Causes
Form of government in France before the revolution
What is absolute monarchy?
Church officials
Who are clergy?
Document written by National Assembly to protect freedoms during Stage 1
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man & the Citizen?
Country Napoleon failed to conquer because of its harsh climate
What is Russia?
Leader of the Committee of Public Safety; killed by guillotine in 1794
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
Social class made up of nobles
What is the Second Estate?
Instrument for execution during French Revolution
What is the guillotine?
Form of government during Stage 2 of the revolution
What is a republic?
Document that extended greater rights to men during Napoleon's rule
What is the Napoleonic Code?
Period of swift justice and executions in France from 1793-1794
What is the Reign of Terror?
Legislature in France before the revolution
What is the Estates General?
Royal prison and armory in Paris
What is the Bastille?
5 man board in charge of government in Stage 3
What is the Directory?
Term for the overthrow of a government
What is a coup d'etat?
Form of government in France after the revolution
What is a constitutional monarchy?
Middle class of France made up of lawyers and doctors
What is the bourgeousie?
Political term for a person who wants some change
What is liberal?
Who are Jacobins?
Country where Napoleon placed his brother on the throne in 1808
What is Spain?
Name for the rigid social class system in France before the revolution
What is the Old Regime?
Demand from Third Estate to get a constitution for France
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
Napoleon's plan to ruin Britain's economy
What is the Continental System?
Author of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen
Who is Olympe de Gouges?
Meeting of European leaders after the exile of Napoleon in order to rebuild Europe
What is the Congress of Vienna?
Name of the leader of France directly after the revolution
Who is Louis XVIII