Places & Politics
This country withdrew from Napoleon's Continental System
Russia
French Calvinist Protestants
Huguenots
First Protestant king of France
Henry IV
Name the the day when thousands of French Protestants were massacred on August 24, 1572.
St. Bartholomew's day Massacre
English Channel
8
Explain why the king of France felt threatend by the Protestant Reformation.
The king felt his authority over church and states was in jeopardy.
Explain the key difference between the French revolution and the American War for Independence.
The French revolution was an attempt to give men rights without responsibilities.
In France, the people who disagreed with the French Revolution were imprisoned or killed. Atheism was at an all-time high, resulting in the bloody Reign of Terror.
The American War for Independence, on the other hand, was firmly grounded in principles- not selfish desires.
America had no "peasants" that demanded equality, and the War for Independence was not for equality but for freedom.
Napoleon died on this island
Commanded the British fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar
Lord Nelson
Prophesied France's doom
Louis XV
The battle that Napoleon met his final defeat.
Battle of Waterloo
Bay of Biscay
4
Explain how the Congress of Vienna affected the political structure os France.
France was established the way it was before the war.
Napolean's Continental System shut off trade with what nation?
England
British commander that led the allied troops at Napoleon's final defeat.
Duke of Wellington
Reigned during the French Revolution
Louis XVI
One of the first things done by this group was the execution of Louis XVI
National Convention
Pyrenees Mountains
3
Explain the August 4 Decree.
Ended the lord's privileges of collecting land taxes.
Country that Lord Castlereagh represented at the Congress of Vienna
Great Britain
"Prince of Diplomats"
Prince von Metternich
Reigned over France for 70 years
Louis XIV
The year the British navy defeated the combined French and Spanish navies at the Battle of Trafalgar.
1805
Corsica
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Explain the effect Louis XIV's bureaucratic government had on France.
Appointed agents handled all local matters decreasing the independence of local and town governments.
Magnificent palace that was built by Louis XIV mainly for the French nobility
Versailles
Under whose leadership did the "Reign of Terror" begin?
Maximilien Robespierre
Reestablished as king after Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XVIII
The French castle stronghold stormed by the people of Paris in 1789.
Bastille
Seine River
1
Explain the Edict of Nantes.
It allowed French Protestants to worship in certain territories.
What estate was the nobility of France?
Cardinal that ruled for Louis XIII
Richelieu
The prominent family that led the Catholic forces of France against French Protestants.
Guise
The other name for the Battle of Nations where the combined forces of Europe defeated Napoleon.
Battle of Leipzig
Switzerland
7
Explain the Tennis Court Oath.
It was declared by the National Assembly during the French Revolution.
The National Assembly attempted to abolish what social system by ending the lord's privileges of collecting land taxes?
feudalism
A radical group that wanted to take the French Revolution to the next extreme.
Jacobin club
The "July Monarchy" was the name given to the reign of what king?
Louis Philippe
The year the first constitution of France was completed.
1791
Nantes
9
Explain the edict of January.
It allowed French Protestants to worship in public.
The French version of Parliament that grew weaker during the Hindered Years' War.
Estates-General
This group of people paid half of their income in taxes.
Peasants
The July Revolution forced who to flee to England?
Charles X
The year Napoleon met his final defeat.
1815
Paris
10
Explain the relationship between French politics and French religion.
French religion justified the way the French kings ruled, creating political tension.
Estate that declared themselves to be the National Assembly
Third
French leader that was forced to surrender to Prussia during the Franco-Prussian War
Napoleon III
The Edict revoked by Louis XIV causing many Protestants to flee France.
Edict of Nantes
The immediate cause of the Franco-Prussian War.
The question who would succeed to the Spanish throne.
Monaco
2
Explain the Treaty of Ryswick.
It established the existing state of things before the War of the League of Augsburg.
What side of the National Assembly were radicals that wanted the Revolution to go further?
Left
The French term for middle class
bourgeoisie
Napoleon established this new government.
Consulate
The government established as a result of France's first written constitution.
constitutional monarchy
Belgium
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Explain the multiparty system.
Numerous parties created dissension, contributing to an unstable government.