The Estates
This was the name of the upper middle class of the 3rd Estate.
The storming of this prison on July 14, 1789 became the rallying symbol of the French Revolution.
What was the Bastille?
He was responsible for the Reign of Terror.
Who was Maximilien Robespierre?
Year Napoleon seized control of the government and assumed dictatorial powers?
What is 1799?
He was the mastermind of the Congress of Vienna and is given credit for the next 100 years of relative peace in European history.
Who is Prince Clemens von Metternich?
This group most strongly embraced the ideals and principles of the Enlightenment.
Who were the peasant classes?
The French document modeled on the Declaration of Independence that stated that all men are created equal.
What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
This was the more humane device used to execute the enemies of France during the French Revolution.
What was the guillotine?
This was Napoleon's system of laws that became the basis for much of modern European justice.
What was the Napoleonic Code?
These two empires made up the German Confederation.
What are Prussia and Austria?
These were the members of the 2nd Estate.
Who were the nobles (aristocrats)?
This was called to meet in 1789 to approve King Louis XVI's suggestion of imposing a tax on the 1st and 2nd Estates.
What was the Estates General?
Safe from the guillotine.
Who is no one?
This highlighted was the peak of Napoleon's military career, highlighted his genius as a commander and provided proof that warfare had changed in Europe.
What was the battle of Austerlitz?
This form of government was restored at the Congress of Vienna.
What is the monarchy?
The pledge that the members of the National Assembly took that they would write a constitution for France.
What was the Tennis Court Oath?
Period of panic and riot by peasants amid rumors of a conspiracy by the king and the nobles to overthrown the 3rd Estate.
What was the Great Fear?
This was the radical political party that sat on the left side of the Legislative Assembly.
Who were the Jacobins?
Napoleon's economic plan to force the British to surrender due to economic collapse.
What was the Continental System?
This is was the first conflict among the major European powers after the Congress of Vienna.
What was World War I?
This was the legislative assembly of France at the beginning of the French Revolution.
What was the Estates General?
What was the tax system, the American Revolution, Enlightenment ideas, food shortages, and Absolutism.
Who was George Danton?
Napoleon's four costly mistakes.
Strengthen the countries around France, restore a balance of power in Europe, and restore Europe's royal families to their rightful thrones.
What are the three goals of the Congress of Vienna?