Lead up to the Revolution
This food, the staple of the French diet, became too expansive for most people to afford in the 1780s in France.
Bread
The man often associated with the Reign of Terror.
Maximilian Robespierre
Napoleon was not actually from France. He was born on the island of Corsica, which speaks this language:
Italian
Title awarded to Napoleon in 1804 when he crowned himself at Notre Dame Cathedral.
Emperor of the French
The island where Napoleon died in exile in 1821.
Saint Helena
Economic hardships hit France due to massive debt incurred from helping this country:
United States
When Marie Antionette and Louis XVI were discovered trying to escape France, which country were they hoping to seek assylum in?
Austria
The legal code created by Napoleon to standarize laws across France.
Napoleonic Code
In 1804, Napoleon's fleet was decimated at the Battle of:
Trafalgar
Name of Napoleon's first and most beoved wife.
Josephine
Urban-working class of the third estate in France were referred to as the:
sans-culottes
This French Revolution government became France's first Republic.
National Convention
Napoleon came to power by overthrowing the Directory in what is referred to as a:
Coup D'etat
In 1805, Napoleon crushed the Austrian and Prussian forces at this battle, which became the most famous military victory of his career.
Battle of Austerlitz
Economic blackade used by Napoleon to try and cripple the British economy.
Continental System
This event reffers to the peasant uprisings that occured across the French countryside in the summer of 1789.
Great Fear
The Jacobins, the radical group associated with the Reign of Terror, sat on which side of the French Parliament?
Left
The title of leadership taken by Napoleon after his seizure of power, before the public plebicites.
First Consul
Tactic used by the Russians to slow down Napoleon's advance into Russia by ensuring he would not be able ti live off the land.
Scorched Earth
British general who went down in History as the man who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo.
Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington)
On this date the people of Paris stormed and toppled the Bastille, officially starting the French Revolution.
July 14, 1789
This member of the Jacobin club, stirred up violence during the Reign of Terror through his fiery newpaper "The Friend of the People".
John-Paul Marat
In 1793 in the South of France, Napoleon's stock rose dramatically when he helped lead a beleaguered French force to defeat the British at the Battle of:
Toulon
Napoleon's defeat to the Grand Alliance in 1814 at Leipzig, Germany involved armies fighting from 6 different European Empires. As a result, this battle often gets referred to by this nickname:
War of the Nations
Period from Napoleon's return from Elba until his defeat at Waterloo are referred to as Napoleon's:
Hundred Days