People
Events
Vocabulary
Causes
Napoleon
100
I am the main leader of the Jacobin party. I usher in the Reign of Terror. I was executed by guillotine on July 28 1794.
Who is Robespierre?
100
Delegates of the third estate were locked out of the Estates General, so they met at an alternative location where they vow to stay until a new constitution is written.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
100
The term used to describe French social classes before the revolution.
What is an estate?
100
An 18th century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society.
What is the Enlightenment?
100
The birthplace of Napoleon.
What is Corsica?
200
I am an Austrian archduchess. I love gambling and overspending on fashion. My nickname becomes "Madame Defecit." I was tried and executed for treason on October 16 1793.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
200
1793-1794; Robespierre virtually rules France as a dictator. The Declaration of the Rights of Man is suspended, and thousands are executed.
What is the Reign of Terror?
200
A sudden seizure of political power in a nation.
What is a coup d'etat?
200
The third estate is forced to give 50% of their income to the French government.
What are high taxes?
200
The French government that is overthrown by Napoleon.
What is the French Directory?
300
I was the King of France during the French Revolution. I am indecisive and easily bored with affairs of state. I was tried and executed for treason on January 21 1793.
Who is Louis XVI?
300
July 14 1789; the first violent act of the revolution.
What is the storming of the Bastille?
300
An assembly of representatives from all three estates. Before the French Revolution it had not met for 175 years.
What is the Estates General?
300
Impacts the French in two ways. Louis XVI bankrupts France to support it, and it inspires the people of France to revolt.
What is the American Revolution?
300
Government run public schools, which were set up to educate the people and make government run more efficiently.
What are lycees?
400
I am a radical Jacobin, and publisher of the newspaper L'Ami du Peuple (The Friend of the People). I was murdered by Charlotte Corday in 1793. I became a hero and martyr for the revoluton.
Who is JP Marat?
400
September 1792; violent slaying of thousands of political prisoners
What is the September Massacre?
400
What happened w/ Napoleon and his troops in Russia?
He waited on the tsar to engage him and his troops, but the tsar didn't so Napoleon and his troops waited until winter set in and most of his troops died from the weather and starvation.
400
Caused by poor harvests, the price of bread eventually costs one month's salary.
What are high prices?
400
Name some reforms Napoleon began in France.
1. set up a banking system and a way to collect taxes that would be more efficient 2. Recognized the Catholic Church when it had almost been forgotten during the revolution 3. Napoleonic Code - to ensure that everyone was treated fairly Education - network of high schools and colleges to make sure the population was smart
500
I am a leading figure in the Jacobin party. I was a primary force in the overthrow of the monarchy, and was the first president of the Committe of Public Safety. I was sent to the guillotine for being less radical and a threat to the revolution.
Who is Georges Danton?
500
What 2 places was Napoleon exciled to?
Elba and St. Helena
500
Formed during the Reign of Terror to protect the revolution from its enemies. It causes paranoia to sweep over France.
What is the Committee of Public Safety?
500
The first estate is less than 1% of the population and owns 10% of the land. The second estate is 2% of the population and owns 20% of the land. The third estate is 97% of the population and owns 40% of the land.
What is unequal land distribution?
500
A blockaed of Great Britain by Napoleon beginning in 1806. Intended to destroy the economy of Great Britain and make continental Europe self sufficient. It becomes one of Napoleon's 3 mistakes.
What is the Continental System?
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