The French Revolution Begins
Radical Revolution & Reaction
Rise of Napoleon & the Napoleonic Wars
Fall of Napoleon & European Reaction
Addt'l Questions
100
Name ONE of the causes of the French Revolution.
1. Unpaid debt of the US following the American Revolution
2. Volcanic eruption leading to harsh weather/ poor crops
3. Inflation and unfair taxation
4. Lavish lifestyles of the rich & famous while the 3rd Estate struggled
100
a sudden overthrow of the government
coup d’état
100
The countries defeated by Napoleon and forced to join his struggle against Britain became...
allied states
100
belief that people should be free from government restraint
liberalism
100
This word means "unable to be taken away."
unalienable
200
The French Revolution entered an increasingly radical phase after
the execution of King Louis XVI.
200
the political club that was most influential in passing the decree to condemn Louis XVI
the Mountain
200
unique cultural identity of a people
nationalism
200
belief in tradition and social stability
conservatism
200
This word means "rule by a small group."
300
This movement influenced both the bourgeoisie and the nobles before the French Revolution.
the Enlightenment
300
a person qualified to vote in an election
elector
300
Napoleon’s new government after 1799
the consulate
300
led British and Prussian armies’ defeat of Napoleon
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
300
Justice is to law codes as __ is to citizenship.
nationalism
400
The economic crisis that triggered the French Revolution was caused in part by
inflation and widespread unemployment.
400
policies of the Committee of Public Safety to defend France from domestic threats
Reign of Terror
400
Kingdoms ruled by Napoleon’s relatives would be referred to as this...
"dependent states"
400
a conservative Austrian statesman and diplomat who was at the center of European affairs for three decades as the Austrian Empire's foreign minister, he was the most influential leader at Congress of Vienna
Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar, Prince of Metternich-Winneburg zu Beilstein (aka: Klemens von Metternich)
400
During Napoleon's 1798 campaign in Egypt, a corps of 167 technical experts (savants) accompanied the French expeditionary army to Egypt. They spotted THIS slab written in three ways: hieroglyphics, which were used mainly by priests; Demotic, a somewhat simpler script used for everyday purposes; and ancient Greek-- & rightly suggesting that the 3 inscriptions were of the same text.
the Rosetta Stone
(la Pierre de Rosette)
500
Also known as the Old Regime, this was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France before the Revolution of 1789.
Ancien Régime
500
executive under the Constitution of 1795
Directory
500
Napoleon’s unified system of law
Napoleonic/ Civil Code
500
The Russians defeated Napoleon’s Grand Army by
Scorched Earth:
retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside.
500
After Napoleon’s defeat, European rulers met at the Congress of Vienna in September 1814 to arrange a final peace settlement. Claiming to be guided by the principle of __, Metternich supported returning power to the lawful __ who had ruled before Napoleon.
legitimacy; monarchs