789, promoted Enlightenment ideas such as legal equality, freedom, of religion, liberty, property, and security?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Which document, created in 1804, deprived women of individual rights?
Napoleonic Code
Which European nation was the first to create trading posts in India?
Portugal
Which clergyman supported the third estate and was planning on being the 'brains' in Napoleon's rule?
Abbé Sieyès
Which English Romantic poet, whose wife wrote Frankenstein, was part of a movement that revived the public expression of emotions and feelings?
Percy B. Shelley
Which French legislative body took over after the National Assembly and declared war on Austria?
Legislative Assembly
Which agreement caused Catholicism to be re-established as the dominant religion in France?
Concordat of 1801
Which of Napoleon's wars is depicted in Goya's painting of the executions on the 3rd of May, 1808?
The Peninsular War (or war against Spain).