Vocabulary
Pre-Revolution
Revolution
Napoleonic Wars
Post Napoleon
100

Destroying land and supplies to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Scorched Earth

100

What percentage of the population was nobility?

1.5%

100

What were the three ideals the French Revolution were fighting for?

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

100

How did Napoleon become an influential figure in France?

He won a series of victories in Italy and brought back artifacts from Egypt.

100

What was the unified legal system that Napoleon created?

The Civil Code

200

A period in which political violence is used against opposition and is sanctioned by the government.

Reign of Terror

200

Which of France's estates was NOT exempt from taxes?

The Third Estate

200

The French National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath, which was?

A vow to continue to meet until they had produced a French constitution.

200
What government did Napoleon's coup d'etat overthrow to establish his consulate?

Directory.

200

Why did the Louisiana Purchase have the most enduring and significant consequences?

It gave the United States significant territorial power.

300

A small group of fighters who engage in irregular or indirect combat against larger armies.

Guerrilla. 

300

What percentage of land was own by the clergy?

10%

300

The Committee of Public Safety was given broad powers to?

Defend France from threats. (Often used to execute suspected counter-revolutionaries)

300

What was Napoleon's plan to weaken the British economy?

The Continental System.

300

What does Napoleon's Wars tell us about the French Revolution?

European powers were fighting to maintain the old order and stop the Revolution.

400

An alliance or agreement between groups or countries to achieve a common goal.

Coalition

400

The French parliament established under Louis XVI

The Estates-General

400

What happened to Louis XVI when war broke out between France and Austria?

He was caught trying to flee; he was then removed from the throne and executed by guillotine.

400

The Russians defeated Napoleon's superior Grand Army by?

Retreating hundreds of miles and burning their own villages and countryside.

400

What are some ways Napoleon betrayed the French Revolution?

He restored the Catholic Church

He turned himself into a monarch

He forced other countries to obey him.

500

A condition where a worker is tied to the land they work and is subject to a local lord.

Serfdom

500

Why did the Third Estate walk out and form the National Assembly?

Each Estate was given one vote as a group, rigging the Estates-General in favor of the First and Second Estates.

500

How, according to the Declaration of the Rights of Man, is law an expression of the general will?

All citizens are able to influence the law's creation.

500
What was the site of Napoleon's final defeat?

Waterloo

500

What are some ways Napoleon upheld the French Revolution?

His Civil Code was based on revolutionary ideals of equality

He spread revolutionary governments to the countries he conquered

He spread ideas of nationalism to the countries he conquered that would stick around after he left.

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