Napoleonic Ages
Where was Napoleon born?
The island of Corsica!
What government did King Louis participate in?
An absolute monarchy.
Jacobins
What was the Grand Army (Napoleonic)?
The army that Napoleon led into Russia to try and take it over.
Robespierre used which instrument to kill so many people?
Guillotine
What area did Napoleon sell to make 15 million dollars, and what did he mostly use this for?
He sold the Louisiana Territory, and he mostly used this for wars.
What did King Louis mainly do that was unfair to the peasants?
He used various forms of taxing on the 3rd Estate, while the 1st and 2nd Estates were free of it.
The working class and the peasants.
He used the Continental System.
Where was Napoleon exiled after the Battle of Waterloo, and what ocean is it in?
St. Helena, which is in the Atlantic Ocean.
How did Napoleon officially become a dictator?
When he used a coup to overthrow the Directory.
An oath made by the 3rd Estate that they will not stop meeting until they had a new government.
Robespierre launched a movement of De - ___________
Christianization
Where was Napoleon exiled at first?
Elba
What was the 12th command of the Decree Abolishing the Feudal System, mocking Louis XVI?
King Louis is the Restorer of French Liberty.
What type of government did Napoleon create after the fall of the Directory, and after that?
What were the 3 documents that the National Assembly, or representatives of the 3rd Estate (established during the Tennis Court Oath) wrote to keep King Louis' power in check?
The Declaration of Man and Citizen, the Decree Abolishing the Feudal System, and the Declaration of Woman and Citizen.
When Robespierre, having banished religion, brought in a new religion, with him as the most greatest figure.
What was going on in France that made King Louis call upon the Estates General meeting?
A financial crisis.
King Louis and Marie Antoinette were planning to flee to which place?
Austria
Challenge: Where was Napoleon's first big defeat that led to the overall downfall of Napoleon? What battle was after that? Was it his final?
The attempt to defeat the Russians using the Grand Army. His final battle after that, was the Battle of Waterloo.
Challenge: Which figure from the Enlightment mainly wrote the Declaration of Woman and Citizen?
Olympe De Gouges
Challenge: How does the Reign of Terror defy the Declaration of Man and Citizen, Decree Abolishing Feudal System, etc.
- He was a dictator
-Nobody got basic human rights
- Peasants and working class citizens were targeted
- He used force to enforce his laws
Challenge: Why was there a financial crisis in France, and which two kings were the cause of this?
Due to the over spending of wars, by Kings Louis XIV and XV.
Challenge: Who tried to regain power in France as soon as King Louis and Marie dies? What will happen to their son and daughter?
King Louis' younger brother will try to take control of France after. However, this won't actually happen. Their son will be put in jail, and he will die of tuberculosis. Their daughter will live long, however, always on the run.