Beginning of F.R.
Type of government in which the ruler has all the power.
What is absolute monarchy?
He was a absolute monarch during 1643-1715
Who is Louis the XIV?
Made up of the peasants. Had to pay taxes.
What is the Third Estate?
Utilized as a progressively compassionate technique for execution.
What is the Guillotine?
One of the last governments during the F.R.; five directors;unsuccessful; Napoleon overthrows it.
What is The Directory?
US paid France $15 million for this land.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
She is famous for being overthrown by revolutionaries and being publicly guillotined following the abolition of the monarchy.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
Inspired the French Revolution. Questioned customs with reason.
What is the Age of Enlightenment?
Common slogan of the French Revolution.
What is liberty, equality, and fraternity?
A series of major conflicts with various coalitions (alliances) of European nations.
What is Napoleonic Wars?
Official start to the French Revolution.
What is The Storming of the Bastille?
Presented another constitution and a lawful code.
What is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Represented the people. Made up of third estate.
What is the National Assembly?
Timeframe when numerous individuals were executed.
What is the Reign of Terror?
Arrangement of gatherings in which European pioneers looked to set up long-lasting peace and security.
What was the Congress of Vienna?
The National Assembly pledged to make another constitution.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
He was a victim of the guillotine for being a "threat to the nation"
Who is Maximilen Robespierre?
The motivation behind this document is to change the government (reasonable government).
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
Needed to clear out "each trace of France's past." Considered the past old-fashioned and dangerous.
What is the Jacobins?
Occurred in Belgium, the French were crushed by the British, and denoted the finish of the rule of Napoleon.
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
purpose of Vienna
what is to provide long-term peace for Europe after the Napoleonic wars
became leader of the Committee of Public Safety
Robespierre
Made up of different groups of people called "Estates."
What is Estates General?
Goal was to protect the Revolution from its enemies.
What is The Committee of Public Safety?
Country that was not present at the congress of viennia
what is Germany