the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution
King Louis XVI
a sociologically defined social class, equivalent to the middle or upper-middle class
Bourgeois
The civil code of the french sighed by Napoleon
Napoleonic Code
The battle where Napoleon returned from exile to fight against the British and Prussian
Battle of Waterloo
the last queen of France before the French Revolution
Marie Antoinette
the most radical and ruthless of the political groups formed in the wake of the French Revolution
Jacobins
Was an agreement that Napoleon had with Pope Pius VII
concordat
In this period of time were there was a lot of violence and executions
Reign of Terror
Who was in the first estate
The clergy
a lower-class Parisian republican in the French Revolution
sans culottes
the practice of burning crops and killing livestock during wartime so that the enemy cannot live off the land
scorched-earth policy
This battle showed how British naval was better and it stopped Napoleon plan on invading Britain
Battle of Trafalgar
The leader of the Committee of Public Safety
Maximilien Robespierre
a legislative and consultative assembly of the different classes of French subjects
Estates-General
the blockade designed by Napoleon to paralyze Great Britain through the destruction of British commerce
Continental System
A pledge that the third estate made together
Tennis Court Oath