Britain's Ascendancy
This conflict helped to solidify Britain as the dominant power in Europe.
What is the Seven Years War?
The King of France at the beginning of the French Revolution?
Who is Louis the XVI?
These are the core tenets of the French Revolution
What are liberty, equality, and fraternity?
Napoleon's height (in miles)
What is 0.00104167 miles?
One of the most significant effects of Napoleon's European conquests what the spread of this idea.
What is nationalism?
This treaty ended the French and Indian War and granted Britain new territories in North America including all land East of the Mississippi River and large parts of Canada.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
In response to economic crises, King Louis the XVI called ___________ into session.
What is the Estates-General?
This event resulted in the distribution of bread from the royal palace, the recognition of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, and the imprisonment of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in Paris.
What is the Women's March on Versailles?
This unified the legal system, becoming the foundation of French civil law.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
This state was created by the 9th Act of the Congress of Vienna on 8 June 1815
What is The German Confederation?
In this war, the main combatants were France and Spain (Bourbon dynasty) against a coalition of Great Britain, the Dutch Republic, the Holy Roman Empire, Portugal, and several smaller German states.
What is the War of the Spanish Succession?
Members of the French Third Estate promised to not separate until a written constitution was established for France.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
He was the chief architect of the Reign of Terror.
Maximillian Robespierre
Under Napoleon, advancement in government workers was based on _______, not ancestry or social position.
What is merit?
These were the guiding principles of the Congress of Vienna.
What are Legitimacy and Balance of Power?
These two revolutions contributed to Britain's rapid economic growth.
What are the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions?
This group was in power during the Reign of Terror
Who were the Jacobins?
King Louis XVI's attempted escape from Paris as well as his his discovered letters urging intervention by Austria and Prussia resulted in this event.
What is the War of 1792?
What are lycées?
As a result of the Congress of Vienna, European borders were drawn (roughly) as they were in which year?
What is 1792?
In 1707, this act unified England and Scotland, forming Great Britain.
What is the Act of Union?
This act by the National Convention nationalized the Catholic Church, ended tithes, and made bishops and priests subject to public elections.
What is the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
The Storming of the Bastille, among other uprisings, prompted this event, marked by a mass exodus of nobles from France.
What is the Great Fear?
This is the primary reason for Napoleon's defeat in Russia.
What is Russian scorched Earth strategy?
These five states were present at the Congress of Vienna.
What are Austria, Great Britain, Russia, Prussia, and France?