A mob of thousands of Parisians men and women in search of weapons take the royal armory apart brick by brick
What is The Fall of the Bastille
100
Dissenting Groups
What is Factions
100
This stopped British good from reaching the European continent to be sold there to weaken or destroy the British economy
What is Continental System
100
The name of Napoleons Empire that was composed of three major parts
What is The Grand Empire
100
Napoleons most famous domestic achievement where he took 300 different legal systems and prepared a single law code
What is The Codification of the Laws
200
The Three orders of French society
What is Estates
200
To meet crises of foreign invasion the National Convention gave broad powers to a special committe of 12
What is The Committee of Public Safety
200
Napoleans Grand Army followed Russia far into Russian territory when they found Moscow ablaze and began to pull back in terrible winter conditions
What is The Great Retreat
200
The part of Napoleons Empire who were defeated by Napoleon and forced to join the struggle against Britain
What is The Allied States
200
The first island Napoleon was exiled to after the Great Retreat
What is The island of Elba
300
The middle class or part of the 3rd estate
What is Bourgeoisie
300
This was the revolutionary courts set by the Committe of Public Safety and the National Convention up to prosecute internal enemies of the revolutionary republic
What is The Reign of Terror
300
How many soldiers went into Russia and how many came back
What is 600,000 troops went into Russia and less than 40,000 troops turned
300
The inner core of Napoleons Empire consisted of an enlarged France extending from the Rhine and and the western part of Italy north of Rome
What is The French Empire
300
The most important of Napoleons codes that perserved most of the gains of the revolution was the Civil Code or
What is The Napoleonic Code
400
Aristocratic privileges
What is Relics of Fuedalism
400
A sudden overthrow of the government
What is a coup d'etat
400
After Napolean slipped back into France he raised another army and fought at Waterloo in Beligium on June 18, 1815 and was defeated by combined British and Prussian forces by the
What is Duke of Wellington
400
The Kingdoms under the rule of Napoleons relatives
What is The Dependent States
400
The second island Napoleon was exiled to after his defeat by the Duke of Wellington
What is St. Helena
500
The French Constitution or charter of basic liberties
What is The Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen
500
Individuals qualified to vote in an election
What is electors
500
The unique cultural identitiy of a people based on common language, religion and national symbols
What is Nationalism
500
In 1802 Napoleon was named this for life and 2 years later he crowned himself this
What is Emperor Napoleon I
500
Born in 1769 on the island of Corsica, he was the son of of a lawyer and his family came from florentine nobility