Vocabulary
Inportant dates
Vocabulary
Marie Antionette and Louis XVI
The Great Fear
100
one of the three social classes in france before the french revoultion which the first cosisting of the clergy. The secound of the nobility and the third of the rest of the population.
estates
100
What happened in1769?
Napoleon Bonaparte was born
100
A forcible closing of ports to prevent all trade and communication between great britain and other European nations.
blockade
100
Where was Marie Antionette from?
Austria
100
Who was in power when the reign of terror was going on?
Maximilien Robespierre
200
A wave of senseless panic that spread through the french countryside after the storming of the bastille
Great fear
200
What happened in the 1800's?
A plebiscite or vote of the people was held to approve a new constitution.
200
A french Congress established by representatives of the third estate on June 17, 1789 to enact laws and reforms in the name of the french people.
National Assembly
200
Marie Antionette had a big _____ problem?
Gambling
200
In 1793 and1794 many of those people who led the revolution received _______?
Death sentences
300
a machine for beheading people used a mean of execution during the french Revolution.
guillotine
300
What happened in 1803 and what also happened in 1806?
in 1803 they Sells louisianna territory to the united states for 15 milion dollars. Napoleon Set up a blockade.
300
A person who leaves their native country for political reasons like the nobles and other who fled france during the peasant uprisings of the french revolution
Emigre
300
How much money did Marie Antionette gambling away in one year?
1.5 million by the end of the year.
300
About how many people died during the Reign of Terror?
as many as 40,000 were excuted during the terror.
400
What is the definition of the concordat?
A formal goverment especially one between the pope and a goverment dealing with the control of church affairs.
400
What happens in 1804 and 1812?
Napoleon bonaparte crowns himself emperor. And in 1812 The battle of berdino the scorched earth policy burns grain feilds and slaughter live stock.
400
the period from the mid-1793 to mid-1794 when Maximeilien Roberespierre ruled france nearly as a dictator and thousands of political figures and ordinary citizens were executed.
Region of Terror
400
On June 1791 Marie Antionette and Louis XVI tried to _____?
Escape
400
What percent of the people were peasants or members of the urban poor?
45% were from the peasants and the urban poor.
500
What is the definition of pelebiscite?
A direct vote in which a country's people have opportunity to approve or regect a proposal.
500
What happens in 1811 and 1821?
1811 Marie louise gave birth to son Napoleon the 2nd and in 1821 Napoleon dies from a stomach aliment perhaps cancer.
500
a sudden seizure of political power in a nation.
Coup d'etat
500
On January 21,1793 what happened to the king.
He walked up the steps of the scaffold to beheaded by the guillotine.
500
Why was an 18 year old youth sentenced to death for? And when did the Reign of Terror end?
Cutting down a tree that had been planted as a symbol of liberty. The Reign of Terror ended July 28 1794 when Robespierre went to the Guillotine.
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