Concerning the Monarchy
The king that France overthrew and eventually killed during the French Revolution.
Who is King Louis XVI
A radical revolutionary who published the journal Friend of the People which encouraged more violence and instilled anger in the 3rd Estate.
Who is Jean-Paul Marat?
The location of Napoleon's final exile.
What is St. Helena?
When the representatives of the 3 estates met together after 175 years.
What is the Estates-General?
The social classes in pre-revolutionary France.
What are the 3 Estates?
The wife of Louis XVI, who was born in Austria.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
Was dedicated to the Revolution and dominated the Committee of Public Safety. He used the guillotine to get rid of anyone who was sympathetic to the monarchy.
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
The name of the battle which was Napoleon's final defeat.
What is Waterloo?
When the 3rd Estate vowed to continue to meet until a constitution was made.
What is the Tennis Court Oath?
The middle class in France.
What is the Bourgeoisie?
A clergyman elected as a representative of the 3rd estate.
Who is Emmanuel Joseph Sieyes?
Considered themselves ordinary patriots and were members of the Paris Commune.
Who are the San-culottes?
He led the British and Prussian forces against Napoleon at Waterloo.
Who is the Duke of Wellington?
When 7000 women with weapons revolt and escort the royal family to Paris where they made the King accept new decrees such as The Declaration of the Rights of Man.
What is the Women's March of Versailles?
The location of Napoleon's first exile from which he escaped.
What is Elba?
The name of the prison where the Royal family was kept after being overthrown. Also, where many weapons were stored and was later stormed by angry citizens.
What is the Bastille?
A political club of mostly upper-class bourgeoisie who wanted a representative government and did not want a king.
Who are the Jacobins?
A set of laws implemented under Napoleon's rule which included: religious tolerance, right to chose own profession and equality before the law.
What is the Napoleonic Code?
A document instituted by the National Assembly stating that all men are free and equal before the law, free speech and press, no group is excluded from paying taxes, and appointment of public office is based on talent.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
A member of the French military who eventually overthrew the government, took control of the government and declared himself emperor.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
Meetings held by other major European nations for the purpose of containing France and restoring disposed leaders to their former positions.
What is The Congress of Vienna?
A group of mainly small property owners who wanted a representative government and a Constitutional Monarchy.
Who are the Girondins?
Napoleon's system to defeat Britain by cutting off their supply of goods to weaken their economy, which ultimately failed.
What is the Continental System?
A period of time where almost 40,000 counterrevolutionaries and anyone who rebelled or spoke out against the Convention was killed.
What is the Reign of Terror?
What the 3rd estate declared itself as and would then draft a constitution.
What is the National Assembly?