The Ancien(t) Regime
Nobles were part of this estate
Second Estate
What is the date of the fall of the Bastille? (Include month and day)
July 14, 1789
The leader of the Reign of Terror
Maximilien Robespierre
In the Continental System, what country did Napoleon embargo trade with?
Great Britain
He was the main editor of the Encyclopedia and Catherine the Great bought his library
Denis Diderot
This Immediate Cause of the French Revolution shared with the American Revolution
High/unfair taxes or debt
After the third estate left the Estates General, what legislative body did they form?
A highlight of the Reign of Terror was the execution of this royal woman who was married to the king
Marie Antoinette
Napoleon lost this battle in 1815, which led to his second exile
Waterloo
He developed the idea of the categorical imperative
Kant
Limited government, natural rights and freedom of speech were ideas from the _____________ that surely contributed to the revolution (Hint: Long term cause)
Enlightenment
Statement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
French aristocrats who fled from France
emigres
The Russians burned their land as they retreated from him in 1812. What was this tactic?
Scorched-earth
He developed the dialectical method (thesis, antithesis, and synthesis)
Hegel
Meeting of the three Estates in May 1789
Estates General
What economic law forbade the formation of workers' guilds, associations, and strikes?
The Chapelier Law
Working men who didn't wear short pants
Sans-culottes
What was the island where Napoleon was first exiled?
Elba
German Romantic and author of Faust
Goethe
This group off merchants, lawyers and bankers made up the higher end of the Third Estate
Bourgeoisie
In the Constitution of 1791, what type of government did France become?
Constitutional monarchy
This declaration was signed by Austria and Prussia. It said that if the royal family was harmed they would go to war with France. However, all the major European powers had to agree.
Declaration of Pillnitz
What was (arguably) Napoleon's greatest military victory against Austria in 1805?
Austerlitz
English Romantic poet who wrote about the innocence of childhood and wrote "The World is too Much with Us"
William Wordsworth